[Nfb-krafters-korner] Crohooking
Carol Osmar
osmarc at sbcglobal.net
Thu Jul 15 12:00:56 UTC 2010
Susan, Thank you so much for this detailed explaination. I also have a
couple of theese hooks and didn't know how to use them. Now that you have
explained it I think I will try it.
Carol
----- Original Message -----
From: "Susan Roe" <dogwoodfarm at verizon.net>
To: "List for blind crafters and artists" <nfb-krafters-korner at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Thursday, July 15, 2010 4:54 AM
Subject: [Nfb-krafters-korner] Crohooking
> 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?
>>
>>
>>> 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?
>>>
>>>
>>>> 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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