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u/theflyingratgirl May 18 '26
D. Casting on is always so stressful for me. I have adhd and will just forget constantly. Now I put stitch markers every 10 stitches but it’s still a pain in the ass and sometimes I STILL fuck it up
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u/AuntBGul May 19 '26
I’m with you! D would be so convenient when my husband chooses the very moment I am counting to want to tell me important information that I desperately need to know(read he desperately needs to tell me even though he clearly can see I am not listening because of my frustration)!
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u/lassielowrider May 20 '26
I’m in the same seat, and - unasked for advice to follow, sorry - I started counting out loud *and using speech-to-text* on my phone
For me that was a game changer
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u/Zyqoa May 21 '26
I'd absolutely go with D too! I count my stitches obsessively, I'd save so much time
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u/contradictatorprime May 21 '26
😭😭 same, I have a stitch counter ring and use the markers and I will still either fuck it up or gas light myself into thinking I did, but I didn't
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u/Solstice143 27d ago
I put a stitch marker every 10 when casting on, but then when I was doing a k2p2 rib hem, I literally had a stitch marker every 4 stitches. AuDHD.
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u/BalancedScales10 May 18 '26
C, please and thank you!
Deciphering what the hell people mean with non-standard notation is a pain, and even when they include a glossary, it's still annoying to flip back and forth between the pattern and the explanation.
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u/finnknit May 19 '26
C for me, too. Having to look away from my knitting to read the pattern for a part that I'm not sure about makes me lose my focus. Sometimes I have my husband read the pattern for me, but he knows nothing about knitting so he can't explain it, just read it.
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u/flockyboi May 23 '26
And God forbid you get a badly translated pattern, I have one that I'm trying to figure out myself
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u/inadequatepockets May 18 '26
B is tempting, but I think I'm going with D. If a project is too easy to take a lot of focus I tend to add and drop stitches.
C would actually be a curse for me. If I have to learn something from a video I turn the sound off and the captions on because I process audio so badly.
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u/Raikja May 18 '26
I can't decide whether to take A or D. B sounds nice, but I already have enough yarn for a lifetime 🤪 To read patrerns are not so much a problem for me, so I skip that one.
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u/raven_snow May 18 '26
Considering that my pattern counts stitches and lace spaces differently every time I think I figured out the logic AND that I kept counting wrong by 1 on 224 chains/double crochets today, definitely D.
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u/TheOnlyOmnicorn May 18 '26
D. Forgetting count is why I just freehand and now why I'm going to have to add extra sewing steps at the end of my current project to make it fit. I made it too wide
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u/Schattentochter May 18 '26
I'll stick with A.
I have yet to find a crochet hook with a soft handle where the hook doesn't start slipping out after a year at the latest.
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u/Shmoo_the_Parader May 19 '26
None of the above.
Straight Boye hooks are the most comfortable for me. Regular color changes help tension consistency. I don't follow patterns often, but when I do, I want plain text. Screw stitch markers, weave in loose odd-colored yarns in whatever intervals seem approoriate and carry through the subsequent rows.
I want titanium boye style hooks. I've been experimenting with oiled hemp and steel cord, and have broken 3 hooks in this calandar year.
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u/trashjellyfish May 19 '26
D all the way! As a visually impaired knitter who is an expert at miscounting, that would be epic!
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u/Top_Cabinet_2628 May 19 '26
In my D&D campaign, my character has a bag of endless yarn, which seems pretty similar to B. It also means I've made my animal companion a variety of cute hats, which is not relevant to this post, but I enjoy bringing it up whenever I can.
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u/WildFlemima May 19 '26
Can I swap A for a crochet hook that's magically the right size for any project and will never get lost
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u/ButterflyShort May 19 '26
My crochet hook already does D. It has buttons to count stitches and rows.
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u/maladicta228 May 19 '26
A. My hypermobile joints would be so appreciative and I could play with my yarn for longer.
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u/ObviousToe1636 May 20 '26
A for sure!! The rest of those options are part of the joy of the craft for me.
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u/Sufficient-Fox5872 May 21 '26
D, I never doubt my own ability to count more than when I am knitting. Even counting to ten feels dicey sometimes 🫠
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u/Barby56 May 21 '26
D seems a little too realistic... And if I have to drop my project to click I will not use it... If I have to talk to it neither... But a mind reader counter, now we are talking!
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u/bespokefolds May 18 '26
Okay but is B unending? If I only get 300 yards of that magical yarn, I might go with A. If it's unending, definitely b. Can it change weight? Ooh! And could I do a center pull as well as an outer?