I am a thumb yarn grabber too. I started as a child and never changed that habit. It makes us extra special. Oh and I love the name Tippy. I have been tunisian crocheting for a few years and LOVE IT!!!!! I have always loved the look and feel of knitting and that further enhanced my love of tunisian.
While I love to knit I have wanted to try something new. I have always wanted to try Tunisian crochet but I thought it looked difficult and I don't crochet. You make this look so simple. I have found my new thing to try. Thank you.
I just want to thank you for your Crochet for Knitters series. I am on my 3rd giant granny square baby blanket in the last month all because your videos helped me "get" crochet, as I am primarily a knitter. So Thank You, I keep coming back to your videos and sharing them with friend that want to learn how to crochet.
I absolutely love your videos. I prefer crochet over knitting, and I just love your tutorials! They are so informative, easy to understand and your camera angles are so wonderful! My aunt prefers to knit and we have used a lot of your patterns and videos. Thank you so much! :) :)
I have never done the Tunisian stitch and have crocheted most of my life.. I never realized how easy it was or how nice it looked! I love the fact that it is easy to cross stitch onto! I will be using this stitch in the future. Thanks so much for the tutorial!
I just love your crochet tutorials. I don't knit but maybe I will try. Anyway, what I love about your videos is that you ALWAYS add information, technical or just informative Like the name of a knot or what to avoid because you have been down that road. Thank you so much, Charles Rhodes
When changing colors, I know a simple fix for the first stitch that remains in the previous color. All you need to do is change colors for the last yarn over (pull through two) rather than when beginning the next row in the new color :) Thank you for this pattern!
Thanks for such an outstanding tutorial. I've often had trouble doing Tunisian crochet but you have made it so simple and I will tackle it again, with confidence that with you help I can do it! Thanks too for the free pattern. I have a feeling this will become a favorite of mine. I like how it looks like knitting and has a tighter weave than crochet. That will be nice for certain projects. Great job!! Can you do a future tutorial on how to increase and decrease stitches when doing Tunisian crochet? That will be handy and help me create new patterns for myself. I love your style of teaching and will look for more of your tutorials.
Staci, this video comes at the perfect time for me! I love crocheting blankets and have been wanting to do more Tunisian crochet. I've only done a couple of entrelac squares using the Tunisian simple stitch so far. My man always complains that my "normal" crocheted blankets have holes, so they don't keep him warm. The alternative is to knit a blanket, which, although I love knitting, I have no desire to do. This project may just be the solution I'm looking for! It has the ease and quickness of crochet with the look and coverage of knitted fabric. And a big plus - Tunisian is fun to do!
Wow, Tunisian crochet is growing on my. Looks quite quick, I'm knitting a long scarf with some kind of basketweave stitch and it's taking me forever due to me having other commitments and knitting is possible only during my free time. The Tunisian simple stitch looks really nice, I think I'll give it a try in case I need to crank up something. Thanks Staci for your simple tutorial!
I made an Afghan with Tunisian crochet about thirty years ago. I made a few more items through the years but then I got into knitting and set my Tunisian needles aside. I still have them though. It is easier than knitting or crochet but there aren’t many patterns for it. That’s probably why I haven’t done much of it!
Cool! First video I could find that addresses the curling and what to do about it! THANK YOU! And now I am off to find that awesome "bent tipped" needle you are using. I had never seen one before. You are a great teacher.
I'm currently working on a Tunisian crochet hat bottom up in the mock knit stitch. I decided to cast on like I was knitting, and it worked great. I used the German twisted cast on.
I have always been so scared to try crochet after trying to teach myself and it going so badly.... I'm a very competent knitter and can even do naalbinding (norse knitting) which involves knotting back into itself--but crochet terrifies me! But you make it seem so simple and I think I can use this as my entry to crochet!!! thank you so much
This is a technique I've been keen to try, and I want to thank you for this video! Your free pattern is just what I was looking for as a lovely gift to personalise. You're the best :-)
So, this is my project for next semester. I'm going to do this in my university's colors, and the name will be my school's name. This would make a great team blanket!
Brenda Paladino - I don't know of a video on picking up dropped stitches in Tunisian crochet...but since stitches are picked up every other row, it's probably best just to rip back to the previous row to correct it. (If you find a dropped stitch before the previous row, you definitely have to rip back.)
