Why I don't Knit (and have no plans to start)

So when people find out if I crochet, they more often than not ask if I knit. I do not and I have no intentions of starting to do so anytime soon. There are a few reasons for this, maybe not completely rational ones, but I don't find rationality a big plus in life. The first is that it was crochet that interested me not knitting. The second is that people ask me if I knit, and I like to be contrary on occasion. The third is that I have a friend who knits, so I don't want to follow her road. The other (and perhaps key) reason is that of the two practices, crochet is still more of the red haired stepchild. It simply isn't as cool, or done by as many people. Knitters say, oh you can't get the same drape, it uses so much more yarn, etc. If you go into yarn shops the accessories are about 90% for knitters, the book ratio seems to be about 6-1 favouring knitting, and people generally still have one particular view of crochet (doilies and afghans). Because of this I want to focus on crochet, not to improve it's sad little lot in life but rather just to make it feel loved. (Plus we get to do amigurumi, and it looks sooooooooooooooo much better than knitted creatures, so there)