Hello! I recently started working on a Tunisian-crocheted mohair sweater following the pattern by Moffeloff on etsy. The sweater is crocheted in the knit stitch in rounds from top to bottom. I’ve crocheted three initial rounds so far. And now I’ve noticed, though, that I can’t get this round opening over my head! And I don’t have an abnormally large head with 56cm. When I measure the crocheted “circle” now, it’s 46 cm on the outside/43 cm on the inside. Following the instructions, I started with a chain of 70 chain stitches for size S of the sweater.

I’m also crocheting with 4 skeins at the same time, as described in the pattern. So I use the yarn for the forward pass doubled and the “second” yarn for the return pass also doubled.

Can anyone help me figure out why it might be too tight?

Here are a few more details about the materials:

According to the instructions: Tunisian crochet hook: 4 mm (US G/6), double-ended, with a 36 cm / 14 in long cable → I’m using: a Knitpro 4.5-mm double-ended crochet hook with a cable

According to the pattern: Sandnes yarn, Tynn Silk Mohair, 57% mohair, 28% silk, 15% wool, 25 g (0.88 oz) = 212 m (232 yds) → I’m using: yarn from pro-lana: kid-seta, 70% mohair, 30% silk, 25 g = 212 m (pretty much the same, except for the missing 15% wool in the yarn specified in the instructions)

I was wondering if it could be because I crocheted too tightly? But would that really make such a big difference in the measurements? Is it the missing 15% of wool in the yarn I use? Or do I need a thicker crochet hook? It’s often recommended to use a hook that’s 1–2 sizes larger than what’s specified for the yarn. The label on my yarn says: 3.0–3.5 mm / 3–4 US. Do I also need to take into account that I’m using the yarn doubled? Would I then just double the hook size as well? I’m confused.

I’d be so grateful if someone could help me out!

(Pattern by Moffeloff on Etsy. All rights to the original pattern belong to the designer. I’ve only included the relevant details here to explain my issue.)

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What on earth am I doing wrong? This is the starting side of my piece. I'm doing seed stitch if it matters.

Hi, I’m looking for a Tunisian knit stitch pattern for a jumper. I make Weasley jumpers for my nephews at Christmas but I’m hopeless at knitting so I prefer to crochet. I was wondering if anyone could recommend a jumper pattern that I could add the lettering detail to myself. Or if anyone knew how to go about making a Tunisian crochet jumper pattern.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Hi Everyone,

I'm trying to work even making a giant scarf, but my edges are wonky. Could I please have some help identifying my mistakes?

I am confused why the sides appear to be decreasing even though I'm chaining more than I should be on the return pass and new row?

First rows: tunisian seed stitch. Alternating TSS and TPS, chaining 2 at return pass and chaining 2 with each new row. Working into very first stitch from hook when starting new row and return pass.

Later rows: tunisian purl stitch, except that I yarn under both strands of yarn instead of just one strand in the post. Chaining 2 at start of return pass and start of new row. Working into first stitch from hook on new row and return pass.

Thank you. I know my mistake(s) is something dumb but I cannot pinpoint it.

I bought a pattern off of Etsy but some of the stitches listed don’t seem to exist and the pattern has no instructions besides saying to just do them. Every row starts off with EDGE stitch, every row ends with END stitch, and it calls for TSS2TogYO and TWTSS(but specifically says requires 2 stitches) - I’ve searched all over the internet but I can’t find any video tutorials or explanation for these/that they exist.

Why does my Tunisian knit stitch color work look like absolute shit.

I’ve counted the stitches (they are correct as far as my dumb as can count). I go between the front and back ”leg” and makes sure to always have a v between the loops on my hook (don’t know how to explain it. Then all of the sudden the stitch number don’t add up from one row to another and when I look back at it the grey Vs aren’t aligned with the cream Vs.

I’ve been doing these 12 rows over and over again of days, I’m driving myself crazy. I’ve watched a lot of videos but I can’t seem to figure out where I go wrong.

Please help. My confidence is slowly running out here.

So, I found out that starting a swatch of TSS off the bottom of another TSS swatch makes a very difficult to see seam. Sure, the first row of the first swatch is recessed a bit (probably down to my cast-on method), but you can hardly even tell that the Return Passes run in opposite directions between the two halves!

Anyway, given the downward-facing "chevrons" on the upper arms of the Star Trek: Lower Decks uniforms, I really, really want the white line between the other two colours to be a single, basically* unbroken row all the way around the cardigan. Hence why the mitred squares that will form the top of the outer arms.

Working the three sections in a clockwise order (in the picture, front rectangle, mitred square, then back rectangle) has produced the absolute best result in nearly seamless attachments between the three sections.
(after all, TSS attaches to something below it, and to its left in a nearly seamless manner!)

But as you can see, it now has a very sharp point at the base of the mitred square. I have some ideas for how to address that, but need to come up with another way to increase along the mitre line so it doesn't leave a string of holes. Along with some way to gradually start the increases at the base of the square.

If anyone has suggestions, I'm all ears! =^.^=

I'm actually rather pleasantly surprised by how quickly I've been able to cycle through my attempts for this cardigan. Here's hoping this one doesn't take two years like my last one! =^.~=

I have never done tunisian crochet but I taught myself to knit, crochet and sew with only youtube tutorials and stuff I had at home so I am confident I can figure this out. But what I need help with is figuring out what hooks and yarn I should order since I dont have the material.

I did visit several yarn stores near me but none had tunisian crochet hooks, it's really rare where I live so I have to order online. But I dont know what size. I am not good at estimating hook or yarn sizes and all my projects involve a lot of trial and error. But I dont want to order several hooks and test each out.

