[Nfb-krafters-korner] Crohooking

Thu Jul 15 22:38:19 UTC 2010

gotcha!
----- 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 9:53 AM
Subject: Re: [Nfb-krafters-korner] Crohooking


> 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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