[Nfb-krafters-korner] Crohooking

Thu Jul 15 12:34:10 UTC 2010

Wow thanks! That is an awesome description! Can you do this with multiple 
crochet stitches such as single or double etc...?
----- 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 3:54 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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