An extraordinary journey with fellow crafters has come to an end. We traveled the Tunisian highway and reached one milestone by creating the beautiful Pax shawlette. This is in no way the end but a stepping stone to all things tunisian.
The doubts that were cast were cleared with the help of video tutorials and a Facebook Live session. Not to mention, members stepping up and helping each other!! That’s the best part of being in a community that understands and goes the extra mile to share, to learn and to connect.
We would love to give a special mention to one of the most involved member from our community , Jayam Jammu ! Let’s give the loudest cheer for this awesome crafter who kept all of us on our toes and culminated her journey with a superb walk to show off her Shawlette. Take a bow Jayam!
We would also like to take this moment to give a shout out to Arunima , who is a versatile Indian designer creating beautiful Tunisian crochet designs. You can find her on Facebook and Instagram under the username Knitterknotter.
We hope that by giving you a glimpse of the Tunisian crochet technique , we have sparked a little something in you and may you go on to creating stunning Tunisian crochet projects!
Check out the participants video here:
Thanks once again for walking the road with Tunisian crochet!
Hoping to see you all in our next crafty journey!
Leave a comment below to let us know what you think!
We have successfully completed the two charts of pax shawlette and are at the very end of the pattern. Many have already completed the whole shawlette and we are very happy to see their finished objects.
The following is the explanation of the last two rows in simple English.
After completing chart B, you should have finished with one row of single crochet. You should have 451 sc.
Picot edging
Here the designer has designed the picot as (sc, ch2, sc) to be worked in the specified stitch.
Ch1, picot in the first stitch ( that is you make sc, ch2, sc in the same stitch), 1 single crochet in each of the next 4 stitches, picot, 1 sc in one each of next 2 sts, picot, 1 sc in one each of next 2 sts, picot, [1 sc in each of the next 8 stitches, picot, 1 sc in one each of next 2 sts, picot, 1 sc in one each of next 2 sts, picot]
Repeat the instructions in the square bracket till you reach the last 4 stitches. 1 sc on each of the next 3 stitches, picot in the last stitch. Fasten off. Weave in the ends.
You can watch the video here for better understanding:
 Ta da ! You are done! Give yourself a pat of the back for a job well done!
The next step is blocking.
For this step you will need , a sink or tub to hold, cold water, mild soap, towels, t pins, foam boards, steam iron or hair dryer
Blocking refers to the process of washing and pinning the finished product to the desired dimensions. The blocking technique varies for the type of material used.
For acrylic you will gently wash the handcrafted piece in cold water and mild detergent. A few drops of the handwash soap or mild shampoo will do the trick. Rinse in water till the soap suds are removed. Do not wring( twist) the project to remove excess water. Squeeze out as much water as you can.
The project will become heavy with all the water it has absorbed.
Now roll the piece in a thick towel. Use two towels if there is a lot of water to be removed.
Arrange foam sheets ( or if you have a spare bed you can use that) and cover it with two to three layers of towel. Spread your finished project out and carefully shape the project with your hands to the desired shape.
You will now take your t-pins and pin the points you want to be stretched. Usually one places the t-pins on the picots .
After you have adjusted the project to the shape you desire, you can leave it to air dry.
Once again if the material is acrylic, you can use steam to kill the fibres. This means that once the lace stitches open up you do not have to keep blocking everytime you wash.
Plug in the steam iron and use the steam to block acrylic. You should not place the iron box on the crochet piece. You should hover the iron box over the project a few inches at a time. Slowly move the iron box so that the entire shawl is blocked.
Leave it to air dry and once it’s done, remove the pins and take pictures, model it if it’s a wearable and show it off. Sit back and wait for compliments to flow your way!!
If you have used cotton , same principle but you can use starch to make your fo to have a crisp look.
For silk do not wash in water. Instead use a spray bottle and spray water to moisten the crochet / knit piece.
Then pin and let dry.
For wool if it says superwash then you can wash it and follow the same principle as acrylic. For non superwash wool , care must be taken to not agitate the fo as it will cause the wool fibres to fuse and felt.
Then pin and let dry.
You can check out the video below to understand blocking better:
Hello everyone! Most of you have finished the chart A and its time to move on to chart B!!
If you still need help with the Chart A instruction for the Pax Shawl you can check it out HERE.
Lets now begin with Chart B
After you complete chart A work one row of sc on the top edge of the shawlette. The wrong side of the shawlette will be facing you.
When it says pull up loop it means insert hook, yarn over and pull up loop.
Chain 9.on this chain you will work the first linked 8 uple stitch which the designer has abbreviated as L8tr(linked 8 treble).
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This is worked by picking up a loop, starting from the second chain from the hook all the way down to the last chain. You will have 8 loops ( not including the first loop on the hook). Next, insert hook into the first sc , yarn over and pull up a loop. This is the 9th loop. This row is represented on the chart as 8 white squares.
