Look what has just arrived!

Lovely jubbly! Lots of Tunisian crochet hooks to experiment with.

For my first project with Tunisian crochet I am making myself a pair of fingerless mitts Couldn't be easier, you are thinking? Well, I've completed one of them and made three obvious mistakes already. But I'm learning fast and that's the whole point of this exercise.

Once I speed up with this technique, I think I shall enjoy this method of creating fabric. It certainly has a different texture and 'hang' to it than either knitted or crocheted fabric - perhaps somewhere in between.

I have always held my crochet hook like a pencil but with Tunisian crochet hooks I have had to change to holding it like a knife. That's a new development in itself and it will be interesting to see if I make the switch when I go back to some 'ordinary' crochet projects.

In the meantime, here are a few links that this novice has found helpful:

Tunisian Crochet Simple Stitch

Fingerless gloves
Fingerless mitts

So who am I? And why By Hook or By Crook?

I'm a retired IT consultant who has gone back to my first love of knitting and crochet - well, mostly crochet, really. And that's what this blog is about. Crochet, and how I'm growing with it and it's growing with me.

The crook bit? Ah, now, that's something different. As well as being a retired IT consultant I am also a retired clergywoman in the Church of England. So it seemed appropriate. You know, shepherds and sheep and all that!

Playing about with yarn

What am I working on at the moment? Well, I'm currently experimenting with different yarns and hooks but also, at the same time, I'm in the process of crocheting a string bag for a friend's birthday.  Not just any string bag, of course! A purple string bag in a boat shape. I'll be writing the pattern up as I go and posting it later on the three places I frequent - Ravelry, Folksy and Craftsy. Oh, and here now, of course.

So back to the experimenting...