As you might recall I had a friend of a friend talking about a knitting technique called entrelac. This of course made me google it and find out a bit more about it, which led me to the discovery of entrelac crochet. Entrelac crochet uses a Tunisian crochet stitch called the TSS - tunisian simple stitch (I will at a later time investigate other tunisian stitches). This is a very easy stitch to do and creates a wonderfully dense almost woven look and texture.
I had bought some yarn on special a while back and had seen a scarf for my sister in the balls of yarn that I had thought were going to be a loose knit. I tried it a few different ways but it just wasn't coming together so I decided to go the TSS crochet.
I am teaching myself along the way on the best ways of doing this so it's by no means perfect but I am enjoying doing it and the results. I am alternating the direction of the stitch with each colour so that there is an added dimension of texture.
As you can see I do have an issue with the end curling but I'll deal with that later. But just look at the 'wrong' side and see that lovely bobbly pattern and texture.
Monday, January 11, 2010
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ReplyDeletei love the look of the scarf - so chunky and textured. i am sure your sister will LOVE it.
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