Menokreatikkul; Saturday Stitches

I've had a lazy sort of week, if I'm honest. Reading, listening, watching, hooking...

Podcasts are the best things to hook the crochet stitches by. Currently, I'm thoroughly enjoying working my way through several years of Sherlock & Co. (Also available on other platforms.)

Oh, what's that WIP in front of me? For the first time in ages, I picked up a Tunisian hook. I have several balls of this almost weightless size 3 mohair/viscose blend yarn, which has no details of length or weight per ball, so this is just one of those 'work it and find out' projects that I tend to do a lot of.

I had a notion of something all lacey and airy... however, patterns were eluding me and I also realised that it's been so long since I did any Tunisian hook work, I really needed to keep things simple.

That said, I didn't want just the plain Simple Stitch, either. So this is by way of an experiment. It's entirely possible someone else will have come up with it somewhere, but for now, let's call this the Long Yarn YAMmy - or something. Being furtherly truthful, it kinda happened by accident. Thinking a gal cannot have too many stoles/shoulder wraps, I chained up 60 and worked a straight loop on, loop off return. Due to the yarn being almost imperceptible to the fingers, so light and airy is it, and very slippery on the hook, the tension of that first forward and return row was very slack. The next row was a simple stitch format, but come the third row, I chose deliberately to pull the yarn longer and not from the front post below, but through the entire fabric...

This was a bit tricky the first few rounds, but now that I'm getting more fabric formed, it is becoming a bit easier (and more familiar). The return row is standard per the simple method.

Then, each alternate row is standard Simple Stitch, pulling the yarn through the long front post of the preceding row...

If you've never done Tunisian Crochet, this will mean nothing to you, but I know at least two or three readers here are familiar with the technique. 

Anyway, I am quite pleased with the resulting patterning and am thrilled with the feel of the yarn itself. It will be like wearing gossamer. The fabric created by this technique of yarn work crosses the divide between crochet and knitting. There is a distinct back and front to the product, which I very much like. As the work grows, I am reconsidering how it might end up... you'll find out when I do!