I do realize that knitting and sewing need not be in competition, and can in fact be a wonderfully complementary pair of skills, but I'm in the final hours of my annual Halloween costume panic and starting to not see straight, so let's discuss.
Cutting and sewing:
so much faster.
less worry about small items falling through the fabric or larger ones distorting its shape.
potentially, less portable (my 1940s table-embedded Singer doesn't get out much.)
more fussy to fit, unless sewing with a knit, and even then...
Knitting:
so much nicer against your skin than a stabby pin you forgot you left pointing out of the sewing basket.
on the other hand, so much more deadly when a needle sticks into a vital area, as opposed to the pin-in-palm scenario.
possible to do with closed eyes.
way easier to go back to the beginning of than, say, an already-cut piece of fabric sewed and seamed and embellished incorrectly over a period of 3 fruitless hours while watching a movie that wasn't even that interesting, dagnabbit.
You can't eat chocolate while doing either one, though, apart from Smarties. Is there anything Smarties can't do?
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