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Entrelacis Tunisiancrochet’sanswertoC2C

andit’sgreatforcreatingallsortsofcolour

effectsandshapes.ThebenefitofTunisian

entrelacis thatthesquareshavea raised look

thatcreatesa woveneffect.Entrelac

originatesfromknitting, but it’s just as good

in Tunisian crochet.

SIMPLESTITCHES

Tunisianentrelacis usuallyworkedin

TunisianSimpleStitch(TSS),soit willhelpif

youcanalreadydothis.Forthisworkshop,

you can use any yarn, but choose a hook

that’sa bitbiggerthanusualfortheyarn.

We’regoingtousea DKyarnanda 5mm

hook.Thehookneedstohavea straight

shaft that can hold 7 loops.

VARIOUSCOMBINATIONS

Youcanmakeentrelacsquaresanysizeyou

like(byadjustingthenumberofstitchesand

rows)andcombinetheminvariousways.

We’llmakea practisepiecetoteachyouthe

skillsyouneedtocustomiseyourown

Tunisianentrelacfabric,orfollow a pattern

like our dog coat on page 81.

Where do i start?

Evyue

weshowyou

the

techniquyou’ll

needto

make beautiful

things

Workshop

d Ct 1

Startbymakinga foundationlevelof squares

CREATECOLOURFULSHAPESINTUNISIANCROCHET

Tunisian entrelac

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Forourpractisepiece,we’llmakesquares

madeupwith5 stsand5 rows.Thefirst

foundationlevelcanbeanynumber of

squares,butwe’llmaketwo.

Startwitha foundationchain.Foreach

square,ch1foreachstitchandrow,plus 1

extra.Soforeachofour5x5squares,we’ll

chain 11 (5+ 5 + 1),plusweneedtoadd 1

chainattheveryend.Thisis a multipleof 11

+ 1.If youweremaking4x4squares,you’d

needa multipleof9 + 1;for6x6squares,

you’dneeda multipleof 13 + 1,andsoon.

Step 1 Tostarta practisepiece,ch23.Tostart

theForwardPass,inserthookinsecond

chainfromhook(youcaninsertintoeither

thechainfrontorthebackbump),yrh,pull

upa loop,leavingit onthehook(2loops).

Step 2 Repeatthisprocesstopullupa loop

inthenextchuntilyouhave6 loopsonthe

hook.Thefirstloopformsthesquare’sedge,

theother5 areyoursts.Pullupa loopinthe

nextchaintogiveyoua 7thloop.Thisfinal

loopis keytothe technique – we’ll explain

moreshortly.

Step 3 ForanEntrelacReturnPass,youdon’t

needtheusual‘ch1’.Instead,*yrhandpull

through2 loops;repeatfrom* untilone loop

remains.Thefirstrowis finished.

Step 4 ForthenextForwardPass,pullupa

loopineachverticalbarbelowuntilyouhave

6 loops.Togetthe7thandfinalloop, pull up

a loopinthenextunusedchain.

Step 5 WorktheEntrelac Return Pass as you

didinStep3.

Step 6 RepeatSteps 4-5 until you have 5

rows in total.