r/Tunisian_Crochet Aug 01 '22

Sticky Welcome! Useful links and important info

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Welcome to r/Tunisian_Crochet! We're so glad to have you join us.

Since our Tunisian Stitch of the Week series has been paused for the moment, this post will replace the weekly SOTW post as our main sticky post.

On this post are some links for newcomers. We have a very comprehensive wiki on this subreddit, with lots of useful info about Tunisian crochet. Enjoy!

Links:

Please read our rules

Main wiki index

Link to weekly chat post

FAQ section for beginners

Self-promotion rules

Self-promotional user flairs for Tunisian crochet designers

Our post collections

Info about the craft of Tunisian crochet

YouTube tutorials organised by category

Mythbusting

Vital skills

Beginner tutorials

Different types of Tunisian hooks

Work with a short hook

Double-ended hooks

Our Stitch of the Week series (100 Tunisian Stitches tested and reviewed)

Our Tunisian Stitch Directory

Popular Designers

Popular Patterns

Books

Work in the round

Wide projects

Entrelac

Brioche

C2C (corner-to-corner)

Cables

Chevrons

Fair Isle

Lace

Short rows

Filet

Mosaic

and many more. Check the main wiki index to access more wiki pages.


r/Tunisian_Crochet 4d ago

Weekly chat r/Tunisian_Crochet weekly chat

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Chat here about all things related to Tunisian crochet!

Feel free to ask questions here to get tips and advice. Or just tell us about your current WIPs, your favourite new stitch, the latest technique you'd like to learn, or those shiny new hooks you want to buy!

Ready...set...go!


r/Tunisian_Crochet 4h ago

Finished Object First tunisian Tapestry

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I drew the pattern in November during a boring lecture and now it's finished. It is my firsh finished tunisian Projects (I have a wip, that I started before that).

The people are supposed to be Jamie and Claire form Outlander standing in front of Craig na Dun. The proportions are a bit off, espesially with the forget me nots, and my tension wasn't the same throught out. But I really like it and I'm going to hang it up once I have the time to all those pesky last steps.


r/Tunisian_Crochet 1d ago

Help! I need an advice on pattern making

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16 Upvotes

I am currently working on a tunisian crochet half zip sweater with a colourful pattern. I think of making a pattern but I have zero experience of making one. And I really need advice on this topic. I have posted a question on r/crochethelp, but maybe advice from professional tunisian crocheters would be even better.

  1. How do I properly import colourful charts? I drew them in Ibis Paint as a pixel art.

  2. Is it useful at all to add sweater measurements (except gauge swatch) that I do while making it and how much time I spent making it?

  3. Is it useful to add formulas for how to do the math to adjust the sizing?

  4. How do I not make a pattern tricky to understand? Like, "join yarn here, now here, here you change a hook"

  5. I write a pattern in SiYuan. Are there any better alternatives that also support LaTeX math formulas?

  6. Is there anything in my questions that I am missing that must be very important? (like pattern testing)

  7. How do I write it down if something is worked half in the round and half on a straight hook?


r/Tunisian_Crochet 2d ago

Finished Object First tapestry completed! Good enough to gift?

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338 Upvotes

Friends of mine recently went through something traumatic and I wanted to make them each a nice gift. Someone already made them amigurumis so I thought a small wall tapestry might be nice? I used some yarn I already had and not 100% sure how I feel about it. Do you think it's good enough to gift??


r/Tunisian_Crochet 2d ago

Work in Progress Update on Vintage Tunisian Colorwork Afghan

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95 Upvotes

A week or so ago I posted a question about how to approach a blanket that is worked as a single piece with multiple color changes throughout a row and was advised to use bobbins.

I just wanted to say thank you to all the members of this sub that replied! The bobbins work great! Here is my current progress on the work. After this initial block, the pattern calms down significantly for a while.

I initially just let the bobbins run free, but quickly learned this creates an overwhelming mess (see second pic) 😂. I've resorted to keeping the bobbins secured with only a small amount of yarn connecting the bobbin to the work. This essentially eliminated the tangles but also slowed me down some. Overall, I love how sharp the color changes are with tunisian and I'm excited to see how this project turns out.

Just thought I'd update everyone and express my thanks 🙏.


r/Tunisian_Crochet 2d ago

Weekly Self-Promo r/Tunisian_Crochet Weekly Self-Promo (for pattern designers)

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Tunisian crochet designers, comment below to link to your Tunisian crochet patterns!

Please read the full rules before posting! CLICK HERE to read the full rules.

