Rather dumb knitting/crochet question

[ohfourfoxache]

What uses more yarn - a square of knitted garter stitch or a crocheted square of the same size?

Usually the crochet. Although, different crochet stitches will use different amounts as well!

Oh god, this is going to take some serious brain power......

Thank you!

What is it you want to do? You could do two small swatches, the same size, without cutting the yarn, then unravel them and measure the length of yarn used. Then you just need to multiply up to find out how much yarn you need for a bigger square of each.

Oh and then there's tension and gauge of yarn.

I'm trying to do knitted and crocheted squares to make into a big blanket. Trouble is that I can only knit garter stitch and have never held a hook in my life

Ok, another really basic question, I've got 4 squares from 1 ball of wool but have enough for 2/3 of another square left over. There is a way of using the remnants of the first ball and starting on a fresh ball, isn't there?

If you are knitting, then you could do a square in alternate stripes of old and new wool. If you are doing crochet squares, then you could do alternate rounds of each ball of wool, or do the centre in the first ball and then the outside in the new wool.

I use the overlapping method of joining a new ball of the same colour yarn like this and then sew in the "tails" for added security. I never knot yarn - just one of the neuroses that my mother passed on. Thanks mum.

Don't forget that it is possible to weigh the wool to see if it will make the size you want.

I always just knot the wool together (sorry woolly...) leaving enough of a tail to sew it in. just make sure the knot stays to the back of the work.

You will hardly see the knot on the back.