Fibre Block Party - Tunisian Crochet - basics and beyond

The ever popular Tunisian Crochet is an interesting technique, worked on a special long hook with a stopper on the end, so that the stitches stay on the hook. This class starts from the beginning, showing you how to use the Tunisian hook, how to start and finish, make some different Tunisian stitches, colour changing and stitch combinations.

This workshop is aimed at people who are interested in starting Tunisian crochet or may have tried before, but would like to go further than simple stitch, you will also be able to do this workshop if you can hold a crochet hook and yarn and make a chain.

You will learn how to

• start and finish a piece of Tunisian crochet
• Tunisian Simple stitch
• Tunisian Knit stitch
• Tunisian Purl stitch
• Use stitches in combination for honeycomb stitch
• Read a simple Tunisian crochet pattern

You will need:

A 5.5mm Tunisian Crochet Hook (for the workshop a standard hook will be ok) 

Double knitting yarn.   Approx 20g for stitch practice a basic acrylic yarn has enough stretch and resistance for learning this technique.  You will need 50g of DK to make a pair of Mitts - a softer wool or wool/blend is useful.

You will recieve a downloadable copy of the worksheets, which includes a photo tutorial for the stitches, and the Mitts pattern.

If you would like to purchase the kit it has everything you need for the workshop and the mitts, including a printed pattern and tutorial.  Click here