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Tunisian Crochet Scarf
Armed with that and a tutorial on stitchdiva.com, I started making a scarf using the basic Tunisian Crochet stitch, alternating three different colored yarns (all of which were left over from a few other projects) It produces a nice thick fabric, which almost looks woven. The wrong side looks like striped garter stitch. I started using the three color yarns because I thought the combination looked pretty, but it had the side benefit of making it much easier to identify the vertical bars you pick up on your right-to-left passes–great for a newbie like myself. My tension is pretty uneven, but the stitch is very forgiving and still looks great. This one’s a scarf for Ted, but I think it would make a fabulous pillow, tote bag or purse as well.
At my January 2008 knitting guild meeting, I won one of our monthly raffle prizes: a book teaching basic Tunisian Crochet patterns and some hooks.
For those who aren’t familiar, Tunisian Crochet–also called Afghan Stitch–is like the fiber love child of knitting and crochet. You use a hook (like crochet) but you work rows of stitches (like knitting). You don’t turn your work, but rather create rows by picking up stitches right to left, then “casting off” left to right. It’s an interesting hybrid craft.
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