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I am also currently engrossed in cross stitching! Got a page finish on this full coverage project a few days ago, I've been on with this for...er.. about a year and a half I think?... and I'm just coming up on 25% complete 😅 You can't really make out much here because I've been stuck on beige island for the last however long, but you can see the full image on the pattern page: Autumn Stories.
As well as that I've been very slowly knitting away at the sleeve on a jumper that this is apparently the best pic I can find of. You get the general idea. This one is probably getting packed away through because we're going on a cruise at the start of August and I need to make some non-Wintery stuff asap. Pattern is Justyna Jumper.
And last but not least someone over on Mastodon sewed a cool skirt and enabled me with the shop link, so now I own not only a new skirt pattern but one for a bralette to go with it too. Planning to get both of those out of this quilt cover that I picked up from a charity shop for 50p! It's got big leaves on it and it screams "flouncing around on a cruise ship". Shop link for the easily enabled.
Love the knitting. Stick with the project! I'm currently trying to teach myself Tunisian Crochet, but I'm making the jump from traditional crochet, so the transition is pretty easy. Doing it using a book, no less. I'm finding it very fun and old-school to learn from a book instead of a YouTube video.
Ah yes Tunisian crochet looks like a lot of fun, it's on my list but just never quite got around to it yet. Good to know that already crocheting bodes well for me, though!
Are you using it to make anything in particular yet, or still in that awkward "making random squares" phase most new crafts go through?
I make a baby blanket every time one of the people in my shop has a baby, and just decided out of the blue to start. So basically one really big awkward square, all out of Tunisian Simple Stitch.
I figure I'll make one blankie out of each stitch, and by then I should be ready for a more complex project.
Sounds like a plan! Looking forward to some pics when they're done 😄
I find Tunisian crochet to be easy to learn if you know how to crochet already. I never could get my head around knitting but crochet has always been my jam. The hardest part for me was finding the right needles. I think if you can knit, you've definitely the brain power to tackle Tunisian crochet, haha!
I completely agree with you on the book part. I feel it's easier to use a book for crochet. With a video, I'm having to pause it frequently which means moving my fingers from their "spot" on the project and then having to reconfigure them to do what I just watched. My brain can't hold instructions for that long, better for me to have a book open to the spot and re-read than pause and rewind a video.
Which Tunisian crochet book are you using? I learned from a book that had Excellent instructions and so many different stitch types. I can't remember the name of it and it's probably hiding deep in my craft closet ATM.
This one right here:
https://www.amazon.com/Tunisian-Crochet-Beginners-Step-step/dp/0811770184/ref=asc_df_0811770184/?tag=hyprod-20&linkCode=df0&hvadid=533377859038&hvpos=&hvnetw=g&hvrand=15571622234947222258&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=&hvdev=m&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=9031342&hvtargid=pla-1432293223123&psc=1
Sorry for throwing late reply, Jerboa isn't pushing notifications for me properly for some reason.
I love these! I think I would slowly go insane stitching that much beige at once though, lmao.
Ah but you see it's ok because every 100 stitches or so there's one in a colour that might be better described as "light brown" 😂