This looks really fun and satisfying! Will have to get my hands on some of those types of crochet hooks. I have some of the old fashioned ones from my Memere, but like you said I don't want to be poking the dog in the eye while I work ;)
I’m pondering what to do for a granddaughter on the way. I’ve tried Tunisian over and over, and the curl absolutely drives me insane. Thank you so much for explaining the several things to minimize and steam to lay flat. I sure appreciate you and just subscribed, and will definitely make one for my granddaughter with her name, once they give me color suggestions. Do you think going with a variegated yarn would work with Tunisian? That way I don’t have to have exact colors. Thank you!
I tried Tunisian crochet for the first time last year and I had so much fun with the afghan hook..I could never figure out how to make those afghan-sized blankets with the hook as there are only so many stitches that fit on the hook, but that was before I knew about the interchangeable set, I ordered one for myself! (I also ordered the knitters pride Marblz acrylic set, so pretty, plus you get a pen made out of the symphonies material!) I like in Tunisian crochet that you always have the right side row facing so you never have to turn your work! Did this technique originate in Tunisia or maybe it was made popular there? Attaching the fringe probably helps with the curling as well.
I've tried tunisian crochet off and on since the 1970s. Without any luck. I always get so frustrated with how it curls up, and I had tried everything I knew to minimize it, but it still didn't look like I wanted it to look. But I never tried steaming it! If you steam acrylic yarn, is this what's known as "killing" it? Is that what stops the curling? I'm going to try it again, and hope it works this time - that baby blanket (and doggie blanket) are just adorable!!
ladygray4 - it may depend on the acrylic yarn, but I didn't have to "kill" anything! Just a gentle steaming with any fiber type is all this stitch needs. If you find that your Tunisian crochet curls and won't lie flat, you probably need to go up a hook size.
I've killed acrylic before. To do so, I had to steam the item, let it dry, smooth it out, steam again, etc. I repeated the process several times, as it was a lace shawl that really needed an aggressive blocking to open up the pattern. If you run the steam over the finished blanket just once or even twice, it shouldn't end up killing the acrylic. But it will smooth it out. As far as I know, steam is the only way to smooth acrylic and make it flat. It won't respond to regular blocking as animal fibers do.
crispappletart This is the first time I've heard of steaming acrylic (well, in Stacey's video) and I've been crocheting for 50 years. So I went out at lunch & got yarn & size "K" tunisian hook to try this again for a blanket for my great-niece. Keep your fingers crossed for me!
I am curious as to what the cross stitch letters look like on the back of the blanket. I know they are in reverse, but how is the finished look? (LOVE and appreciate all of your videos. I've been knitting for two years now, and it's you who taught me. =) Thank you so much!)
I got some Knitter's Pride Tunisian Crochet hooks for Christmas and I've just started my blanket. A couple of times already, I have almost lost a stitch. I'm wondering if there is a video on how to pick up a dropped stitch in Tunisian Crochet?
Thank you so much. Although I am familiar with this stitch ( I use it for graph blankets) I never knew to use a larger hook! Right now I am using a large hook and my work is not curling!
I am six rows away from my finished baby blanket for my cousin I will post a pic when complete. I do have to redo the letters as I did not tie them secure enough and they are all coming apart my yarn is 100% acrylic. I don't really mind as I can make them look a little bit better funny just got to the part where you explain how to tie the knot in the letters. Also I did not see a part about weaving in the ends should I treat them as the letters undo the ply and weave in or just weave in? I am passing on the fringe for the baby blanket a personal choice...I love the look though
I never learned to crochet as a child. I would watch my mom for hours. But I never got how to do it. She tried to teach me, but I always ended up with " flower pots" at least that's what we called it. But this! This afghan stitch I can do. My only problem is...how do you join the panels? I was attempting a twin afghan but I am now lost. So lost that I have cried. Is there a special way to join them so it looks as one piece? Like you have? I guess that is where I'm lost.
Jenn B. - you can cram a lot of stitches on a cord with a hook, but it really depends on the hook size and the thickness of yarn you're using. The set I'm using is an interchangeable set, meaning I can attach any cord length to the hook, to make any size piece. I highly recommend them: www.yarn.com/index.cfm/fuseaction/product.detail/categoryID/0D3CF20A-2155-4EF7-B2C3-86685C455877/productID/309E0195-490C-41B9-B5EF-BD18E8013CB1/
I was wondering about something, this blanket that you made did you make it all at once with changing color or by stripes of color and then you sewed it all together? Thank you!
