Tunisian Stitch

[Free2bme]

Hello,

 

I hope that everyone had a great summer! I have a question about the Tunisian Stitch: how to you keep the stitches from curling?????

[Podger1]

Hi there,

The tunisian stitch is supposed to curl...it is just the nature of the stitch. It will correct itself when you add a border, but it can drive you crazy until you get to that point.

 

In a Yahoo group that I belong to regarding tunisian crochet, a poster tells that she does the reverse afghan stitch for the first 4 or 5 rows of an afghan and the reverse for the last 4 or 5 rows and the fabric will not curl. If you also do the reverse stitch on the first 4 or 5 stitches on each side, it will make it even straighter.

 

I plan to use this method the next time I make an afghan that way...which I would like to do...just have too many WIPs to do right now!

 

Hope that helps you somewhat.

[moonspinners]

Free2bme: Try this site for excellent suggestions on taming the curl: http://chezcrochet.com/page0055.html. ARnie's whole site has a wealth of information on Tunision stitch(es) that you may find helpful.

[amalapert]

I'm also starting the Tunesian and found yesterday from my searching that someone said they do a row of perl and then switches to the regular Tstitch and that stops the curling. I was going to try it myself today. Good luck!

http://www.crochetcabana.com/specialty/tunisian.htm (this has really good tutorial pics too!)

[Free2bme]

Thank you ladies!

[JCB]

How do you do the purl stitch in Tunisian? Is it the same thing as the reverse tunsian stitch? (We learned that in Kim's on-line class a few weeks ago).

 

Joan

[crochetkim]

How do you do the purl stitch in Tunisian? Is it the same thing as the reverse tunsian stitch? (We learned that in Kim's on-line class a few weeks ago).

 

Joan

 

The purl stitch in Tunisian is a bit awkward and I try to teach it as a secondary class rather than beginner. But, I'll bet you'll find a video for it at Amie's site:

 

http://www.nexstitch.com

 

My experience has been that the Reverse Afghan Stitch works even better to combat the curl than the Tunisian Purl.

 

[Mittymoo]

That is excellent!!!! I have been WONDERING about how to do the purl stitch forever!!! NOW I just have to get the right yarn to make a beautiful afghan stitch stained glass quilt that I found in a Herrschners book!!!