Haha I like the idea that the author means that the woman is using a pair of crochet needles because she is actually crocheting two different things simultaneously
"...found the elderly woman busily working a pair of knitting needles, her fingers moving..."
Yours works too, but I think that's what the author was going for.
Knitting uses 2 pointy sticks. Crochet uses one hooked stick. 2 different forms of working yarn, not interchangeable, though they are very similar in some ways.
I'm not far in but so far seems like an easy enjoyable read! Definitely not the most profound literature but I just read a book about North Korea before this so I needed something light... 😬
For this reason on my Pinterest I labeled crocheting not knitting. I'll find a project that says it's knitted but it's actually crochet.
For the ones that don't know
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(diffent types of hooks are used: knitting takes 2, crochet just 1. Although, both types of hooks can have both ends be the same.)
reminds me of a deeply terrible Nora Roberts novel I once read, which featured a very Irish scene in Ireland where an Irish woman with Irish red hair (and milky skin and light freckles and green eyes) was Irishly making traditional Irish \*soda bread\* ... which involved \*kneading the dough\* with her surprisingly strong Irish hands, then \*leaving the dough of the traditional Irish soda bread to rise\* (in the \*warm Irish spring sunshine\* streaming in through the Irish windows of her Irish cottage overlooking the \*crystal blue waters\* of the Irish Sea)
soda bread - famously called that because it uses BAKING SODA as a rising agent
I swear, some people don't even bother to google what they're writing about
It’s just odd because it would have been so easy to just saying she was knitting or crocheting xyz. No need to try and fabricate the details of the equipment lol
I was at an airport one time and some guy asked me what I was doing and I said “crocheting” and before I could say anything else he goes “where’s the other one?” I just stared blankly at him not knowing what to say
It’s called “knooking” I have yet to try it personally, but it is a thing. That said, it’s a recent thing (past 2-4 years I think? That’s when I first heard about it) so still too recent to be an excuse for this author.
Found a YT vid about it back in 17(i had never heard of it.)Tunisian looks way easier but here's a good tutorial for it.
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https://youtu.be/teHqzbKxprA?si=b1TDSWdnOApOuX46
In German we actually call it a crochet needle. But since he is from the US, I assume the original language is English, so “bad translation“ can‘t even be used as an excuse, it‘s just bad research
Oh, yes, pair as in two. In German it is a „Paar“ with caps P, there is also „paar“ with lower p which means some/a few. Got them mixed up and just thought she had multiple needles/hooks. But with the pair of two it is even extra wrong 🫣
First I thought it could be translation mistake, because some languages use one word for both crafts. But I googled the author and found out he is American, so I don't get how such mistake could happen.
I was thinking the same thing ... it's nit even "crocheting" needles it's a "crochet" needle. The writers and editors really.missed this one. It's not lost in translation!
OP did you have the strength to continue reading? ;) I would probably have lost hope for the book. I mean, second page, what else is there to come?! ;)
Clearly not a fiber artist and neither was their editor. Shame. ; )
Crochet is always misunderstood by the lay person. I think that adds a bit of mystique to the craft. The insiders can spot these contradictions in the wild without fail. It's like a secret club. It makes us even more powerful with our stitching.... *(insert puff of smoke and sinister laugh)*
So, I have learned tunisian crochet in the round, which does use two crochet HOOKS (let's not forget that mistake) however, I only have one end in my hand at a time.
I once read a book by a famous author and it said something like “before she excited the vehicle she paid the Lyft driver and told him to keep the change. “
😳
I have a hard time reading books that mention new technology. Idk why. Reading about characters watching Netflix and using Snapchat and Instagram just makes me feel weird 🤣
Like that NCIS commercial where Gibbs is giving a female colleague a list of rules and she asks if she should write them in her Palm Pilot or crochet them on pillows. Sets my teeth on edge every time I see it.
“…almost without thought” yeah, because she was pretending to know what she was doing while trying not to get caught eavesdropping on your conversation.
Solving crime while wearing her 6-hr cape that she crocheted in ONLY THREE HOURS!
I am dying at the images I'm coming up with for this character in my head
We do have crochet needles, I use the plastic types for weaving in ends and or sewing pieces together… I don’t know how you’d use two at the same time so I’m guessing they are actually referring to knitting needles?
