[Nfb-krafters-korner] Cro Hooking, A Cousin to Tunisian Crochet

[Melanie Peskoe]

Hi Annette
This sounds so wonderful! I can’t wait to do the Tunisian class and this sounds like a fantastic progression! Just wondering, do you happen to be the same Annette I chat with on Twitter during my show on Sunday nights? If so, double hello to you!
Melanie

> On Feb 4, 2018, at 8:40 AM, Annette via Nfb-krafters-korner <nfb-krafters-korner at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> 
> Hi All,
> 
> 
> 
> As mentioned in my previous post, here is a description of Cro Hooking.
> 
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> 
> Like Tunisian, Cro Hooking is a combination of knitting and crocheting.  It
> takes to passes to complete one row.  The first time you load the stitches
> on to the needle, and when done, it looks like a knitting needle filled with
> all of your stitches.  The second pass is where you work all of the stitches
> off of the needle until you have only 1 stitch left.  
> 
> 
> 
> Those of you who know how to do Tunisian are saying, so what is the big
> deal, this sounds just like Tunisian, and you are correct.  The next step is
> where it differs.  
> 
> 
> 
> Cro Hooking is worked with 2 contrasting colors of yarn.  When the work is
> done, one color dominates one side of the fabric, and the other color
> dominates the opposite side.  The finished fabric is reversible, and looks
> impressive with little effort.  To achieve this, you switch colors to work
> each row.  Remember, working a single row requires 2 passes, so you would
> use the same color of yarn to complete those 2 passes.  In order to achieve
> the visual effect, I described above, you work into the stitch post of the
> previous row instead of into the actual stitch when loading your needle with
> stitches.  
> 
> 
> 
> HTH,
> 
> Annette
> 
> 
> 
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