Liliana Hassiotis - this blanket is done in one piece. Please watch the video and follow the free pattern, available here: verypink.com/2014/11/12/crochet-for-knitters-tunisian-stripes-blanket/
I recently purchased the hook set you are using in your video, I'm just wondering if any of your hooks cracked. One of mine arrived broken but the rest look like they could break easily the wood is very thin at the hook part
im not sure if you know...but when you say you will give a link to another video/pattern on the screen its never there. i dont mean to sound rude just helpful..thanks for the great knitting videos i love them!
+Jess Tyarks - thanks, Jess. When I say that, there is a box that appears on screen, but it isn't always visible to people using mobile devices. Recently, TH-cam has fixed this with Cards - instead of annotation boxes, the little "i" in the upper-right corner serves the purpose, and is visible on mobile devices. Regardless, you can always find all of the links I refer to in the video description field, just below the video.
- I just wonder how to make the rows so long... There is no place for that many stiches on the Tunisian hook. Not on any one of the twoo examples you show. I don’t know why I don’t get it. In your example You make ten stiches. How many do You make for the blanket? I certainly am not very bright today. 🤓 Thank You for showing Tunisian crocheting, starten to learn it in the beginning of this year.. (2018) /Lisbeth from Sweden
I started one of these blankets recently and I'm at the part where I need to do the cross-stitch. When I have a letter that has a gap between colour on a horizontal row, do I just carry a long string at the back and continue or is there a better way so that the back of the work doesn't look so stringy and messy? Thanks
Thanks for the quick reply. I actually saw another video of cross stitch on tunisian and they showed how to do all the cross stitch without seeing any colour on the back side. So I got my blanket almost done. I will be posting on Ravelry soon and will be tagging your pattern. Thanks again. @@verypinkknits
Hi Staci, I was wondering about the pretty sweater /jacket with the zipper I also noticed it behind you on the mannequin when you did the tutorial on the Downton Hat - Is their a chance that you will do a tutorial of it? Or, Did you do it already, I just don't see it (very sorry) please give me the name of it in that case , Thank you I love your tutorials you inspire me Wanda
Thank you,,I'm going to be starting The Sixes and Three cowl today and I'm doing two for both my daughters. this will be my first project I'm very inspired by your tutorials the next is the Skeins Miss Grace Shawl I really want to that one its so pretty. so this sweater is after if I don't go into debt hahaha Thanks Again Love your Tutorials you make it look like its possible when it looks very complicated.
Can interchangeable circular knitting needle cords be used on the ends of interchangeable Tunisian crochet hooks? Like, if I bought a set of Knitter's Pride interchangeable circular knitting needles, can I use those same cords on a Knitter's Pride interchangeable Tunisian crochet hook?
***** - I don't know about other brands, but yes for Knitter's Pride. Knitter's Pride cords will work with their knitting needles as well as their Tunisan hooks.
I am trying to learn the Tunisian crotchet. All the tutorials i am seeing is with swatches. I am trying figure how do an actually blanket. Any suggestions? Also, i have the straight Tunisian crotchet hooks. Help!
+TASHA C - the free pattern for this blanket (actual blanket, not swatches) is available on my website here: verypink.com/2014/11/12/crochet-for-knitters-tunisian-stripes-blanket/ I have another free Tunisian Crochet blanket pattern here: verypink.com/2014/11/12/crochet-for-knitters-tunisian-stripes-blanket/
hi lovely blanket a quick question been trying to find the site on were you got your cross stitch letters i did try and copy the link you put but there nothing there please could you send the link many thanks
+nina scudder - the link for both the upper case and lower case letters is in the free pattern, here is the link to the lower case letters: www.my-cross-stitch-patterns.com/view-alphabet_arial_font_lowercase_height_20_stitches_cross_stitch_pattern_free.html
It might depend on the yarn you use, but no - after I straightened it out the first time, it stayed straight (two different blankets in two different yarns).
+TheBochup1 - if you're asking about length, any length can be created with the same number of stitches. If you're asking about width - the tunisian hooks I'm using with the flexible cords can hold a tremendous number of stitches.
Norma Wong - I don't have a tutorial specific to making this blanket larger, but the free downloadable pattern (link in the video description, just below the video) gives instructions for modifying the size.
