Monday, October 10, 2011

Tunisian crochet and other similar techinques

I was looking on www.craftster.org the other day and saw someone's Tunisian crochet maze project and was fascinated. Here's the post: http://www.craftster.org/forum/index.php?topic=391751.0
I had never heard of Tunisian crochet, but it looked really cool. Colin used to be fascinated with mazes and so I thought I'd see how hard it was to learn how to do this technique. Now I've had a crohook for a while but had never used it, so this was the perfect opportunity to learn. But where to start looking.... YOUTUBE!!!!

I LOVE Youtube for instructional videos. Anyway, I thought I'd share what I found on Tunisian crochet/afghan stitch, crohook/croknit/crochenit/double ended crochet, knooking, etc (all different techniques).

First here are the stitches, some in video form and some just picture form:
http://www.stitchdiva.com/custom.aspx?id=40

Here are the instructional videos that I found on Tunisian Crochet:
Tunisian Crochet terminology:
http://www.youtube.com/user/Bethintx1#p/search/0/ihny9k-LJyU she talks about how the stitch names are not standardized and it can be confusing and you need to make sure you know what stitch it is for the pattern.

Cast on and Simple Stitch:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f2MQP0JIi4o
or
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3EdRuM6I-3w

Long Tail Cast on:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LzbW0VnbwNQ

Simple Stitch:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1qXQExYThPE
or
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MpCg6i0pw2U

Cast off:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eAVHjvpe-T0
or
single crochet bind off: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=34ZO5M-6TLs
or
slip stitch bind off: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5xsdG671SPE
or
knit stitch bind off: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5kXKg3VGuoc

Cross Stitch:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E2wDVO8d2yE
or
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=miIw42UYBg0

Offset Cross Stitch:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f96s_Iz1fPI

Knit Stitch:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xwb3Ov99Ous
or
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ypi6XPvvPQo
or
(she calls it the stockinette stitch): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SvwBsxqL2_I

Purl Stitch:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-IsER-PDMkM
or
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fhf9QpAEbaA
or
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fU1fuu-i880
or
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yJz438LqKFY

Reverse Stitch:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xQaez9A92e8
or
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xt-duF2Z2p8

Honeycomb Stitch (stitch combination of simple stitch and purl stitch):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I8GHBp9PLzk

Arrowhead Stitch:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8KN0izkObk8

Double Stitch:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7z7tvs98xhU
or
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h8WI641gZMA
or
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2XdtSYJx7Q8

Post Stitch Bobble:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3T7BITg9vFY

Easy Bobble:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jt8PBmuNx_4

Triple or Treble:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tzDbTMOg26s

Gobelin Stitch:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w9w9EWT_8s0

Diagonal Stitch (Gobelin on the Diagonal):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2R_VMf7XmVE

Simple Bar Stitches (2 stitches):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-tD9bhlC8mw

Increases:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UOtpKYTKkyg
Increasing in the Back Hump:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KGkDM9i0hWc
Increase simple stitch:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PsXaTR0QWa4
Increase forward pass:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F0TI_t8Jjg0

Decreases:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZxS0BZ8LYTc

Twisted Simple Stitch:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NrjMv9rmpQM

Twisted Knit Stitch:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0koog_fNJgM

Rib Pattern (uses simple stitch and twisted simple stitch):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8XNd18IeEiE
or
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CXT-A7I7HPk
Shell Stitch:
Forward row: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EPFszu-EfAU
Reverse row: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2S7G4TpAJ3o

Tunisian in the Round:
Part 1: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jo5m1TWIIMM
Part 2: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ikmNXgOB4U4
Part 3: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lkgUX1YFYAk

Color Changing (whole row):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uxeULAZYaYU

Color Changing (within the row):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3WACEVlvOSs
or
Part 1: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WbupvlYzq_U
Part 2: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=muoovamC5Es
or
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lAqhBKgNlcE
or
she calls it Intarsia: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RBcKnMPuYZY

Carrying Yarn to the Right (helpful info for color changing):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MmYhZHDUYQ4
Carrying Yarn to the Left (helpful info for color changing):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nsMGOxIqjZY

Tunisian Crochet Cable scarf pattern:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cto_6NApG4M

Tunisian crochet adding a shell stitch in it:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dN9BmTnCTn8

Just for fun someone made a rug with Tunisian crochet:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fLR2sjq2wF8

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

Entrelac (like a combination of Tunisian and crochet you don't HAVE to have a special hook, just a regular crochet hook):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gzN6fKusHPY
or
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xurL-Mmdluw
or
Part 1: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9FfniPE4FOI
Part 2: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p3dvz2pNH7U
Part 3: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KPY2Pi2HvGw
Part 4: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BNcg6ENaNXw
Part 5: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LNX1Euhb4lk
Part 6: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bUw6aE0tixM
Part 7: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MAb6CqNyuPM
Part 8: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pyg6lfG0J_M
Part 9: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3CauN2SWSTA
Part 10: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4sBV7i4I_2U
Part 11: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eX0LkxEvUKU
Part 12: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v-K-P94zSDM
Part 13: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YF-XDLjoTDc
Part 14: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2f-TmiBC0Uc
Part 15: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TIpwR8Vo1Iw
Part 16: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2YTUwjs46q0
Part 17: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NjUq0ie7Tj4

Linked Crochet Stitch (it looks kind of like a combination of Tunisian on a regular crochet hook, very neat looking technique, sort of like the Entrelac pattern):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ALc9UrChjQk

Double-Ended (crohook, croknit):
Part 1: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VapMq5-4TNI
Part 2: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vrly3ce1CFg
or
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pJ1L1Mvz7Pg
or
castoff: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9_484rUYLl4
or
in the round: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zQfp88HI2WY
Patterns: http://www.crochetpatterncentral.com/directory/cro-hook_patterns.php

knooking:
knit: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WV3ZkUig048
purl: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8kj911WjmdE
or
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mT_HROMJXCM
basic knit or slip stitch bind off: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XiDPyPvyp9s
cast on and knit: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AbHCGQAGYpM
bobble (she is showing a left hand technique): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X2OgRW-ScQg
full length video by Leisure Arts for videos below: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=igAypsLsddI
knit: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=freepnfPpws
garter: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=53O5p6Ontx4
stockinette: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=41emDu22g-k
binding off: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FQjwIKiwkp0
Picking up stitches: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h4lSsPqVN9Y
Slip stitch and foundation chain: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CyA17D3hDL4
Cables: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ceiF3uuoZrc
In the round: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ALSqDbj79pQ
Increasing and decreasing: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-2F4RMgQLl4
Bar increase: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iV4k_Su8KNw
Make one purl increase: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GWKzuSq_btk
Make one increase: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oFB2OGrIm_I
Purl bar increase: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6HrAvon6q2o
Purl decreases: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GI552oibLso
2 together: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rq9vDHRDt5Q
Purl 2 together decrease: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5OQyrp_HWT0
Purl 2 together backloop decrease: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lEv-PScVdrE
Slip1, knit1 pass slip stitch over decrease: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ykDDk7tXc9w

I hope that this was helpful to someone. I had fun looking up all of the information. If you have any additional information on any of these techiniques (better videos, different stitches, more free patterns) let me know and I'll post them. I tried to post like stitches together. If i messed up because something was called a different stitch, let me know, I'll fix it.

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