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

[amcarr1 at verizon.net]

Melanie,

Thanks for the shout-out, but I am not the same Annette you Tweet with.  Not a single tweet has ever flown from these fingers.  Despite my love of technology, I've managed so far to avoid social media.  

Annette


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From: Nfb-krafters-korner [mailto:nfb-krafters-korner-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Melanie Peskoe via Nfb-krafters-korner
Sent: Sunday, February 4, 2018 9:37 AM
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Cc: Melanie Peskoe <melaniepeskoe at gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [Nfb-krafters-korner] Cro Hooking, A Cousin to Tunisian Crochet

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.
> 
> 
> 
> 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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