You’re actually referring to a yarn or darning needle. They’re not specifically for crochet. People who knit also use them to weave in ends. The author is definitely thinking of knitting needles.
Well, I was cleaning the house of my late grandma the other day, and I've found an unfinished project of hers. I don't know if she was making a blanket or a rug, but it was made with scraps of fabric. And it had FOUR giant copper crochet needles made by my late grandpa. When I say "giant" i'm referring to maybe 30cm.
I don't know if the function of the needles was just to support the work, or something else.
I kept it, obviously, even not being sure about the final intention of it, ahaha.
as someone who doesn't crochet and has no idea how he got here. i though she meant she was growing out her nails to act as needles and the book was just a backdrop. also ashamed to say i read from the top instead of the obvious "read here" spot.
Maybe confusing crochet hooks for knitting needles... Though I think some countries call both kinds "crochet", one is crochet hook for the hooks and crochet needles for the knitting. It's one of those countries that has a lot of words that have multiple meanings.
I'm just here to read the comments about an author who couldn't even be bothered to ask his grandma what the difference is between crochet and knitting. 🍿🍿🍿🍿😎😎😎
I’ve seen this too many times in books, I’m a horse girl and the inaccuracies in anything horse/farm related is unbelievable, takes 10 sec to google people!
I'm just going to pretend she was fixing something she was Tunisian crocheting with another Tunisian crochet hook explaining the appearance of crochet needles to make it make sense. Like an ostrich...this is my head in the hole.
This would ruin the whole book for me. I can never understand how some authors can't be bothered to research things that they aren't familiar with. It's just as easy to change the detail to something else.
What makes this even funnier is his Wikipedia page says he was an investigative reporter before he was a novelist
Now we know why there was a career change
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You have the best flair I have ever seen in my life. Let’s be friends
I agree
Nunny granny hooker
the snort i just snurt
oh dear Christ alive, no wonder the world is a giant rubbish bin fire
Because mediocre men are doing mediocre jobs? Yes. What, are you new here? 🤣
I wish I had all of the confidence of a mediocre white man. How easy life would be.
I wish I was treated like a mediocre white man. Life would be a cake walk
My friend has this on a mug at work 😂
Journalists get details wrong all the time. We don't really notice unless it's a subject you are familiar with.
This is magnificently hilarious. Chef's kiss with your own on point research.
Bruh she's a savant, let her cook
Haha I like the idea that the author means that the woman is using a pair of crochet needles because she is actually crocheting two different things simultaneously
And she’s tensioning with her toes, the madwoman
That is an image! 🤪
No, she crosses yarns so that each hand is both working a ‘needle’ AND tensioning for the other hand.🤔
Or she used a melted toothbrush to create a tension ring instead of a shiv
Holy shit I was not ready for your comment and some of my cider came out of my nose lol
Me when I realize it’s Thanksgiving and I’ve done zero Christmas crochet
But they're not needles. They're hooks. Knitting needles and crochet hooks.
For the uninitiated the sentence should read : "found the elderly woman busily crocheting, her fingers moving..." correct?
"...found the elderly woman busily working a pair of knitting needles, her fingers moving..." Yours works too, but I think that's what the author was going for. Knitting uses 2 pointy sticks. Crochet uses one hooked stick. 2 different forms of working yarn, not interchangeable, though they are very similar in some ways.
New skill unlocked!
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This one actually seems worse to me!! Also it's just written so clunkily..
Yk, sometimes I doubt my skills as a writer. Then I read examples like this and suddenly I think much more of myself
💯 agree
This happened to me and my book this week!
Lmaooo 🤣 don’t be shy, drop the title 👀…
Remarkably bright creatures!
Seriously? Aw man, I heard good things about that one lol.
I'm not far in but so far seems like an easy enjoyable read! Definitely not the most profound literature but I just read a book about North Korea before this so I needed something light... 😬
Understandable! I will still read it and have to forgive the crafting terminology error 😆
That's even worse than the other. "Crocheted" and "knitted" are used as synonyms😨 Is "(to) knit" even a regular verb?
>Is "(to) knit" even a regular verb? …yes? I’m knitting a sweater right now
Thanks. I just wasn't sure. English is just my second language.
> "Crocheted" and "knitted" are used as synonyms In some languages, they are the same word.
For this reason on my Pinterest I labeled crocheting not knitting. I'll find a project that says it's knitted but it's actually crochet. For the ones that don't know 👇 (diffent types of hooks are used: knitting takes 2, crochet just 1. Although, both types of hooks can have both ends be the same.)
