I have restarted my desire to do Tunisian crochet. I have been playing around with it for years. I will be posting some of the things that I made soon. I might even give a few tips and tricks to learn this old craft.
Tunisian is almost a cross between knit and crochet. There is no wrong way to do it either, only a few basic rules to follow. You can make it your own.
After I learned how to crochet I played around with different things. I would load up my crochet hook up with loops and take them off. I had no idea that it had a name, or it was even real stitches. Then years later I found a long crochet hook at a second hand store. It was called crochet knit hooks. The two crochet hooks were connected by a cord. There were not a lot of directions with it. There was no internet to search. It was all trial and error. It is still trial and error. Maybe that is why I like it so much.
So my thought for the day is, make your crafts the way you want. Make it your own and enjoy it. If someone tells you that it is wrong, tell them it is my invention. Like it or lump it.
Have a super day.
Thursday, October 23, 2014
Thursday, October 16, 2014
A Day Of Fun
Yesterday I babysat my grandson. Fun, he is a blast. I never thought that having grandchildren would be so great. There is something different about caring for your grandchildren than when you cared for your children. I am sure that there are some out there that cringe at the thought of being grandparents. Not me. It is wonderful. I think it has a lot to do with the fact that there is not as much pressure on you to do everything perfect.
Ok back to the pattern for my second square.
Cast on 34
1) K
2) P
3) K
4) P
5) K 7, P4, (K4,P4) to last 7 K7
6) P3, ( K4,P4) to last 7 K4, P3
7) repeat row 5
8) repeat row 6
9) K3, P1, (K4,P4) to last 6 K3, P3
10) P6, (K4, P4) to last 4 P4
11) repeat row 9
12) repeat row 10
13) K3, P2, ( K4, P4) to last 5 K5
14) P3, K2, (P4, K4) to last 5 P5
15) repeat row 13
16) repeat row 14
as you can now see on the 5th row you will add a purl or knit stitch to the moving rib stitch pattern.
17) K3, P3,( K4, P4) to last 4 K1 P 3
18) P3 K1, ( P4, K4 ) to last 6 P6
19) repeat row 17
20) repeat row 18
21) K3, ( P4,K4) to last 3 K3
22) P7, ( K4,P4) to last 7 P7
23) repeat row 21
24) repeat row 22
keep going in this manner until it reaches 1/2 inch shorter than the length of the first square. then you K 1 row
P 1 row
K 1 row
P 1 row bind off
If you make sure it is the same length as the first square they will all be the same size.
Ok back to the pattern for my second square.
Cast on 34
1) K
2) P
3) K
4) P
5) K 7, P4, (K4,P4) to last 7 K7
6) P3, ( K4,P4) to last 7 K4, P3
7) repeat row 5
8) repeat row 6
9) K3, P1, (K4,P4) to last 6 K3, P3
10) P6, (K4, P4) to last 4 P4
11) repeat row 9
12) repeat row 10
13) K3, P2, ( K4, P4) to last 5 K5
14) P3, K2, (P4, K4) to last 5 P5
15) repeat row 13
16) repeat row 14
as you can now see on the 5th row you will add a purl or knit stitch to the moving rib stitch pattern.
17) K3, P3,( K4, P4) to last 4 K1 P 3
18) P3 K1, ( P4, K4 ) to last 6 P6
19) repeat row 17
20) repeat row 18
21) K3, ( P4,K4) to last 3 K3
22) P7, ( K4,P4) to last 7 P7
23) repeat row 21
24) repeat row 22
keep going in this manner until it reaches 1/2 inch shorter than the length of the first square. then you K 1 row
P 1 row
K 1 row
P 1 row bind off
If you make sure it is the same length as the first square they will all be the same size.
Tuesday, October 7, 2014
The Fun Square
I am working on the next square in my afghan. I am going to call this on ribs on the move. I starts out just like the first square with a knit four purl rib, then after you complete four rows you move a stitch over.
Cast on 34
1) K across
2) P across
3) K
4) P
5) K3,(K4, P4) to last 7 K7
6) P3, (K4,P4) to last 7 K4, P3
7) repeat row 5
8) repeat row 6
9) K3,P1,(K4,P4) to last 6 K6
10) P3,K3,(P4,K4) to last 4 P4
11) repeat row 9
12) repeat row 10
13) K3,P2,(K4,P4) to last 5 K5
14) P3,K2,(P4,K4) to last 5 K2, P3
15) repeat row 13
16) repeat row 14
This keep moving one stitch over every 4 rows. I will post more later.
What going on here. It has turned back into summer here. Hot humid and sunny. Oh well I live in Texas what can I expect.
I have been working on a little Tunisian crochet. Two color work with a cro-hook. It is a change of pace. It is so close to crochet but also knit. It is fun. It is another one of those things I started years ago before I knew there was a name for it. I am a yarn addict. Plain and simple. I can't seem to get away from it, but why would I want to?
I am also working on the needle knit square for this afghan also. I need to get moving. It is getting close to the 15th. I have decided that I won't put pressure on myself. I will get it done in due time. This afghan doesn't have a time limit. If anyone wants to follow along they are welcome. I hope to have enough squares finished to have a nice cough size afghan. Well I guess I will have to if I don't just put the needle knit and the loom knit ones together. I might just do that.
What do you think? I think it would be nice to figure out which square is which. I have loom knit needle knit patterns before. I make a slipper that worked out well on a loom. By golly I might just do that.
I am going to call it a night and put it up for now. Night all.
Cast on 34
1) K across
2) P across
3) K
4) P
5) K3,(K4, P4) to last 7 K7
6) P3, (K4,P4) to last 7 K4, P3
7) repeat row 5
8) repeat row 6
9) K3,P1,(K4,P4) to last 6 K6
10) P3,K3,(P4,K4) to last 4 P4
11) repeat row 9
12) repeat row 10
13) K3,P2,(K4,P4) to last 5 K5
14) P3,K2,(P4,K4) to last 5 K2, P3
15) repeat row 13
16) repeat row 14
This keep moving one stitch over every 4 rows. I will post more later.
What going on here. It has turned back into summer here. Hot humid and sunny. Oh well I live in Texas what can I expect.
I have been working on a little Tunisian crochet. Two color work with a cro-hook. It is a change of pace. It is so close to crochet but also knit. It is fun. It is another one of those things I started years ago before I knew there was a name for it. I am a yarn addict. Plain and simple. I can't seem to get away from it, but why would I want to?
I am also working on the needle knit square for this afghan also. I need to get moving. It is getting close to the 15th. I have decided that I won't put pressure on myself. I will get it done in due time. This afghan doesn't have a time limit. If anyone wants to follow along they are welcome. I hope to have enough squares finished to have a nice cough size afghan. Well I guess I will have to if I don't just put the needle knit and the loom knit ones together. I might just do that.
What do you think? I think it would be nice to figure out which square is which. I have loom knit needle knit patterns before. I make a slipper that worked out well on a loom. By golly I might just do that.
I am going to call it a night and put it up for now. Night all.
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