[Nfb-krafters-korner] Crohooking

Susan Roe dogwoodfarm at verizon.net
Thu Jul 15 14:53:58 UTC 2010 

Theresa K.,

No, because if you try, you will not get the same tilt to the stitches and 
your colors will not be at the proper angles for the reverse patterns.

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: Thursday, July 15, 2010 6:34 AM
Subject: Re: [Nfb-krafters-korner] Crohooking


> 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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