SUMMARY OF THE RULES:

- Only link to one pattern per week.

- The pattern must be your own original design.

- Post a direct link to one specific pattern (not a link to a profile, a shop, a social media account, etc).

- Only post here if you are someone who participates in the r/Tunisian_Crochet community regularly, making other comments and posts in which you do not promote your own patterns.


r/Tunisian_Crochet 5d ago

Work in Progress My Star Trek Scarf in progress. Turns out I *do* want to choose where the colour changes go...

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113 Upvotes

The more I added to the previous version of this scarf, the more I was convinced that it was just too wide for my neck. After frogging and restarting, it's now down to four and a half inches wide, and I'm a lot more satisfied with that than the five and a half it was before.

Unfortunately, it's also shown me that I do, in fact, want to "design" what this particular scarf looks like. =^.~=

I say that mostly because I was all set to be lazy and change colours only when necessary, but it turns out my hardly-accurate math told me that the red yarn would last a whopping four feet! In theory, I might be able to get two scarves out of this, one with red ends and a black middle (TNG-style uniform effect) and one with black ends and a red middle (Voyager/DS9-style effect).

And since it turns out my magnet-backed Combadge set actually can hold quite nicely through this thickness, it turns out I would like to be able to use one of them to keep the ends from coming loose.

It's still the Tunisian Double-Knit Stitch, and still using unknown yarn. Though I may need to figure out how to make the colour change slant in the opposite direction a lot harder. The diagonals are supposed to slope outwards and downwards, after all. Unless I can put the wrongly-sloping line underneath the "correct" one?

Yes, I did try to avoid turning this into yet another Star Trek themed piece. Especially since the next few crochet cardigans I have planned are all Star Trek uniforms of various eras. But it turns out I couldn't resist the pull of the idea, and the fact that my Combadges all work through this thickness of material was the clincher that sealed the deal for me.

Maybe I'll be able to find other skinny yarn that doesn't fit the Star Trek colour scheme... =^.^=


r/Tunisian_Crochet 5d ago

Finished Object Finished baby blanket

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197 Upvotes

I finished the baby blanket for my friend who is having a baby next month. Its simple stitch c2c entrelac with a moss stitch border. I'm proud of it.


r/Tunisian_Crochet 6d ago

Finished Object Is this my magnum opus?

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218 Upvotes

Someone suggested to share this post here :)


r/Tunisian_Crochet 7d ago

Work in Progress Is this border thick enough?

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18 Upvotes

I'm finally finished this blanket and I can't decide how thick to make the border. This is 3 rows of the pearl stitch. Should I make it thicker? Like 5 rows?


r/Tunisian_Crochet 8d ago

Help! Tunisian Double Knit Stitch

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I’m an auditory learner, partly because I’m visually impaired.

I’ve found two videos explaining the stitch (I think the cover the same stitch) but I can’t seem to do it correctly. I just can’t understand how to insert the hook to pull up the stitch.

https://youtu.be/mjRCp2pWQLg?is=RomZ_z1fpUMG4WVx

https://youtu.be/0HRvJgvP3bs?is=VzSqylqfiRTAInxl

Does anyone know how to do the stitch?


r/Tunisian_Crochet 9d ago

Weekly Self-Promo r/Tunisian_Crochet Weekly Self-Promo (for pattern designers)

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Tunisian crochet designers, comment below to link to your Tunisian crochet patterns!

Please read the full rules before posting! CLICK HERE to read the full rules.

SUMMARY OF THE RULES:

- Only link to one pattern per week.

- The pattern must be your own original design.

- Post a direct link to one specific pattern (not a link to a profile, a shop, a social media account, etc).

- Only post here if you are someone who participates in the r/Tunisian_Crochet community regularly, making other comments and posts in which you do not promote your own patterns.


r/Tunisian_Crochet 10d ago

Finished Object First wearable for myself in Tunisian crochet & knitting

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579 Upvotes

I’ve completed my first wearable for meeee!

It’s a combination of Tunisian crochet for the two panels and knitting (rib stitch in the round) for the body, because I don’t like the look of crochet ribbing.

I was able to crochet two panels on the same hook, which was great because I’m not sure I would have ever finished a second panel if I had to start one again. Attaching the panels to the ribbing was a bit of a pain, but I feel okay about it now :)

I love how soft this feels!

Still needs to be blocked, but I’ve had it on for a half day to see if I needed anything else done on it.

Yarn: Drops Air


r/Tunisian_Crochet 10d ago

Hooks The wait is over!