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Thank you! I did this Afghan stitch with my Mom over 50 years ago and your video helped me remember how to do it again! Great explanation!🧶💜
I love the up-close camera view of your work. It's so easy to see what you're doing! Thank you!
So happy to be following! Great instruction for a beginner. Thank you ☺
I am a thumb yarn grabber too. I started as a child and never changed that habit. It makes us extra special. Oh and I love the name Tippy. I have been tunisian crocheting for a few years and LOVE IT!!!!! I have always loved the look and feel of knitting and that further enhanced my love of tunisian.
While I love to knit I have wanted to try something new. I have always wanted to try Tunisian crochet but I thought it looked difficult and I don't crochet. You make this look so simple. I have found my new thing to try. Thank you.
I just want to thank you for your Crochet for Knitters series. I am on my 3rd giant granny square baby blanket in the last month all because your videos helped me "get" crochet, as I am primarily a knitter. So Thank You, I keep coming back to your videos and sharing them with friend that want to learn how to crochet.
I absolutely love your videos. I prefer crochet over knitting, and I just love your tutorials! They are so informative, easy to understand and your camera angles are so wonderful! My aunt prefers to knit and we have used a lot of your patterns and videos. Thank you so much! :) :)
I have never done the Tunisian stitch and have crocheted most of my life.. I never realized how easy it was or how nice it looked! I love the fact that it is easy to cross stitch onto! I will be using this stitch in the future. Thanks so much for the tutorial!
I would love to see more Tunisian Crochet tutorials. I just started learning. Thank you so much for this:)
I just love your crochet tutorials. I don't knit but maybe I will try. Anyway, what I love about your videos is that you ALWAYS add information, technical or just informative Like the name of a knot or what to avoid because you have been down that road. Thank you so much, Charles Rhodes
When changing colors, I know a simple fix for the first stitch that remains in the previous color. All you need to do is change colors for the last yarn over (pull through two) rather than when beginning the next row in the new color :) Thank you for this pattern!
Came here to say this. This is how I was taught to change colors with Tunisian, it looks a lot neater.
Thanks for such an outstanding tutorial. I've often had trouble doing Tunisian crochet but you have made it so simple and I will tackle it again, with confidence that with you help I can do it! Thanks too for the free pattern. I have a feeling this will become a favorite of mine. I like how it looks like knitting and has a tighter weave than crochet. That will be nice for certain projects. Great job!! Can you do a future tutorial on how to increase and decrease stitches when doing Tunisian crochet? That will be handy and help me create new patterns for myself. I love your style of teaching and will look for more of your tutorials.
Staci, this video comes at the perfect time for me! I love crocheting blankets and have been wanting to do more Tunisian crochet. I've only done a couple of entrelac squares using the Tunisian simple stitch so far. My man always complains that my "normal" crocheted blankets have holes, so they don't keep him warm. The alternative is to knit a blanket, which, although I love knitting, I have no desire to do. This project may just be the solution I'm looking for! It has the ease and quickness of crochet with the look and coverage of knitted fabric. And a big plus - Tunisian is fun to do!
Looks like I'll have to put a set of interchangeable hooks on my Christmas list! They're just not in the budget otherwise.
Wow, Tunisian crochet is growing on my. Looks quite quick, I'm knitting a long scarf with some kind of basketweave stitch and it's taking me forever due to me having other commitments and knitting is possible only during my free time. The Tunisian simple stitch looks really nice, I think I'll give it a try in case I need to crank up something. Thanks Staci for your simple tutorial!
Great pattern! Fascinating Tunisian crochet technique!
I made an Afghan with Tunisian crochet about thirty years ago. I made a few more items through the years but then I got into knitting and set my Tunisian needles aside. I still have them though. It is easier than knitting or crochet but there aren’t many patterns for it. That’s probably why I haven’t done much of it!
Cool! First video I could find that addresses the curling and what to do about it! THANK YOU! And now I am off to find that awesome "bent tipped" needle you are using. I had never seen one before. You are a great teacher.
I'm currently working on a Tunisian crochet hat bottom up in the mock knit stitch. I decided to cast on like I was knitting, and it worked great. I used the German twisted cast on.
