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Great idea, Melanie! Thanks for these!
Melanie,
It will be no problem working into it later on.. Unless the yarn filters together when washed.. I don't think it will, but you never know . it is 100% highland wool exept for the light blue and the darker green.. Those to colors have silk in them..
Maybe I will just work into it in a couple of days just to be on the safe side.. I have to make it a big longer anyway.. Donøt know how I will do that, but none the less it has to be done.. :p
Aaaaaaah.. Just went on my winter break.. I have been looking forward to that..
I have decided that both of the boys will go to their kindergarden monday and tuesday so that I have some time for my self.. I need a couple of days where I can be all alone.. I also have some school work to catch up on.. Sigh..
Hugs
You're very welcome.
I'm not sure why you were told you were crocheting Tunisian, because it doesn't sound to me like you are. Here's a (sorry, slightly blurry) photo of a Tunisian crochet hook:
http://www.amazon.com/Aluminum-Afghan-Crochet-Hook-Size/dp/B00097E9R4
If you wait for the above page to load and zoom in by panning your mouse over the photo on the left, you can see the end looks like a knitting needle with a knitting needle end to keep the loops on the hook, and the tip is a hook, not a needle. So it sort of looks like a hybrid of a knitting needle and crochet hook.
The other way you can tell what you're doing, aside from the afghan hook (and similar variations, such as a hook that is double ended, hooks on both ends, instead of the hook/traditional knitting needle end combo), is if you're picking up loops across for every row, finishing entire rows at once as you return. If you're making one stitch at a time and each stitch you make is complete before you start on the next - in other words, you're going along with instructions like:
ch 3, sc 2, dc 3...
then that's normal crocheting. The main thing about Tunisian is you're pulling up loops and not finishing each stitch before you pull up loops all across the row. With conventional crochet, by the time you finish a row, depending on the size of the piece, you'll be ready to flip the work over and start a new row. With Tunisian, you're going right to left to pull up the loops and left to right to finish the row, and every time you're facing the resulting fabric the same way, rather than turning it over every other row with traditional crochet.
So if you're not doing any of the stitches I've described as Tunisian, then it's definitely not Tunisian.
Hope that helps!
Neave,
Fantastic!
I look forward to it,
hopefully sooner than later. I was originally planning on
having classes some time ago, but then we got into the middle of a
move, and after that we never were set up again for the
classes. Can't wait to get back to it! I can tell you'll be a good
crocheter after seeing your beautiful cakes.
Lynne,
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Great idea, Melanie! Thanks for these!
Melanie,
It will be no problem working into it later on.. Unless the yarn filters together when washed.. I don't think it will, but you never know . it is 100% highland wool exept for the light blue and the darker green.. Those to colors have silk in them..
Maybe I will just work into it in a couple of days just to be on the safe side.. I have to make it a big longer anyway.. Donøt know how I will do that, but none the less it has to be done.. :p
Aaaaaaah.. Just went on my winter break.. I have been looking forward to that..
I have decided that both of the boys will go to their kindergarden monday and tuesday so that I have some time for my self.. I need a couple of days where I can be all alone.. I also have some school work to catch up on.. Sigh..
Hugs
You're very welcome.
I'm not sure why you were told you were crocheting Tunisian, because it doesn't sound to me like you are. Here's a (sorry, slightly blurry) photo of a Tunisian crochet hook:
http://www.amazon.com/Aluminum-Afghan-Crochet-Hook-Size/dp/B00097E9R4
If you wait for the above page to load and zoom in by panning your mouse over the photo on the left, you can see the end looks like a knitting needle with a knitting needle end to keep the loops on the hook, and the tip is a hook, not a needle. So it sort of looks like a hybrid of a knitting needle and crochet hook.
The other way you can tell what you're doing, aside from the afghan hook (and similar variations, such as a hook that is double ended, hooks on both ends, instead of the hook/traditional knitting needle end combo), is if you're picking up loops across for every row, finishing entire rows at once as you return. If you're making one stitch at a time and each stitch you make is complete before you start on the next - in other words, you're going along with instructions like:
ch 3, sc 2, dc 3...
then that's normal crocheting. The main thing about Tunisian is you're pulling up loops and not finishing each stitch before you pull up loops all across the row. With conventional crochet, by the time you finish a row, depending on the size of the piece, you'll be ready to flip the work over and start a new row. With Tunisian, you're going right to left to pull up the loops and left to right to finish the row, and every time you're facing the resulting fabric the same way, rather than turning it over every other row with traditional crochet.
So if you're not doing any of the stitches I've described as Tunisian, then it's definitely not Tunisian.
Hope that helps!
Neave,
Fantastic!
I look forward to it,
hopefully sooner than later. I was originally planning on
having classes some time ago, but then we got into the middle of a
move, and after that we never were set up again for the
classes. Can't wait to get back to it! I can tell you'll be a good
crocheter after seeing your beautiful cakes. Lynne,
In responding to another of your notes, you were upgraded.
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