[Nfb-krafters-korner] Crohooking

Susan Roe dogwoodfarm at verizon.net
Thu Jul 15 14:51:20 UTC 2010 

Carol,

That's great!  I'll probably get with Joyce and try for a crohook class in 
September or October.

Susan R.
dogwoodfarm at verizon.net
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Carol Osmar" <osmarc at sbcglobal.net>
To: "List for blind crafters and artists" <nfb-krafters-korner at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Thursday, July 15, 2010 6:00 AM
Subject: Re: [Nfb-krafters-korner] Crohooking


> 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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