mad for crochet! Hi Achilles. I have had the same problem with tunisian, and I think the key is to loosen up your stitches a lot. You have to crochet very loosely to achieve a good drape with this method.
Submitted by sarahcrit on 23 August 2008 - 10:29am.
I also think that work tends to uncurl as you add more rows to it. So, after you have 5-10 rows, and you tug on it gently it to loosen up the stitches, it will start to lay flat.
Submitted by librarylolita on 24 August 2008 - 4:24pm.
Thanks for both of your answers. Now how about one more? I wanted to make kind of a patchwork afghan with my little balls of leftover yarn. I'm not necessarily going to make each piece a square - just go until I run out. So that brings me to my question how do pieces go together? The few times I have tried to put other squares together I just don't like the look. I'm sewing only in the back loops. Can squares be crocheted together? Obviously I like to croachet more than sew. I make a lot of lap throws for the V.A. nursing home so I let my patterns and colors what ever I like. I enjoy the "wave" patterns the most. But I hate weaving in the "tails" from the color changes.
I just read somewhere the instruction were to purl the first row or two. I tried on a small sample and it does seem to help. I found purling instructions on-line also.
Maybe try a loose slip stitch, or you could weave the yarn instead of whipstitching (which hides the seams much better), or for a lacy look you could sc, ch 1, sc.
If your pieces are different shapes and sizes, I would just pick an edge and start free form crocheting in a contrasting stitch (like the wave stitch you mentioned). When you think you have enough material to form a border, join your next piece using the slip stitch mentioned in the link, and then crochet up and around the sides or into spaces where your pieces don't meet up. Does that make sense?
Submitted by librarylolita on 8 September 2008 - 4:24pm.
To prevent Tunisian fabric from curling, go up a hook size or two from what you would normally use in crochet. For example, if you grabbed a ball of worsted weight, don't pick up an H or I. Go with a K. The fabric will be less dense, not holey, yet still have great movement.
Additionally, I have some videos on how to do a few Tunisian stitches at my YouTube channel. One of the videos shows how to work into the last edge stitch so that it has a neat edge, very similar to the top edge of a row of regular crochet. If you wanted to seam blocks of Tunisian together, that is what I recommend doing. You can then do an invisible seam or you can slip stitch the loops of each block together.
mad for crochet! Hi Achilles. I have had the same problem with tunisian, and I think the key is to loosen up your stitches a lot. You have to crochet very loosely to achieve a good drape with this method.
I also think that work tends to uncurl as you add more rows to it. So, after you have 5-10 rows, and you tug on it gently it to loosen up the stitches, it will start to lay flat.
Thanks for both of your answers. Now how about one more? I wanted to make kind of a patchwork afghan with my little balls of leftover yarn. I'm not necessarily going to make each piece a square - just go until I run out. So that brings me to my question how do pieces go together? The few times I have tried to put other squares together I just don't like the look. I'm sewing only in the back loops. Can squares be crocheted together? Obviously I like to croachet more than sew. I make a lot of lap throws for the V.A. nursing home so I let my patterns and colors what ever I like. I enjoy the "wave" patterns the most. But I hate weaving in the "tails" from the color changes.
I just read somewhere the instruction were to purl the first row or two. I tried on a small sample and it does seem to help. I found purling instructions on-line also.
Maybe try a loose slip stitch, or you could weave the yarn instead of whipstitching (which hides the seams much better), or for a lacy look you could sc, ch 1, sc.
This might be waaay simple but here are some instructions on just joining work with single crochet or slip stitch: http://www.woolcrafting.com/crochet-seams.html
If your pieces are different shapes and sizes, I would just pick an edge and start free form crocheting in a contrasting stitch (like the wave stitch you mentioned). When you think you have enough material to form a border, join your next piece using the slip stitch mentioned in the link, and then crochet up and around the sides or into spaces where your pieces don't meet up. Does that make sense?
Thanks everybody for your tips.
To prevent Tunisian fabric from curling, go up a hook size or two from what you would normally use in crochet. For example, if you grabbed a ball of worsted weight, don't pick up an H or I. Go with a K. The fabric will be less dense, not holey, yet still have great movement.
Additionally, I have some videos on how to do a few Tunisian stitches at my YouTube channel. One of the videos shows how to work into the last edge stitch so that it has a neat edge, very similar to the top edge of a row of regular crochet. If you wanted to seam blocks of Tunisian together, that is what I recommend doing. You can then do an invisible seam or you can slip stitch the loops of each block together.
Brianna
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