[Nfb-krafters-korner] Crohooking

[Susan Roe]

Okay, the two individual crohooks are sold in sets or singular.  The ones in 
the set are sold like that because the pattern inside calls for two 
different sizes due to the baby items.  You only use one crohook at a time 
and you slide the piece your working on from one end to the other, using the 
hook on either end.

Picture this...
Make a chain of 14 links.  Like crochet, Using either end, starting with the 
first link, go in with your hook and pull a loop through each chain link and 
leave it on your needle.  You should have 15 loops on your needle including 
your original loop.  Slide your piece down the long needle so it sits at the 
opposite end and the second hook and then turn it around so that your piece 
is now on the left end of the needle.

Attach your second color to that end of your piece.  now you have two colors 
attached, one at either end.  Your first color is now your non-working 
thread (on your right) and your second color is now your working thread (on 
your left).

Working thread:  Wrap yarn over hook and pull it through your first loop and 
then chain one.  Now this is what you are going to do all the way across. 
Wrap yarn around hook, pull through next loop and then chain one.  this 
removes each loop and then locks it in place with a chain.  Once you have 
only one loop remaining, using the working thread (still the thread on your 
left), put your hook through the chain closest to your hook and pull loop 
through and onto your hook.  You are now putting loops back onto your 
needle.  You should then have 15 loops back on your needle.  Your working 
thread is still now on your left.  Push your piece over to the right and 
turn it around so your working thread is on the right side and the 
non-working color is on your left.

Important!!!
Your non-working thread has just become your working thread.

You keep this color changing pattern going back and forth, crocheting the 
loops off and then hooking them back on.  The color pattern will look like a 
wide stripe of color A with a narrow stripe of color B on one side and then 
a wide stripe of color B with a narrow stripe of color A on the other side. 
You can use contrasting colors or two shades of another color.

The hardest part is the first color swop because there is not much there to 
hold onto as you go.  Once you've gotten over that part, then it is easy to 
set a steady pase and it goes like clock work.

Susan R.
dogwoodfarm at verizon.net
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Theresa Taylor" <tct71887 at gmail.com>
To: "List for blind crafters and artists" <nfb-krafters-korner at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Wednesday, July 14, 2010 9:15 PM
Subject: Re: [Nfb-krafters-korner] Tunisian crochet?


>I found a dishcloth pattern online with cro hooking I am still confused on 
>the idea of when to use what hook....lol....and I am assuming it is one 
>hook not two...am I correct? I know there are two hooks on the needle, but 
>I mean do you use two needles or one? I always see them in a set and I am 
>wondering if that is why I am confused.
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Susan Roe" <dogwoodfarm at verizon.net>
> To: "List for blind crafters and artists" <nfb-krafters-korner at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Wednesday, July 14, 2010 10:07 PM
> Subject: Re: [Nfb-krafters-korner] Tunisian crochet?
>
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>> Well, with the help of my sister who can see, I learned it from a kit 
>> that contained two different size hooks.  From that, I made Christmas red 
>> and white scarves and then I matched them with stocking caps knitted with 
>> size 8 needles.  Probably this fall, I will attempt the baby set that 
>> actually came with the kit.  I wanted to master the technique with 
>> something simple like the scarves before I tackled the baby things.  I 
>> have never seen a book that had crohooking paterns.
>>
>> Susan R.
>> dogwoodfarm at verizon.net
>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> From: "Theresa Taylor" <tct71887 at gmail.com>
>> To: "List for blind crafters and artists" 
>> <nfb-krafters-korner at nfbnet.org>
>> Sent: Wednesday, July 14, 2010 6:46 PM
>> Subject: Re: [Nfb-krafters-korner] Tunisian crochet?
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>>
>>> Wow that sounds fascinating. Can you recommend tutorials?
>>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>>> From: "Susan Roe" <dogwoodfarm at verizon.net>
>>> To: "List for blind crafters and artists" 
>>> <nfb-krafters-korner at nfbnet.org>
>>> Sent: Wednesday, July 14, 2010 7:19 PM
>>> Subject: Re: [Nfb-krafters-korner] Tunisian crochet?
>>>
>>>
>>>> Teresa K.
>>>>
>>>> The double ended long crochet hooks are for crohooking.  It is another 
>>>> type of crocheting that will give you a double sided item and you use 
>>>> two different colors of yarn.  I just learned how to do it this 
>>>> Christmas and absolutely love it.
>>>>
>>>> Susan R.
>>>> dogwoodfarm at verizon.net
>>>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>>>> From: "Theresa Taylor" <tct71887 at gmail.com>
>>>> To: "List for blind crafters and artists" 
>>>> <nfb-krafters-korner at nfbnet.org>
>>>> Sent: Wednesday, July 14, 2010 3:49 PM
>>>> Subject: Re: [Nfb-krafters-korner] Tunisian crochet?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> Wow that sounds very fascinating and something I would be interested 
>>>>> in learning. Just for clarification it isn't the crochet hooks with 
>>>>> hooks on each end right? Still haven't figured out what those are used 
>>>>> for.
>>>>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>>>>> From: "Laura White" <lewhite86 at gmail.com>
>>>>> To: "List for blind crafters and artists" 
>>>>> <nfb-krafters-korner at nfbnet.org>
>>>>> Sent: Tuesday, July 13, 2010 10:11 PM
>>>>> Subject: Re: [Nfb-krafters-korner] Tunisian crochet?
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>> Hi guys,
>>>>>> Tunisian or afghan crochet uses a long hook with a stopper on one end
>>>>>> like a knitting needle. The difference is that with regular crochet
>>>>>> you work one loop at a time off the hook and with afghan/tunisian you
>>>>>> have as many loops on the hook as you do stitches in the row.
>>>>>> I'd consider teaching a class when I become more able to do it 
>>>>>> myself.
>>>>>> The trouble is that these crochet hooks are difficult to find in 
>>>>>> stores.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Laura
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On 7/13/10, Nancy Yeager <nancyyeager542 at verizon.net> wrote:
>>>>>>> Never heard of it, how is it different from other crochet?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Nancy Yeager
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>>>>> From: nfb-krafters-korner-bounces at nfbnet.org
>>>>>>> [mailto:nfb-krafters-korner-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Laura 
>>>>>>> White
>>>>>>> Sent: Tuesday, July 13, 2010 10:43 AM
>>>>>>> To: Nfb-krafters-korner at nfbnet.org
>>>>>>> Subject: [Nfb-krafters-korner] Tunisian crochet?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Hi fellow Krafters,
>>>>>>> I just learned how to do Tunisian crochet sometimes called afghan 
>>>>>>> crochet.
>>>>>>> Anyone else on the list do this particular form of crochet?
>>>>>>>
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