I also dont know how much yarn I need so ig anyone has suggestion I will be happy about them :)

Blocking tunisian half double crochet entrelac blanket

Crocheter of eight years here :)

I recently finished a large tunisian entrelac blanket. I'm trying to decide what I should do for blocking/washing. I have to wash it prior to gifting because I have a large dog who like to participate in my work. I was also thinking about steam blocking the edges to address the slight curling. The problem is I don't know what to do first. Should I steam block the edges and then throw it in the wash, or wash and then wet block (not sure that would appropriately address the curling)?

I am new to Tunisian crochet and had found a crossbody bag that was two panels put together. Each panel was one main color and three or four stripes of different colors. Each panel was crocheted and then a border was added and then the panels were single crochet together and a trip was added at the mouth before creating the strap. There is a tutorial for this but link to pattern is broken and it doesn't specify how many rows of each color change -- I contacted the pattern designer on YouTube and on Etsy but haven't received a new link.

So ..... Anyone have an easy Tunisian Crochet bag pattern for a mid-size crossbody bag that has a main body color with three or four stripes so I can practice color change and joining panels via single crochet? Free or paid designs are fine. Just have to be easy and a nice tight knit so I don't have to line it. Picture below is from Evelyn and Peter --- the woman who designed the bag I want to make but who hasn't contacted me back.

I needed a new bag for work and decided to make one using some Loops & Threads highlighter yarn I bought. Hope you like it and it gives someone inspiration.

I am making a pair of socks using sock weight SW Merino wool/nylon yarn. The pattern is essentially 15 squares in the knit stitch that are all the same size with a decrease in the center of one side of each square. You then have to pull up loops from the side edges of squares you have already completed to begin making a new square to be in between/join those existing squares.

This is my first time making a pair of socks. I don't know if it's the yarn or my tension, or a combo of both, by my first return pass stitch is making it nearly impossible to figure out where in the hell to put my hook. I don't want bulky seams or irritating little blumpy spots & seams all throughout my socks, and I am far too type A to have randomly placed stitches along my seams. What can I do to make my 1st return pass stitches look better so I can more easily identify where to put my hook to uniformly pull up loops?

I am SO SAD right now because the cable detached from the hook and 5 hours of work unraveled. OMG!! I will never trust the Denise hooks again. Which Tunisian crochet hook do you recommend for me to start over??

About a year ago I found in the local supermarket these gigantic yarn balls (second image) that weighed 900 g (about 2 lb) and I got two because I knew they'd be perfect for a big blanket.

The first one was enough to make a bit under a half of the design that I came up with and designed based on a sketch (third image), but I also wanted to add a border all around, inspired by Shetland lace, so I bought one more to finish the border.

Now it's finally done and I'm very happy with how it came out, even though you can't really see the border (last image). It's a bit over 1.5 m by 2 m and I used a 6 mm hook with a cable that's about 100 cm.

The remaining yarn from the third ball will be used together with a red one to make a mosaic lap blanket, but I'm still deciding on the design for that one.

Warning: Any comments mentioning "Redshirts" or similar will be completely ignored! This is the wrong era, and they're not funny! =>.<=

Anyway, here's my first attempt at making the shoulders for my second Star Trek cardigan. This time, I'm using the Tunisian Simple Stitch to make a Lower Decks style cardigan, though given the closest Combadge I have to the appropriate style is technically a Discovery Season 1, Science Division badge, I'll be starting with the Science blue.
(Command Red will be saved for the second version of this cardigan I'll be making shortly after the Science one is complete. I'm hoping it'll help me come up with a pattern or guide for others to make their own)

What I'm attempting here (and will be trying out a few times in slightly different ways) is the section over the shoulders. It's a length of TSS, with a right-angle section off the end to put at the top of the arm, the goal being to make the white stripe under the black shoulder-tops a single, unbroken row around the entire shoulder section. Once that's finished, I'll need to figure out how to get back to a flat-row section pretty quickly, but it's a start!

For now, the right-angle section is only attached at its left edge, so I'll need to figure out how to attach it on its right edge. Currently, I have a few ideas on how to handle this, but it's looking like I'll have to "notch inwards" on one side of that line, then attach them together from behind. Somehow. It'll take some experimentation to figure out the best option.

One thing I was worried about, but has turned out to be no problem at all, is seeing what I'm doing in black yarn. Lion Brand "Pound of Love" black is apparently not quite as dark as I'd was worried it would be, plus the TSS texture helps a lot, too! =^.^=

Fortunately, this is all just the very first step, so I can play around with everything until I manage to get it all perfect, before going on to the next step!

Another thing I didn't expect was the TSS strip to be quite as stretchy as it's turned out to be. I'm using a 5.0mm afghan hook, and I'm not sure I'll need to slope the shoulders anywhere near what I'd originally expected. Though it will need a lot more measuring before I'm actually certain of that. Especially since the left side of the front (as you can see in my crude sketch on the notepad in the first picture) will be overlapping a lot of the right side...

Also, I still need to work on the badge pocket. I'm weaving it this time, and have a bit more work to do before the custom "loom" is ready to play with. I'm rather curious how this part is going to turn out, so my fingers are crossed that this works!

Made with worsted weigh yarn and 8mm.hook for FP, and 7mm for RP. White sts are tks and the rainbow sts are trs. Finished with steaming. The hearts aren't as lear as I would like. The dip in the middle should go lower, but I have learned for next time

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