The Alluring Call of Tunisian Crochet

The new issue of Interweave Crochet arrived in my mail box on Christmas Eve…what a fantastic Christmas present!  On the first pass through the issue, however, I was a bit apathetic.  Nothing really jumped out at me.  Lucky for me, that’s sort of how my brain works; things need to grow on me sometimes.

And I must say, the Sunset Ruana is definitely growing on me.  I tend to not be immediately drawn to shapeless garments; I’m just too curvy for them to be flattering.  But then I started thinking of all the mornings that I’d wished I had something I could just wrap around me for the quick trip in to work.  I have several crocheted sweaters that I absolutely love, but the sleeves are too bulky to wear under any of my warm coats.  (My rain jacket is the one exception, but it isn’t heavy enough for me when there is frost on my car windows!)  I’m starting to think that the Sunset Ruana would be the perfect solution.  Well, maybe not “sunset”, more like twilight or dusk for my skin tone.

So, now I’m in the position of needing to learn Tunisian crochet.  (Of course, that is if I can afford the yarn for this project in the next few months.)  I’m kind of hoping that I can swatch it with crochet hooks I already have, especially since my gauge is always off and I don’t want to start spending money on a lot of Tunisian crochet hooks if I’m not going to do much of it.

However, if I am going to stick with it, maybe I should just invest in one of those interchangeable crochet hook sets.   It’s a bit of money, but there are some other projects I’d like to make someday…like the Spice Market Tunic in the previous issue of Interweave Crochet.

December 29, 2009  Tags: ,   Posted in: Tunisian Crochet

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