Slow Going
I’m two for two. One class in May, one class in June. What should I do for July?
A Saturday or so ago I took a Tunisian crochet class down at the San Jose Museum of Quilts and Textiles, taught by Stitch Diva Jennifer Hansen. This very blurry picture from shows the quite fun members of the class. And me. I’m in there somewhere.
I made a very tiny, slightly crappy sample while in class. I’ve since bound that off and started another practice piece that is intended to be the back or front part of a pillow cover. She taught us two stitches – simple Tunisian crochet stitch and the knit stitch, and a way to do a three-color pattern. So I’m attempting to do a three-color knit stitch thingy. We shall see. It’s going well so far but I think I’m only 8 rows in.
You know one reason that I never liked knitting is that all those stitches stay on the needle. With crochet, once you’re done with a stitch you’re done. There’s no revisiting it. But with knitting and with Tunisian crochet you start stitches going one way, and then you’ve gotta finish them on the way back.
And I never know, once I’ve got a bunch of stitches on the hook/needle, where to put my hands. Do I grip the hook over the yarn? Do I grip the hook below the yarn? Do I move it aside and grip the hook in between stitches? It feels very awkward and unstable to me. I’m probably going to have to go watch videos to see what other people do. If anyone knows what I’m talking about and has an answer, I’d love to hear it.
I’ve got one more hour of work on the Iris Quilt and it is DONE. Looking forward to that.
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feel free to leave a few words of your own...Kristina B — Sun Jun 26, 2011 at 6:42 pm (link)Not that I’m a pro knitter by any stretch, but when I knitted I put my hand right on the stitches. I started with crochet, so I was definitely used to the feeling of letting them go away, but I did come to like the feeling of the stitches under my hand too.