I have always been so scared to try crochet after trying to teach myself and it going so badly.... I'm a very competent knitter and can even do naalbinding (norse knitting) which involves knotting back into itself--but crochet terrifies me! But you make it seem so simple and I think I can use this as my entry to crochet!!! thank you so much
I love the blanket it's gorgeous especially the lettering I can't wait to start another tunisian blanket
This is a technique I've been keen to try, and I want to thank you for this video! Your free pattern is just what I was looking for as a lovely gift to personalise. You're the best :-)
So, this is my project for next semester. I'm going to do this in my university's colors, and the name will be my school's name. This would make a great team blanket!
Brenda Paladino - I don't know of a video on picking up dropped stitches in Tunisian crochet...but since stitches are picked up every other row, it's probably best just to rip back to the previous row to correct it. (If you find a dropped stitch before the previous row, you definitely have to rip back.)
I liked the rodeo drive poncho very much n going to buy the pattern.
la
Love that you wear Julep!!! I'm loving that colour!
Very very easy!! It looks very enjoyable too! Thanks a lot for teaching me yet another amazing thing! ;)
i really could watch you cross stitch all day lol
Ohhhhhh! I'm totally going to do this! It's such a classic, clean look.
Thank you for your kindness.
This looks really fun and satisfying! Will have to get my hands on some of those types of crochet hooks. I have some of the old fashioned ones from my Memere, but like you said I don't want to be poking the dog in the eye while I work ;)
Thank you for a wonderful video! Also, I am so jealous of your eyes! They are gorgeous! :)
Hi Verypink knits... i love the way you give us how to do it..
I’m pondering what to do for a granddaughter on the way.
I’ve tried Tunisian over and over, and the curl absolutely drives me insane.
Thank you so much for explaining the several things to minimize and steam to lay flat.
I sure appreciate you and just subscribed, and will definitely make one for my granddaughter with her name, once they give me color suggestions.
Do you think going with a variegated yarn would work with Tunisian? That way I don’t have to have exact colors.
Thank you!
I tried Tunisian crochet for the first time last year and I had so much fun with the afghan hook..I could never figure out how to make those afghan-sized blankets with the hook as there are only so many stitches that fit on the hook, but that was before I knew about the interchangeable set, I ordered one for myself! (I also ordered the knitters pride Marblz acrylic set, so pretty, plus you get a pen made out of the symphonies material!) I like in Tunisian crochet that you always have the right side row facing so you never have to turn your work! Did this technique originate in Tunisia or maybe it was made popular there? Attaching the fringe probably helps with the curling as well.
Hello Very Pink Knits, Excellent tutorial. thank you for a very clear explanation. Have a wounderful day.
I've tried tunisian crochet off and on since the 1970s. Without any luck. I always get so frustrated with how it curls up, and I had tried everything I knew to minimize it, but it still didn't look like I wanted it to look. But I never tried steaming it! If you steam acrylic yarn, is this what's known as "killing" it? Is that what stops the curling? I'm going to try it again, and hope it works this time - that baby blanket (and doggie blanket) are just adorable!!
ladygray4 - it may depend on the acrylic yarn, but I didn't have to "kill" anything! Just a gentle steaming with any fiber type is all this stitch needs. If you find that your Tunisian crochet curls and won't lie flat, you probably need to go up a hook size.
I've killed acrylic before. To do so, I had to steam the item, let it dry, smooth it out, steam again, etc. I repeated the process several times, as it was a lace shawl that really needed an aggressive blocking to open up the pattern. If you run the steam over the finished blanket just once or even twice, it shouldn't end up killing the acrylic. But it will smooth it out. As far as I know, steam is the only way to smooth acrylic and make it flat. It won't respond to regular blocking as animal fibers do.
crispappletart
This is the first time I've heard of steaming acrylic (well, in Stacey's video) and I've been crocheting for 50 years. So I went out at lunch & got yarn & size "K" tunisian hook to try this again for a blanket for my great-niece. Keep your fingers crossed for me!
Cool, I'm rooting for you! Good luck. Hopefully, I'll start mine sometime soon, too! :)
Hola, amo todo lo que enseñas, muchas gracias. Mercedes
Love this tutorial! Working on my blanket now!
"...poking the dog in the eye...". Hahaha! Loved that.
Oh God this look very elegant thank you dear
sunnah daughter knitting weave ring ends
Thank you so much for this tutorial!🌹
where have you been all my life? love love love
I am curious as to what the cross stitch letters look like on the back of the blanket. I know they are in reverse, but how is the finished look? (LOVE and appreciate all of your videos. I've been knitting for two years now, and it's you who taught me. =) Thank you so much!)
wallannie the back will just look like vertical lines :)
The dog ate it! Too funny. No biscuit. LOL
You do a good job of explaining.....looks fun and now want to try !
