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Posted by Cece on December 29, 2008, 4:54 pm
On Dec 28, 12:59=A0am, mir...@actcom.co.il wrote:
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> > I just learned about Tunisian crochet, but have not seen information ab=
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> > instructions or a link to instructions?
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> Tunisian Crochet is made =A0on a Special LONG crochet hook .
> mirjam
Looks the same as afghan stitch crocheting?
Years ago, a friend's afghan hook had an aluminum part the same length
as ordinary afghan hooks with a flexible nylon piece extending from
it, with a stopper at the very end. It may have been from Boye -- ah,
I see Boye still makes them! Anyway, the afghan's current stitches
could "pile up" on the nylon part so that the section being worked
could be several feet wide!
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Posted by Jake Wildstrom on December 29, 2008, 6:30 pm
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>On Dec 28, 12:59 am, mir...@actcom.co.il wrote:
>> On Dec 27, 11:41 pm, bj10gk_at_hotmail_dot_...@foo.com (semajrn)
>> wrote:
>> > I just learned about Tunisian crochet, but have not seen
>> > information about Tunisian crochet using circular needles. Is
>> > this possible and does anyone know of instructions or a link to
>> > instructions?
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>Looks the same as afghan stitch crocheting?
>Years ago, a friend's afghan hook had an aluminum part the same length
>as ordinary afghan hooks with a flexible nylon piece extending from
>it, with a stopper at the very end. It may have been from Boye -- ah,
>I see Boye still makes them! Anyway, the afghan's current stitches
>could "pile up" on the nylon part so that the section being worked
>could be several feet wide!
Tunesian crochet, afghan crochet, and tricot are all variant names of
the same lengthwise-worked stitching with a crochet hook where one
picks up an entire row of stitches, then returns pulliong YOs through
two stitches at a time. One theoretically _could_ do a short enough
work even on a small hook, but the multiple pick-ups mean you do
generally need either a long rigid hook, or a hook with, as you
mention, a nylon cable on the back.
Tunesian crochet is, I think, the preferred name, with minimal
ambiguity ("tricot" also describes machine-knitted fabrics, and
"afghan" crochet is easily confused with the completely unrelated act
of crocheting an afghan).
Adding to the confusion, there are a few variants on Tunesian crochet
as well; there's cro-hook, which I think might actually be a
registered trademark of someone, which is worked with two strands, and
which requires a hook at the front _and_ back of the row which is
picked up, and the YO/pull through 2 action is done at the back, with
the second strand, instead of at the front. This stitch can be done on
either a long rigid hook with hooks at both ends, or a 'circular
hook', which is a pair of crochet hooks connected by a nylon cable,
like circular knitting needles are.
-Jake
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Posted by Cece on January 6, 2009, 2:45 pm
On Dec 29 2008, 5:30=A0pm, Jake Wildstrom
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> In article <f45623a9-5498-48f1-8549-39ee5ca5c...@a12g2000pro.googlegroups=
.com>,
> >On Dec 28, 12:59=A0am, mir...@actcom.co.il wrote:
> >> On Dec 27, 11:41=A0pm, bj10gk_at_hotmail_dot_...@foo.com (semajrn)
> >> wrote:
> >> > I just learned about Tunisian crochet, but have not seen
> >> > information about Tunisian crochet using circular needles. Is
> >> > this possible and does anyone know of instructions or a link to
> >> > instructions?
> >Looks the same as afghan stitch crocheting?
> >Years ago, a friend's afghan hook had an aluminum part the same length
> >as ordinary afghan hooks with a flexible nylon piece extending from
> >it, with a stopper at the very end. =A0It may have been from Boye -- ah,
> >I see Boye still makes them! =A0Anyway, the afghan's current stitches
> >could "pile up" on the nylon part so that the section being worked
> >could be several feet wide!
> Tunesian crochet, afghan crochet, and tricot are all variant names of
> the same lengthwise-worked stitching with a crochet hook where one
> picks up an entire row of stitches, then returns pulliong YOs through
> two stitches at a time. One theoretically _could_ do a short enough
> work even on a small hook, but the multiple pick-ups mean you do
> generally need either a long rigid hook, or a hook with, as you
> mention, a nylon cable on the back.
> Tunesian crochet is, I think, the preferred name, with minimal
> ambiguity ("tricot" also describes machine-knitted fabrics, and
> "afghan" crochet is easily confused with the completely unrelated act
> of crocheting an afghan).
> Adding to the confusion, there are a few variants on Tunesian crochet
> as well; there's cro-hook, which I think might actually be a
> registered trademark of someone, which is worked with two strands, and
> which requires a hook at the front _and_ back of the row which is
> picked up, and the YO/pull through 2 action is done at the back, with
> the second strand, instead of at the front. This stitch can be done on
> either a long rigid hook with hooks at both ends, or a 'circular
> hook', which is a pair of crochet hooks connected by a nylon cable,
> like circular knitting needles are.
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The published patterns, though, all want the stuff done in narrow
strips, four to six inches wide, which can be sewn together. The
cable hook lets you do a whole bedspread width at once!
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> wrote:
> > I just learned about Tunisian crochet, but have not seen information ab=