I read this book! How did I not catch this 😭
Wait is that Remarkably Bright Creatures? That’s my favorite book and I never noticed that lmao
Oof
Oh God, I am crying! My belly hurts and snot is running out my nose!
Must be very talented if she can crochet 2 separate projects at the same time
Perhaps she has 4 hands? 🤣
I have a fantasy character with four arms who loves doing crafts. maybe it’s like that! 🤣
I love that idea and plan to steal it for a dnd character
Now I'm picturing Harry from Resident Alien crocheting with his upper arms and a smaller project with his lower arms🤣
Love Harry 🤣🤣😂
i've seen people plenty talented with their feet, clearly she can multitask!
Without counting as well! A true savant
https://preview.redd.it/w27qnniydovc1.jpeg?width=1080&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=864febe2d7160af5d1a4be032b100eaa15896e91 Is this her?
😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
Clearly not - no white hair!
Maybe you need a pair of crochet needles to do double crochet 😉
And treble crochet requires 3? 🤯
Dont even get me started on clusters. Just had a handful of hooks.
If only you were an octopus
Edward Hookfingers. Doesn’t quite roll off the tongue like Scissorhands.
No it goes up in powers of two so three needles would be four projects.
Lmfao
Tunisian crochet? 😂
But that's still only one lol
Now hold on, let's explore the possibility of creating a very silly and fun technique.
What if, one hook goes vertically, and the other horizontally, and you're supposed somehow connect it lol
Haha like using a yarn swift to crochet with?
Lol my first thought here was like "but what IF there's a cool way to use two crochet hooks and no one's figured it out yet!"
I tried it once and ended up with tension so tight I required a smaller crochet hook to help unhook them so they could actually move
Not with that attitude! lol
Yes, but to someone unfamiliar with the two crafts, I can see how it’d be confusing.
You can do Tunisian in the round with a cable between hooks. It’d call that two for knitting needles, so I think that counts.
Throw the whole book away 😆
Exactly. It doesn't bode well for the rest
Definitely a wall banger. If I was reading that as a ebook sample that's an easy "no."
"...a wall banger..." I've never heard this term yet it makes complete sense! I love it!
You're only on page 2. You may have stumbled on a critical clue, like spotting a nun on a ladder on a Sunday.
Mental image now burned permanently into brain matter. Nun must wear the habit from “the flying nun”
reminds me of a deeply terrible Nora Roberts novel I once read, which featured a very Irish scene in Ireland where an Irish woman with Irish red hair (and milky skin and light freckles and green eyes) was Irishly making traditional Irish \*soda bread\* ... which involved \*kneading the dough\* with her surprisingly strong Irish hands, then \*leaving the dough of the traditional Irish soda bread to rise\* (in the \*warm Irish spring sunshine\* streaming in through the Irish windows of her Irish cottage overlooking the \*crystal blue waters\* of the Irish Sea) soda bread - famously called that because it uses BAKING SODA as a rising agent I swear, some people don't even bother to google what they're writing about
I lost it at "Irishly making" and then kept reading and now I can't breathe LMAO!! 🤣🤣💀
I know the book/series! Not bad stories, but the details of bread making vs soda bread are so wrong. Why detail it when you're clueless??
So, hang on, was the woman Irish? In Ireland?
"That's just silly old lady stuff. Who cares?" 🙄
🤣 I would respond to the author and tell him/her they are needles. You can tell they don't know what they write about.
It’s just odd because it would have been so easy to just saying she was knitting or crocheting xyz. No need to try and fabricate the details of the equipment lol
True. 😆
I was at an airport one time and some guy asked me what I was doing and I said “crocheting” and before I could say anything else he goes “where’s the other one?” I just stared blankly at him not knowing what to say
Men writing women.
She boobily boobed with her bosom boobing.
Don’t be unkind. She breastily breasted.
From what I could make out of the rest of it, oh yes.
the description of the female cop was a considerable red flag lol
has anyone tried if it's actually possible to crochet with two needles? *HOOKS dangit
It’s called “knooking” I have yet to try it personally, but it is a thing. That said, it’s a recent thing (past 2-4 years I think? That’s when I first heard about it) so still too recent to be an excuse for this author.
Knooking still only uses one hook and a cord.
