This is my first attempt at Tunisian crochet and at Tunisian entrelac, I find it really easy and think it's quite similar in look and feel to the knitted entrelac...

What I did :

1. chain 7
2. draw a loop through the back loop of every chain, all loops drawn stay on the hook,
3. working from left to right, yarn over, draw through next loop on hook, then for every remaining loop, yarn over, draw through next 2 loops on hook, you obtain two stitches each time : one vertical, one horizontal,
4. working from right to left, for every stitch, draw a loop inserting the hook in the center of the vertical stitch from the previous row,
5. working from left to right, yarn over, draw through next loop on hook, then for every remaining loop, yarn over, draw through next 2 loops on hook,
6. etc... up to 6 rows. Single crochet across the last row, from right to left, as for a normal crochet project, inserting the hook in the center of the vertical stitch from the previous row,
7. turn your work so as to work on the left side of it, draw a loop from every stitch, keep all loops drawn on the hook
8. etc...

Crocheting the 7th row in single crochet avoids ending up with a right-side-wrong-side pattern, like inMary M's tutorial, gives a result more akeen to knitted entrelac... I think.

The result, right and wrong :

I'm liking it! Loads of fun!

I love it when I tumble upon a new stitch!

Polish star stitch (potholder free pattern)

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Pictures from Annie's Attic Spectacular Polish Star Fashions

No, crocheted! It’s Tunisian crochet knit-crocheted on my n#3 home-beaded hook! So much more fun and so much easier than knitting with needles!
I decided to give a try to this particular technic because I intend to make myself a nice entrelac bérêt!
to be continued…

Online resources to learn Tunisian crochet :

• Les tricots de Louise, in French, explanations and pictures,
• Annie’s Attic, explanations, videos and pictures,
• Stitch Diva, tutorial,
• Chez Crochet, explanations and a book written by the webmistress,
• Crochet cabana, tutorial,
• Tunisian cables, instructions on “Me did it",
• Easy Tunisian crochet, tutorial soon to come,
• Tricotin, in French, tutorial soon to come.