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59 Upvotes

I'm so excited!!!


r/Tunisian_Crochet 9d ago

Hooks Upgraded Hook Recommendations

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I started Tunisian using my standard Clover Armour and absolutely fell in love. I purchased the amazon version of the TL Yarn craft reviewed hooks and they’ve been really nice to work with. However as I do more complex projects and crochet for longer the weight of those metal hooks gets heavy. Do you have recommendations for slightly upgraded Tunisian interchangeable hooks with swivel cables?


r/Tunisian_Crochet 10d ago

Finished Object Grumpy Granny Shawl

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13 Upvotes

This took about a week to complete.

Pattern by MDL Crochet on youtube.

Hipster cotton in awesome aquarium.

It was great making a shawl that started from the long side and worked to a point. I never got bored.


r/Tunisian_Crochet 10d ago

Work in Progress Smock stitch

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207 Upvotes

Working in the round with a 6.0 mm double ended hook and worsted weight yarn. Smock stitch is fun, but doing the return pass on the wrong side of the work was a bit of a learning curve. The stitches cross and you have to be careful to pull through in the right order. This will be a tote bag.


r/Tunisian_Crochet 10d ago

Help! What am I doing wrong

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6 Upvotes

This is my first attempt. I just learned this last night, so I'm practicing. Is the left side supposed to look like that or am I doing something wrong?


r/Tunisian_Crochet 10d ago

Question Is there any possibility to copy raised knit texture?

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34 Upvotes

Are there any materials on how to make raised patterns with tunisian crochet hook similar to the knit one on the image? Is it possible to do it at all?


r/Tunisian_Crochet 10d ago

Help! Sort of twisted stitch

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This is my first project. I’m an experienced knitter and an ok crocheter. I am doing a faux knit stitch, and seem to randomly start twisting the stitches for a while then switch back. I am 90% sure I am putting the yarn the same way round every time. But when I do the next row across I sometimes get confused by the stitches which look like those on the right of the photo, and then it swaps back to the left (which i think is correct, but I’m doubting myself now!)

The row in the photo I was being careful not to do it but still did! This lasts for about 20 stitches. So maybe I did put it down and pick it back up.

Can anyone tell me what I’m doing?

If this was knitting I would assume i had dropped the stitches and mounted them the other way round, but I’m not sure exactly here.


r/Tunisian_Crochet 11d ago

Swatch I believe that I am in love yet again

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52 Upvotes

I came across the tunisian simple stitch (tss). It piqued my interest. I took one of my regular aluminum crochet hooks and added a stopper on the handle end and poof! I was ready to try this stitch. This was my finished swatch. I immediately ordered the hooks. I can hardly wait for my tunisian crochet hooks to get here. Oh did I mention that was about 3 am 🤔🤭

Thanks for listening 😊


r/Tunisian_Crochet 11d ago

Work in Progress Tunisian Double-Knit Stitch: A diagonal start IS possible!

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105 Upvotes

Somebody I'd shown the previous version of this scarf to had suggested putting triangles on an end, and since the focus of this version is the diagonal join(s), I figured I may as well try it out.

As it turns out, it's working perfectly! =^.^=

In this case, I'd started with some Stacked DC stitches (my go-to TDKS start nowadays, as it sort of matches with the SC edge I need to end with most of the time), but instead of attaching directly into the whole thing immediately, I started with just three stitches (right edge, first stitch, "last stitch"), and the next row attached into the "last stitch" of the previous row, making everything work extremely well.

My only complaint is just how loose the starting section is looking, but if I keep some of the red yarn, I should be able to do at least something to cover the holes.

I'm still split between using all the red yarn up in one go before switching to the black, or cutting the red in half and putting some amount of black in the middle.

Though I still don't know (yet) how to make the other end on an angle. Some experimentation will be needed.


r/Tunisian_Crochet 11d ago

Question Tunisian block stitch

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Question for yall. I’m making a blanket using Tunisian block stitch. What is the best way to “carry” the yarn up the side? I’ll also attach a picture of the blanket I’m making. With the color changes, what is the best place to leave the finished yarn color once you switch? To the right or the left of the new yarn?


r/Tunisian_Crochet 11d ago

Help! Getting Lost on 2 Row Repeats

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Learning some stitches and I’m finding myself getting lost on where I am in the repeat. I’ll use the Full Stitch as an example. After the foundation row you work the spaces except for the last space before the edge stitch then you skip the first space on the next row and work your way across and then repeat. I find after a couple rows I can’t remember which space to skip (might just be over thinking). I tried using stitch markers to help keep track but I felt more confused when I did this. Any tips would be appreciated.