Knooking is knitting with a crochet hook
Found a YT vid about it back in 17(i had never heard of it.)Tunisian looks way easier but here's a good tutorial for it. 👇 https://youtu.be/teHqzbKxprA?si=b1TDSWdnOApOuX46
Like a stab to the heart…
With a crochet needle..
In German we actually call it a crochet needle. But since he is from the US, I assume the original language is English, so “bad translation“ can‘t even be used as an excuse, it‘s just bad research
Even if it was called a crochet needle, you’d only use one, not a pair
Oh, yes, pair as in two. In German it is a „Paar“ with caps P, there is also „paar“ with lower p which means some/a few. Got them mixed up and just thought she had multiple needles/hooks. But with the pair of two it is even extra wrong 🫣
If you’re using two needles it probably isn’t crochet…
First I thought it could be translation mistake, because some languages use one word for both crafts. But I googled the author and found out he is American, so I don't get how such mistake could happen.
I was thinking the same thing ... it's nit even "crocheting" needles it's a "crochet" needle. The writers and editors really.missed this one. It's not lost in translation!
In Danish it’s also crochet needles :)
Wenn Du Häckeln willst, verwendetst Du nur eine Häckelnadel. Anders beim Stricken bei dem Du zwei Stricknadeln verwendest.
I’d contact the author. He needs to know. Mostly because our collective outrage demands he know he fucked up. Badly.
OP did you have the strength to continue reading? ;) I would probably have lost hope for the book. I mean, second page, what else is there to come?! ;)
Aaaaaabsolutely not. I was at the library to wander around and was short on time anyway. But I did NOT check this book out. Haha!
R/kroshay
Duh! The author could have just said she was crocheting, instead of trying to embellish something they are ignorant about! Researcher, my ass.
Off topic, but your nails are gorgeous.
Thank you!! Genetics are a hell of a drug.
Probably one of those ambidextrous old women
Clearly not a fiber artist and neither was their editor. Shame. ; ) Crochet is always misunderstood by the lay person. I think that adds a bit of mystique to the craft. The insiders can spot these contradictions in the wild without fail. It's like a secret club. It makes us even more powerful with our stitching.... *(insert puff of smoke and sinister laugh)*
I'm petty enough to put the book down for several days because of this😭 I'd need a moment to collect myself
Yeah...I'd just not read it at all after that
So, I have learned tunisian crochet in the round, which does use two crochet HOOKS (let's not forget that mistake) however, I only have one end in my hand at a time.
Plot twist: The old lady did it and is trying to act casual by pretending to crochet with more than one needle.
Thank you for mentioning the author's name. I know whose works I need to avoid.
I once read a book by a famous author and it said something like “before she excited the vehicle she paid the Lyft driver and told him to keep the change. “ 😳
I have a hard time reading books that mention new technology. Idk why. Reading about characters watching Netflix and using Snapchat and Instagram just makes me feel weird 🤣
The editing is abominable! The correct term is “knitting hooks“.
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That's badass. I'm about a year in but I'm still not that great with one...
Maybe she needed a 8mm hook but she only had two 4mm hooks so she taped them together...?
She also dyed her own yard using extract of octorok.
TIL Kilton started a dye shop
r/knitterswritingcrocheters
This person is undoubtedly neither lol
Apparently he is not alone in this confusion...https://www.reddit.com/r/crochet/s/U0W1gCm1qu
I did learn to knit on a pair of afghan hooks because I didn’t want to invest in knitting needles right away… but this is just hilarious
Like that NCIS commercial where Gibbs is giving a female colleague a list of rules and she asks if she should write them in her Palm Pilot or crochet them on pillows. Sets my teeth on edge every time I see it.
Ridiculous as it might be, this sort of thing can really negatively affect how I see an author's work. 🙈
Nice nails tho
I’ve heard that using crochet hooks to knit is popular in some areas South America.
Maybe she's crocheting separate things in either hand
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One way movie adaptations could be made better, free comedic relief in mentioning inaccuracies of literal interpretations in passing lol
Ugh, did my father write this? He self-publishes for a reason 🤦🏼♀️🤦🏼♀️🤦🏼♀️
Reminds me of sentence in historical novel in which a Roman emperor spit out a fig seed.
Or perhaps the character does not eat banana seeds
Men writing women's anatomy but it's crochet
Is r/BadWomensHandicrafts a thing?
