I am about to embark on my first tunisian blanket and love this border to flatten it out. I was impressed with the second (triangular) method of turning the corner although I think it might challenge me when I come to join into it to start the next edge, but a few views of the video on slow hopefully should get me on the right track. My question though is, if I want to use the triangular method, how do I commence at the start. I assume I would need to make a triangle corner there for starters.
For that method, you start just before the corner or just after the corner at any spot on the side of the square. Either way, you'll need to make a seam at the end. It's a similar method of turning the corner with the 10-stitch blanket. I will soon have another video showing the turning of such corners.
Hello, I was wondering if this would work with any type of stitch or is it only going to work with the honeycomb? I've been working on a pocket shawl for my mother in tunisian c2c with smock stitch for the pockets and developed a crazy curl. I haven't tested it out yet, but would a smock stitch around work to match the pockets? Thanks for the lovely tutorial!
Smock stich curls a lot. I don't know what it would do to a diagonal curl... You could try one of the other stitch combinations that I mention in the other video specifically about curling. Purl stitches, reverse stitches, they all flatten out the work, you can mix them up.
Can you show what stitch you're grabbing in the back of stitch when you're joining? I've never heard of this. I tried doing it when doing a first border row of SC. There's lots of stitches to grab back there. The center one makes a bigger hole. Guessing, I angled left...and it does get rid of hole. But it's not easy to dig in to find. And I guess I missed the part where you mentioned only doing it on the right side. I did it on the left, too. Maybe that's why I'm struggling. But it did make it cleaner, no hole. Maybe it matters how you ended each Simple Stitch Tunisian row? I do yo pt1, yo pt2.
Do you mean the third loop on the back? At 1:58 I show this loop and then in subsequent rows. I also show it in the sun square video here: th-cam.com/video/LkPDZqt28T0/w-d-xo.html If you make Sc first, there won't be enough space for the big hook to go through, but there's a third loop in Sc as well. You just need the right hook size. The thing with this border is that you should use the same hook as for the center of your project, but for regular crochet you'd need to go down in hook size. So choose one. TC border with the same hook or regular crochet border with a smaller hook. Otherwise you'll end up with ruffles. As for ending the row, you don't Ch1 here because you work into the side of the project. So you start with YO and pull through 2.
In the foundation chain, when pulling up your first loops, you don't skip the first chain from the hook. Is that right? I thought you always skip the first chain when starting Tunisian
It's a personal preference, it's not incorrect in either way. I prefer to not skip the first chain and some people prefer to add an extra chain in the foundation and skip it. I think it makes the right edge uneven and since you don't chain on the next row you shouldn't for the first row either. If you make tall stitches, like extended or double stitches, I always recommend that you do Ch1 or Ch2 at the beginning of every row, including the foundation.
You move too fast..it's hard to follow your movements...I would love to put this border on my "curl up project" but I find it difficult to follow you....it is a very nice border, just wish I could follow your each and every step ! Thanks !
Hi! Please use the speed settings in your browser/app. You can get the video to be played even at 25% of the original speed to see all the movement in detail. This is just a basic honeycomb pattern which I show in another video as well at a much slower pace: th-cam.com/video/DFAAbu84eKQ/w-d-xo.html
Oh, I don't know, I don't think I do, I think I take my time. But that's subjective. You can use the speed settings to slow down the video even to 0.25 and turn on CC to see what I say. Hope this helps!
Hi Sherin, I'm not sure what you are trying to say. The video is difficult to follow for you? Or the border looked complicated and the video made it clear?
Thank you for the feedback! You can change the speed settings on the video to watch it in slow motion, but this video was not intended to teach any specific stitch. You can use this method with any non-curling stitch combination, not just honeycomb. Here's a slower demonstration on how I make purl stitches: th-cam.com/video/YesMgz2hiCc/w-d-xo.html
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Thank you so much for this video, it just saved the look of my first Tunisian Shawl ❤
Yay, that's awesome, Mary!
I loved the second way the best, it’s is seamless.
I’m in the midst of a huge Tunisian afghan and have been trying to decide on a border. This is definitely it! Thanks so much for the great tutorial.
That's awesome, I'm happy it helped 😁
Thank you for this tutorial. It will go perfectly with my Tunisian baby blanket. I prefer the first corner choice.
I'm glad you like it!