Ann Kinderknec
I got some Knitter's Pride Tunisian Crochet hooks for Christmas and I've just started my blanket. A couple of times already, I have almost lost a stitch. I'm wondering if there is a video on how to pick up a dropped stitch in Tunisian Crochet?
Thank you so much. Although I am familiar with this stitch ( I use it for graph blankets) I never knew to use a larger hook! Right now I am using a large hook and my work is not curling!
I am six rows away from my finished baby blanket for my cousin I will post a pic when complete. I do have to redo the letters as I did not tie them secure enough and they are all coming apart my yarn is 100% acrylic. I don't really mind as I can make them look a little bit better funny just got to the part where you explain how to tie the knot in the letters. Also I did not see a part about weaving in the ends should I treat them as the letters undo the ply and weave in or just weave in? I am passing on the fringe for the baby blanket a personal choice...I love the look though
jeanette Agnew - yes, if the blanket will be machine washed, untwist the plies and tie a double knot.
Thanks for the tutorial. Nice hooks.
I never learned to crochet as a child. I would watch my mom for hours. But I never got how to do it. She tried to teach me, but I always ended up with " flower pots" at least that's what we called it. But this! This afghan stitch I can do. My only problem is...how do you join the panels? I was attempting a twin afghan but I am now lost. So lost that I have cried. Is there a special way to join them so it looks as one piece? Like you have? I guess that is where I'm lost.
This is great! Can a person crochet a full size blanket with this kind of hook? I was just wondering since the hook and cord are not that long.
Jenn B. - you can cram a lot of stitches on a cord with a hook, but it really depends on the hook size and the thickness of yarn you're using. The set I'm using is an interchangeable set, meaning I can attach any cord length to the hook, to make any size piece. I highly recommend them: www.yarn.com/index.cfm/fuseaction/product.detail/categoryID/0D3CF20A-2155-4EF7-B2C3-86685C455877/productID/309E0195-490C-41B9-B5EF-BD18E8013CB1/
Thank you! Ordering a set!
Thanks for this clear training video.
This blanket looks like it will be very warm, what do you suggest if I would want to make one for a queen size bed.
First off, I love your tutorials! I was curious how many sizes do you typically go up in your needle size when you are creating the Tunisian stitch?
+Lynn w - it really depends on your tension. I find myself going up about 3 hook sizes for Tunisian crochet.
very good and informative!!! learned a LOT!! thank you!
Why not use a log tail cast-on - it seems to work for me and is easier than the initial chain?
Caroline Knowles - that's a great idea, Caroline!
VeryPink Knits, how did you get your blanket to not curl? I've tried to find tutorials on here, but they always curl...
Please watch the tutorial - I go into a lot of detail about that.
Hola. Me ha gustado tus ideas gracias
For the hook sizes do the US hook sizes go up like the UK ones do? So going up two sizes would be a 1mm increase as they go up in half mm
I was wondering about something, this blanket that you made did you make it all at once with changing color or by stripes of color and then you sewed it all together?
Thank you!
Liliana Hassiotis - this blanket is done in one piece. Please watch the video and follow the free pattern, available here: verypink.com/2014/11/12/crochet-for-knitters-tunisian-stripes-blanket/
I recently purchased the hook set you are using in your video, I'm just wondering if any of your hooks cracked. One of mine arrived broken but the rest look like they could break easily the wood is very thin at the hook part
No, I've never had a problem with any of my Knitter's Pride tools breaking or cracking. Contact the manufacturer for a replacement!
im not sure if you know...but when you say you will give a link to another video/pattern on the screen its never there. i dont mean to sound rude just helpful..thanks for the great knitting videos i love them!
+Jess Tyarks - thanks, Jess. When I say that, there is a box that appears on screen, but it isn't always visible to people using mobile devices. Recently, TH-cam has fixed this with Cards - instead of annotation boxes, the little "i" in the upper-right corner serves the purpose, and is visible on mobile devices. Regardless, you can always find all of the links I refer to in the video description field, just below the video.
To make the afghan longer, would you recommend adding more stripes or making each stripe wider?
Either will work, your choice.
- I just wonder how to make the rows so long... There is no place for that many stiches on the Tunisian hook. Not on any one of the twoo examples you show. I don’t know why I don’t get it. In your example You make ten stiches. How many do You make for the blanket?
