Tunisian entrelac - part 1  

Tunisian entrelac - part 1

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!

:crochethook:
dans how do I ..., écrit le 2006-11-21 à 21:08:38 par Pyo Email totalise 3658 views... 4 comments »

4 comments

GravatarComment from: sakurasaku [Visitor]
That looks great! Thanks for sharing the technique. I have been working on knitted entrelac, but I don't like how the last column on the left in a square (viewed from the right side) becomes fatter because the last loop in a row doesn't get pulled tight by the next stitch. I looked at professional knitting books and it seems pretty much unavoidable. Your version has a very clean look that I like.
2006-11-23 @ 21:39
GravatarComment from: Pyo [Member] Email
Thank you very much for your comment, and... you're very welcome!
I'm looking forward to seeing your attempt at this method! :crochethook:
2006-11-25 @ 15:41
GravatarComment from: Vera [Visitor] · http://vhanna26.typepad.com
That's pretty cool:crochethook:! I need to give it a try.
2006-11-28 @ 05:40
GravatarComment from: Pyo [Member] Email
You sure ought to! :crochethook:
2006-11-30 @ 21:28

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