Very nice video! Thanks for sharing! I appreciate that you show samples for every technique you mention.
Thank you! I try to show what I know might help folks, but I've also got a lot to learn.
I am about to embark on my first tunisian blanket and love this border to flatten it out. I was impressed with the second (triangular) method of turning the corner although I think it might challenge me when I come to join into it to start the next edge, but a few views of the video on slow hopefully should get me on the right track. My question though is, if I want to use the triangular method, how do I commence at the start. I assume I would need to make a triangle corner there for starters.
For that method, you start just before the corner or just after the corner at any spot on the side of the square. Either way, you'll need to make a seam at the end. It's a similar method of turning the corner with the 10-stitch blanket. I will soon have another video showing the turning of such corners.
@@YarnAndy thank you very much. That certainly makes sense. I should have realised that would be the case.
Hello, I was wondering if this would work with any type of stitch or is it only going to work with the honeycomb? I've been working on a pocket shawl for my mother in tunisian c2c with smock stitch for the pockets and developed a crazy curl. I haven't tested it out yet, but would a smock stitch around work to match the pockets? Thanks for the lovely tutorial!
Smock stich curls a lot. I don't know what it would do to a diagonal curl...
You could try one of the other stitch combinations that I mention in the other video specifically about curling. Purl stitches, reverse stitches, they all flatten out the work, you can mix them up.
Can you show what stitch you're grabbing in the back of stitch when you're joining? I've never heard of this.
I tried doing it when doing a first border row of SC. There's lots of stitches to grab back there. The center one makes a bigger hole. Guessing, I angled left...and it does get rid of hole. But it's not easy to dig in to find.
And I guess I missed the part where you mentioned only doing it on the right side. I did it on the left, too. Maybe that's why I'm struggling. But it did make it cleaner, no hole.
Maybe it matters how you ended each Simple Stitch Tunisian row? I do yo pt1, yo pt2.
Do you mean the third loop on the back? At 1:58 I show this loop and then in subsequent rows. I also show it in the sun square video here: th-cam.com/video/LkPDZqt28T0/w-d-xo.html If you make Sc first, there won't be enough space for the big hook to go through, but there's a third loop in Sc as well. You just need the right hook size.
The thing with this border is that you should use the same hook as for the center of your project, but for regular crochet you'd need to go down in hook size. So choose one. TC border with the same hook or regular crochet border with a smaller hook. Otherwise you'll end up with ruffles.
As for ending the row, you don't Ch1 here because you work into the side of the project. So you start with YO and pull through 2.
Very helpful thank you
Glad you enjoyed it 💚
Great tips!
Thanks!
In the foundation chain, when pulling up your first loops, you don't skip the first chain from the hook. Is that right? I thought you always skip the first chain when starting Tunisian
It's a personal preference, it's not incorrect in either way. I prefer to not skip the first chain and some people prefer to add an extra chain in the foundation and skip it. I think it makes the right edge uneven and since you don't chain on the next row you shouldn't for the first row either. If you make tall stitches, like extended or double stitches, I always recommend that you do Ch1 or Ch2 at the beginning of every row, including the foundation.
Just make sure you pick up the correct number of loops, so you don't end up with the wrong number of stitches on the foundation row.
You move too fast..it's hard to follow your movements...I would love to put this border on my "curl up project" but I find it difficult to follow you....it is a very nice border, just wish I could follow your each and every step ! Thanks !
Hi! Please use the speed settings in your browser/app. You can get the video to be played even at 25% of the original speed to see all the movement in detail. This is just a basic honeycomb pattern which I show in another video as well at a much slower pace: th-cam.com/video/DFAAbu84eKQ/w-d-xo.html
Why are you working so fast?
Oh, I don't know, I don't think I do, I think I take my time. But that's subjective.
You can use the speed settings to slow down the video even to 0.25 and turn on CC to see what I say.
Hope this helps!
It looked very complicated
Hi Sherin, I'm not sure what you are trying to say. The video is difficult to follow for you? Or the border looked complicated and the video made it clear?
You go too fast when you do the purl stitch.
Thank you for the feedback! You can change the speed settings on the video to watch it in slow motion, but this video was not intended to teach any specific stitch. You can use this method with any non-curling stitch combination, not just honeycomb. Here's a slower demonstration on how I make purl stitches: th-cam.com/video/YesMgz2hiCc/w-d-xo.html