I certainly am not very bright today. 🤓 Thank You for showing Tunisian crocheting, starten to learn it in the beginning of this year.. (2018)
/Lisbeth from Sweden
I started one of these blankets recently and I'm at the part where I need to do the cross-stitch. When I have a letter that has a gap between colour on a horizontal row, do I just carry a long string at the back and continue or is there a better way so that the back of the work doesn't look so stringy and messy? Thanks
Yes - when you're embroidering the letters, cut and restart the yarn as often as you need to to keep it from being messy on the back.
Thanks for the quick reply. I actually saw another video of cross stitch on tunisian and they showed how to do all the cross stitch without seeing any colour on the back side. So I got my blanket almost done. I will be posting on Ravelry soon and will be tagging your pattern. Thanks again. @@verypinkknits
Hi Staci, I was wondering about the pretty sweater /jacket with the zipper I also noticed it behind you on the mannequin when you did the tutorial on the Downton Hat - Is their a chance that you will do a tutorial of it? Or, Did you do it already, I just don't see it (very sorry) please give me the name of it in that case , Thank you I love your tutorials you inspire me Wanda
Yes, that tutorial can be found here: verypink.com/2011/09/07/womans-zippered-lettermans-jacket/
Thank you,,I'm going to be starting The Sixes and Three cowl today and I'm doing two for both my daughters. this will be my first project I'm very inspired by your tutorials the next is the Skeins Miss Grace Shawl I really want to that one its so pretty. so this sweater is after if I don't go into debt hahaha Thanks Again Love your Tutorials you make it look like its possible when it looks very complicated.
Can interchangeable circular knitting needle cords be used on the ends of interchangeable Tunisian crochet hooks? Like, if I bought a set of Knitter's Pride interchangeable circular knitting needles, can I use those same cords on a Knitter's Pride interchangeable Tunisian crochet hook?
***** - I don't know about other brands, but yes for Knitter's Pride. Knitter's Pride cords will work with their knitting needles as well as their Tunisan hooks.
VeryPink Knits Awesome! Thank you very much for your quick reply :) And amazing tutorial, as usual.
When you color change and get to the end how did you get your end colors to line up? Mine always looks like a dropped stitch.
I love this thank you for sharing!!!!
I am trying to learn the Tunisian crotchet. All the tutorials i am seeing is with swatches. I am trying figure how do an actually blanket. Any suggestions? Also, i have the straight Tunisian crotchet hooks. Help!
+TASHA C - the free pattern for this blanket (actual blanket, not swatches) is available on my website here:
verypink.com/2014/11/12/crochet-for-knitters-tunisian-stripes-blanket/
I have another free Tunisian Crochet blanket pattern here:
verypink.com/2014/11/12/crochet-for-knitters-tunisian-stripes-blanket/
Great tutorial, thanks x
hi lovely blanket a quick question been trying to find the site on were you got your cross stitch letters i did try and copy the link you put but there nothing there please could you send the link many thanks
+nina scudder - the link for both the upper case and lower case letters is in the free pattern, here is the link to the lower case letters: www.my-cross-stitch-patterns.com/view-alphabet_arial_font_lowercase_height_20_stitches_cross_stitch_pattern_free.html
+VeryPink Knits thankyou very much for your time in finding me this :)
Do you need to steam the item after every washing?
It might depend on the yarn you use, but no - after I straightened it out the first time, it stayed straight (two different blankets in two different yarns).
If i will make a blanket.would i buy a long needle?
Norma Wong - yes, you will need a long Tunisian crochet hook to knit this blanket.
ok.thank you for your kindness.
Does this curl?
your needle is only that long. How do you do a Blanket 4 times its length?
+TheBochup1 - if you're asking about length, any length can be created with the same number of stitches. If you're asking about width - the tunisian hooks I'm using with the flexible cords can hold a tremendous number of stitches.
good job
Thanks
How can i make it bigger?
Norma Wong - just begin with a longer starting chain to make it wider, and add stripes (or lengthen stripes) to make it longer.
Do you have a link tutorial? I have no idea.thank you for your kind reply.
Norma Wong - I don't have a tutorial specific to making this blanket larger, but the free downloadable pattern (link in the video description, just below the video) gives instructions for modifying the size.
Thank you for your kindness.
i am 10 years old i know how to knit and crochet