August 2010 CAL: Tunisian Scarf Swatching

Below are various iterations of my ongoing Tunisian crochet scarf design project. My biggest issue with Tunisian crochet, particularly for a scarf, is that it doesn’t always look great from the back and a scarf needs to be designed to be viewed from both sides. I’ve made a list of as many Tunisian stitches as I could think of and have swatched with all of them, trying out some combinations and increases and decreases.

I really like the combination of Tunisian knit stitch and Tunisian purl stitch because the former tends to curl forward and the latter curls backward so they balance each other out and look pretty nice from the back when used together.
The front of a Tunisian swatch (the knit/purl part is on the left):
The back of the swatch:

Tags: bulky, CAL, swatches, techniques, tunisian
Category 8/10 Tunisian Scarf, Crochet, Techniques |

August 2010 CAL: Tunisian Scarf

Yep, I know I’m super late on the August 2010 CAL project. The month is more than half over and I hadn’t even decided on a project until yesterday. It’s been a lazy blogging month. What can I say?

Well, I’ve gotten as far as deciding to do a Tunisian crochet scarf and had settled on Obtuse last night… only to start it and discover that I wasn’t very happy with that decision. The pattern is a little confusing and not quite what I hoped it would be. But I have been wanting to design a Tunisian scarf so I’ve finally been adequately inspired to get on that. If anyone is CALing with me (anyone?) I’ll be happy to help you with Obtuse if you choose to try it OR I’ll let you in on the design process of my pattern-in-the-making and walk you through it as I go. Just email me or leave a comment if you’re interested. I’m planning to sell the pattern eventually so you’d be getting a free pattern and free help! The catch being that you might get pieces of a pattern at a time with possible errors (that I’d correct as soon as they are found, of course.) But, I would send you a nice PDF copy of the pattern when it’s finished.

I anticipate getting started on it right away (tonight) and finishing it sometime within the next 2 weeks or so. So far I know that it will be designed with bulky yarn and an M hook. You won’t need a special Tunisian hook for this, just a hook that has a fairly straight handle. I’m using this one… and this yarn:

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Sock Yarn!

…and happy belated birthday to me :)

I want to make these Tunisian entrelac socks and the only place I could find online that sold both Noro sock yarn (which I really wanted to use for them) and the C and D size Susan Bates hooks that I needed to make them with was Jimmy Beans Wool.  I ordered from them on Wednesday and my package arrived today (Saturday)… a perfect time for me to try out the pattern :)

Tags: crochet, entrelac, hooks, socks, tunisian, wool, yarn
Category Techniques, Tools, Yarn |