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Differences and similarities between knitting and crocheting

When knitting by hand, usually two needles are used to hold the live stitches. By contrast, crochet uses a single hook, usually creating one stitch at a time, and finishes one stitch before creating the next. Knitted fabric tends to be flexible and flowing, the stitches forming a shape that is similar to a "V". Crochet fabric has a more structured feel, each stitch consisting of several loops entwined. Each textile has its specialties and methods. Because of the different nature of each stitch, crochet fabric uses more yarn per stitch, is more structured, and is more flexible in the structures that can be created, not being restrained to create a stitch in the following stitch. Knitted fabric tends to be thinner, more flexible, and usually has easier-to-understand patterns because each new stitch must go into the next stitch. Although different methods, they can create similar projects using the same fibers and yarns.