Yep, I'm going to be another one of those designers who bangs on about gauge. Gauge in garments is absolutely vital. It's important that you understand why it's vital but also how you can use gauge to your advantage (or disadvantage).It's easier if I...

Interested in Tunisian Crochet? Don't know where to start? I have a video for you. I made this video in 2022 for an online yarn show but hadn't linked it to my blog, which was started later. This video is always going to be relevant to those new to T...

Centre short rows are used to make the middle of a piece of crochet taller than the edges. Before trying centre short rows, I recommend you practice the techniques used in both forward and return pass short rows first. You can find tutorials for ...

Short rows on the return pass are used to create a piece that has more rows on the finishing edge of the work and less on the starting edge. So, for a right-handed crocheter, more rows on the left than the right and for a left-handed crocheter, more ...

Short rows in Tunisian crochet are a fabulous way to introduce certain kinds of shaping. I’ve only seen them used by a few Tunisian crochet designers. Aoibhe-Ni was the first designer I came across who was using short rows. She used th...

Forward pass short rows are used to create a piece that has more rows on the starting edge of the work and less on the finishing edge. So, for a right-handed crocheter, more rows on the right than the left and for a left-handed crocheter, more rows o...

This article first appeared in Homespun Beginners and Beyond: Crochet Issue 2. It has been edited to focus upon Tunisian Crochet Hooks.Walk into any large variety store or ‘big box’ craft store and you’ll probably see a small display of steel, plasti...

You might have noticed that I quite like working in the round. I'm not a huge fan of seaming (although I'm starting to warm to the idea in some applications).I've experimented with a few different ways of working in the round. I started off by l...

I've been mucking around with Tunisian Crochet bobbles for most of this year. It came about when I bought some colour pooling yarn from Three Mum's Yarn at last year's NSW Knitters Guild Gathering.I wanted to feature that beautiful pink colour pop am...

A little while ago I was teaching a lesson about tunisian mosaic at the NSW Knitters Guild Gathering. One of my students asked me to explain something I hadn’t thought about since I was starting out in tunisian crochet. Why is it, if you make 8 chain...