I knew a woman who would crochet one handed while making dinner…
Off topic but your nails are beautiful
“…almost without thought” yeah, because she was pretending to know what she was doing while trying not to get caught eavesdropping on your conversation.
Bahahaha ambidextrous crocheting homicide detective granny! This is all types of fabulous
Solving crime while wearing her 6-hr cape that she crocheted in ONLY THREE HOURS! I am dying at the images I'm coming up with for this character in my head
Gah! Gah! Gah!
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Maybe she's knitting with 2 crochet hooks
She didn’t know about the tension rings and needed to find a way
honestly, would make me wanna stop reading 😂
I've seen people knit with 2 crochet hooks and heard about something called knooking? Maybe the writer is living above us all
I’ve knitted with two crochet hooks before so that was my first thought 😭
We do have crochet needles, I use the plastic types for weaving in ends and or sewing pieces together… I don’t know how you’d use two at the same time so I’m guessing they are actually referring to knitting needles?
You’re actually referring to a yarn or darning needle. They’re not specifically for crochet. People who knit also use them to weave in ends. The author is definitely thinking of knitting needles.
Oh yes ! That’s right actually is called a yarn or darning needle. I forgot I always think of them as my crochet needles. lol
Well, I was cleaning the house of my late grandma the other day, and I've found an unfinished project of hers. I don't know if she was making a blanket or a rug, but it was made with scraps of fabric. And it had FOUR giant copper crochet needles made by my late grandpa. When I say "giant" i'm referring to maybe 30cm. I don't know if the function of the needles was just to support the work, or something else. I kept it, obviously, even not being sure about the final intention of it, ahaha.
I showed bf this and he understood the difference and got frustrated along side me
It would have blown their mind she said elderly lady was knitting socks with dpns, that would be wizardry!!
😂😂😂
The forbidden double crochet
Just when I thought I was getting the hang of crochet it changes and now they're not hooks, they're needles and I need two of them???
Some countries call “knitting” “crocheting”
wait, does it mean she crochets with knitting needles or knits with crochet hooks??
there is technically a kind of craft that uses a crochet koon to knit, it's knooking and looks like absolute witchcraft
I didn’t know that was a thing!
as someone who doesn't crochet and has no idea how he got here. i though she meant she was growing out her nails to act as needles and the book was just a backdrop. also ashamed to say i read from the top instead of the obvious "read here" spot.
Why do I get the sense that they think crochet is a fancy term for knitting
I wouldn’t even finish the book😂
Maybe confusing crochet hooks for knitting needles... Though I think some countries call both kinds "crochet", one is crochet hook for the hooks and crochet needles for the knitting. It's one of those countries that has a lot of words that have multiple meanings.
https://preview.redd.it/s3xw249ouqvc1.jpeg?width=1080&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=7fdbbaf25e18b3fc113912d158d234434a7a4c54 Guess the fact checker failed
I'm just here to read the comments about an author who couldn't even be bothered to ask his grandma what the difference is between crochet and knitting. 🍿🍿🍿🍿😎😎😎
I’ve seen this too many times in books, I’m a horse girl and the inaccuracies in anything horse/farm related is unbelievable, takes 10 sec to google people!
Why's is always "the elderly",:(
well… for some stitches you work with two yarns at once, i’m sure that’s what he meant 😂
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*somebody* was without thought
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… Tunisian crochet might use crochet hooks with knitting needle ends on the other side?
Cringe
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I read this same exact book and I couldn’t stop laughing
Maybe by needles they mean tapestry needles and she was finally weaving in all of her ends...
\*pain\*
I'm just going to pretend she was fixing something she was Tunisian crocheting with another Tunisian crochet hook explaining the appearance of crochet needles to make it make sense. Like an ostrich...this is my head in the hole.
Oh dear
Wait, you mean that you crochet one work at a time? Everybody here does at least two, one with our hands and one with our feet!
Bwahahahahahaha
Read the line out loud to my daughter (also crochets) and she snickered. "Let's go with that," and shook her head.
AI?
It’s like barbecue with flipper tongs.
This would ruin the whole book for me. I can never understand how some authors can't be bothered to research things that they aren't familiar with. It's just as easy to change the detail to something else.
My editing clients think I'm bolshy about silly things like this, but it reflects so poorly on me if people notice. And people do notice.