I'm very intrigued and trying to imagine how it can be done. I'd love to hear what you have to say.
Pauline

Sounds interesting! Any chance you'll be doing instructional videos?

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Yes! Please post it here!

Sound interesting for me. Wait for it.

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Point me to the instructions video or otherwise, I want it.

yes I'm interested. please put it up soon,i'm bored with the squares and rectanles.

yes I'm interested. please put it up soon,i'm bored with the squares and rectanles.

sounds like fun...I've been wondering if it was possible!

sounds good...looking forward to it, please post.

I'd love to learn how! Please do post when you get a chance!

I am very interested in learning all I can about TC...I look forward to knowing this new technique..thank you

I've been wondering if that was possible! LOVE to learn this technique!

I have been wanting to crochet a tube like sock using tunisian crochet. Your style sounds like a perfect fit.
Love to see it posted.

Hi,
Thanks for the interest. My husband said we can do a short quick-time file that would upload from this site. I'll have to work on it. In the mean time, here's how it goes:
We'll practice this technique by making a small tube. Start with a 10-12" chain and using a double-ended tunisian hook, pick up stitches for your first row. Now flip work over and tie on another strand of yarn to use as a bind off yarn (it helps to use a different color when you're learning this so you dont get mixed up). Bind off at least half of the stitches but leave a few. Now flip back and using the pick up yarn that you started with, start picking up the next "row" of stitches in the tail that you've just bound off. It is important on making this connection to the tail end that it is not twisted! Now you keep picking up stitches until it is uncomfortable (the double-ended hook doesn't bend!) then flip and bind off some more, etc. etc. Keep playing tag with yourself but never quite catching up as leaving a few stitches on the hook helps to maintain tension when you switch back to picking up stitches after doing some binding off. Some things to consider:
* You may want to mark the start of the "row" to make counting easier if you're working a pattern or making mittens, etc. where you want the 2nd one to be the same as the first - use an abacus or some type of row counter to keep track.
* You can use most any of the Tunisian stitches as far as I know, but you may want to stick with the simpler ones starting out until you've mastered the technique.
* The Tunisian stockinette looks just like knitting but works up very thick which is great for hats or mittens, but would probably be too bulky for socks that you wanted to wear in shoes (probably good for boot liners though).
* Increases and decreases can be used for shaping. I like to make raglan type sweaters from the neck down. After a little fudging with straight rows to get the neck edge you work circular until you get to the underarm point. Then work sleeves and the rest of the body individually. I used Elizabeth Zimmerman's knitting instructions for this (I forgot the name of the book, but it is an older knitting work).
* You can combine circular with straight work. I've put seamless sleeves on a cardigan that was worked from the center out (up and over the shoulder - bottom edge to bottom edge). I like working sleeves from the top down so I can fit and get the length just right. Even if you make a switch gauge swatch, you can't account for drape from the weight of the textile accurately when you're making up patterns.

I hope this gets you started. Once you get this, it should lead to some ideas as to how you can incorporate this technique into your own project. In the book "Crochet History & Technique", it list the various names for Tunisian crochet, one of which is Idiot Stitch. Going round and round may make you feel that this is an appropriate description.

I finally got internet hookup at home this week, so I should have faster turn-around in answering questions from now on.

I just found a 'circular' double ended crochet hook, 40" long, sizes G to K. I assume it's like a circular knitting needle with hooks at either end and a flexible cord in the middle. http://www.marymaxim.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/product_10001_10054_1...

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Hey Pauline! I got one of those, too. I'm gonna see if that will work. And they do look an awful lot like those circular knitting needles.

I wondered why they had two hooks, but just figured it was to keep the afghan from falling off the nylon cord! Blushing really big now.

The long double-ended flex hooks do bend, so when working tunsian in the round, you can work the entire pick up portion of the "row" then slide to the other hook end and do the bind off portion of the row. Be careful to maintain correct tension on the last stitch, or leave a few stitches on the hook until you've begun the pick up of the next "row" to keep tension even.
There will be less need to flip the work back and forth with the flex hook, which may help keep beginners to this technique from getting confused, but either tool will work.

I love to learn this interesting technique...

If anyone has been trying out this technique, I would love to hear from you to find out:
1. if the basic instructions are understandable
2. did you successfully master the basic technique
3. did you have any "ah ha" moments with ideas for improvements or other uses.
Thanks for your feedback!

I just recently learned how to crochet a tunisian square
it is really an interesting way to crochet it looks woven as if the square had been woven