A Little Bit of Crochet and Sewing

This was a project I had in mind from January this year. The skirt was ankle length and I cut it to knee length. The piece I cut out off the skirt is going to be a matching top, with a bit of crochet to finish it off nicely.

I was initially going to have the piece doubled, but it was a bit too short. So now I am going to cut it in two and sew one piece on top of the other.

I did not have much of a yarn choice and this was the closest match I had on hand.

This is the top piece sewn with one piece on top of the other.

I have crocheted an exact copy, from the top of the tank top I

had just made. Being fresh in my memory it was too easy.
Here I am making a gather at the upper part of the top, so I can sew it to my crocheted piece.

Just making a quick size comparison here.

Here you go, my crocheted piece sewn on with shoulder straps too. I left the shoulder straps to last, to ensure it would fit me.

The matching top and skirt.

A closer look at the top.

I purchased this skirt from the op shop for a couple of dollars. All in all I would say I now have a cheap and trendy out fit.

My New Tank Top

I used a variegated acrylic yarn, it took 250 gms of yarn to make.

The Tank is made with hdc, the pattern I used is called the Preppy Tank from Crochet Today Sept/Oct 2007. It is made a little on the loose side to wear in Spring and Summer with a singlet top underneath. I found it a tad too short, so I added a fringe to give it a little more length.

I really like the stitch pattern used at the top of the tank.

I'm already onto my next Spring/Summer top, it's a project I wanted to do last year.

What you can do with Tunisian Crochet and links too.

This my 13 inch Afghan Hook.

Now this is also a 13 inch Afghan Hook, which has 180 stitches on it. Wow! This belongs to Rachal-G from hgtv.

Pattern Stitch Book.
Tunisian Video

I plan to add Tunisian Free Pattern links to this post, so check back for updates.

http://www.crochetpatterncentral.com/directory/tunisian_crochet.php

Dish cloth pattern. (I find this is a no curl method too)

http://crochetcoalition.blogspot.com/2008/10/tunisian-crochet-dishrag-or-washcloth.html

Please Note:
ALL Row Counts at this web site are done for the Afghan/Tunisian Stitch. ALL of these row counts can be converted for single crochet by reversing every other row to allow for the turning of the afghan.

http://www.geocities.com/ldiznemom/

Tunisian Raglan Jacket

http://www.geocities.com/crotiques/tunisian.htm

Tunisian Scarflet

http://web.mac.com/kbuerck/RunningMommyCraft/Blog/Entries/2007/11/26_Tunisian_Scarflet.html

Easy Tunisian Scarf

http://catscradlecreations.com/patterns/tunisianscarf.html

1 HOUR BABY SWEATER

http://www.geocities.com/crotiques/onehourbabysweater.htm

One-Hour Eye Mask

http://notensiondesign.wordpress.com/one-hour-eye-mask/

Indigo bag

http://ummeyusuf.blogspot.com/2007/11/indigo-bag.html

Ho Ho Ho!

http://stashaholic.com/2006/10/25/ho-ho-ho.aspx

HalloweenThrow

http://www.caron.com/projects/ss/ss39s_halloween_throw.html

Ocean Waves Dishcloth (Tunisian) . Pretty one.

http://krystalskrochet.blogspot.com/2007/07/ocean-waves-dishcloth-tunisian.html

Crochet Australia. Tunisian Hooks and Pattern Books for sale.

Tunisian Pattern Book, available from crochet Australia.

http://www.crochetaustralia.com.au/category47_1.htm

Crochet Tunisian Classroom

http://crochet101.forumotion.com/tunisian-crochet-c8/

Tunisian Joining: Taking seams from bulky to beautiful

http://www.freepatterns.com/content/content.html?content_cat_id=3&type_id=A&month=8&year=2006

Articles about "tunisian crochet"

http://crochet.about.com/lr/tunisian_crochet/53053/2/

A New Addiction. Tunisian/Afghan Crochet.

My extremely new experience with Tunisian crochet may be of a help to others who are trying this method first hand too. Below is a picture of my hook, which is called an afghan hook. It is a size AU 5 mm (US 8). It measures about 13 inches long and has a hook on one end and a stopper on the other end, it's cross between a crochet hook and a knitting needle. You can use a normal crochet hook for smaller Tunisian projects.
The starting off method is just like crochet, chain the amount of stitches that you need.
But now it looks like knitting once you have completed the forward pass, by picking up a loop and pulling your yarn through the loop and keeping every single loop on your hook.
Now this is the return row, pull yarn through 1 st first, then pull yarn through 2 stitches at a time until you reach the end of the row.
On the forward pass row, this is the front loop you will pull your yarn through.
This is a sample of the tunisian crochet stitch after a few rows.
Just as in crochet and knit, Tunisian crochet has several types of stitches you can use. Below I have alternated rows of TSS (tunisian simple stitch) and TPS ( tunisian pearl stitch), this pattern makes for a nice closed stitch and I believe is very popular for dish cloths.

Now before I began to making any thing I went to youtube and watched a couple of good video clips. So I sat down and tried it, but some thing was very wrong. When Katie had given me a quick lesson last Saturday, she was picking up the very top loop only and said that is how it is done. I picked 2 you tube video's to watch, which were informative. But I got more confused, why is my Tunisian crochet looking like I have just knitted a few rows, so I tried what Katie had shown me and there was the Tunisian look that I had wanted. I went and watched the videos once again and realised there is Tunisian Knit and Tunisian Crochet. Tunisian Crochet picks up a single front loop, where as Tunisian Knit goes through the middle, out to the back and picks up the loop and draws it out to the front, 2 very different methods. I had been watching a crochet and a knit video, no wonder I was confused. I have also come across some very good video clips on next stitch.

Crochet Afghan Tunisian Stitch - Part 1.

Crochet Afghan Tunisian Stitch - Part 2

You Tube Tunisian Knit