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Source: IYC
Work the return pass as you have been doing, yarn over, pull through 2 loops. Repeat until all loops have been used up and there is one loop on the hook.
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Second row of chart B.
Note: read this before starting
Here pay attention to the color of the squares. White square represents Tunisian simple stitch ,black triangle represents yarn over and grey squares that are connected represent one decrease.
The yarn over and decrease happen together.
The decrease is worked in this manner : insert the hook under two adjacent vertical bars, yarn over and pull up loop through both vertical bars
The tiny purple triangle represents short row. The short rows have numbers written on top which indicates how many loops you must have on the hook before you work the return pass. The loop on the hook at the start of the row is not counted.
Forward pass : Pull up three loops starting from the second bar, yarn over, work 1 decrease, pull up one loop in each of the next 3 bars, insert hook in the next sc, yarn over pull up loop.
Source: IYCSource: IYC
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Return pass: (yarn over , pull through 2 loops ) repeat until you reach the end and have one loop on the hook.
Source: IYC
Source: IYC
Third row:
Forward pass: Pull up 4 loops starting from the second bar( the fourth loop will be on the yarn over you did in the previous row),yarn over, decrease, pull up 1 loop in each of the next 2 bars, insert hook into next sc, yarn over pull up loop.
Source: IYC
Source: IYC
Return pass :Â (yarn over , pull through 2 loops ) repeat until you reach the end and have one loop on the hook
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Fourth row:
Forward pass: Pull up 5 loops starting from the second bar( the fifth loop will be on the yarn over you did in the previous row),yarn over, decrease, pull up 1 loop in the next bar, insert hook into next sc, yarn over pull up loop.
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Return pass :Â (yarn over , pull through 2 loops ) repeat until you reach the end and have one loop on the hook
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Fifth row:
Forward pass: Pull up 6 loops starting from the second bar( the fifth loop will be on the yarn over you did in the previous row),yarn over, decrease ( this time after the decrease there will not be any bar left to pull up a loop) insert hook into next sc, yarn over pull up loop.
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Return pass :Â (yarn over , pull through 2 loops ) repeat until you reach the end and have one loop on the hook
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The next 5 rows are short rows.Â
The short rows will not connect to the sc row. Also remember to use two loops of the last bar when you go over row below to avoid the hole.
Short row 1: forward pass:Â pull up loop in 3 bars .
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Return pass: yarn over , pull through 2 Â Â repeat until you have 1 loop on hook
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Short row 2: forward pass:Â pull up loop in 4 bars . For the 4th loop insert hook into the vertical bar one row below, yarn over and pull up loop.
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Return pass: yarn over , pull through 2Â Â repeat until you have 1 loop on hook
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Short row 3: forward pass:Â pull up loop in 5 bars . For the 5th loop insert hook into the vertical bar one row below , yarn over and pull it up loop.
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Return pass: yarn over , pull through 2Â Â repeat until you have 1 loop on hook
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Short row 4: forward pass:Â pull up loop in 4 bars . Leave the last one unworked
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Return pass: yarn over , pull through 2Â Â repeat until you have 1 loop on hook
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Short row 5: forward pass:Â pull up loop in 3 bars . Leave the last bar unworked.
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Return pass: yarn over , pull through 2Â Â repeat until you have 1 loop on hook.
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Row 6 : this row connects to the sc row. Which means you will pull up one loop in each of the vertical bars till you have 8 loops( not counting the first loop on the hook). You would have just finished short row with 3 loops , so you will pick up the three loops, then go one row below for 4th, again one row below for 5th, and one more time , one row below for 6th. The 7th loop will the the bar formed by the yarn over, and then the last loop from the next vertical bar. Next insert hook in the next sc , yarn over pull up a loop.
Source: IYC
Source: IYC
Return pass: (yarn over, pull through 2 loops) repeat till you have one loop on the hook.
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Rows 7-10 is going to be the opposite of Rows 2-5 where you will make the decrease first and then yarn over
Row 7 forward pass: pull up loop in 5 vertical bars, decrease using the next two vertical bars, yarn over, pull up loop in next bar, insert hook in sc, yarn over, pull up loop.
Source: IYC
Source: IYC
Return pass:( yarn over pull through 2 loops) repeat till you have one loop on hook
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Row 8: forward pass: pull up loop in 4 vertical bars, decrease using the next two vertical bars, yarn over, pull up a loop in each of next 2 bars, insert hook in sc, yarn over, pull up loop.
Return pass:( yarn over pull through 2 loops) repeat till you have one loop on hook
Row 9: forward pass: pull up loop in 3 vertical bars, decrease using the next two vertical bars, yarn over, pull up a loop in each of next 3 bars, insert hook in sc, yarn over, pull up loop.
Source: IYC
Return pass:( yarn over pull through 2 loops) repeat till you have one loop on hook.
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Row 10: forward pass: pull up loop in 2 vertical bars, decrease using the next two vertical bars, yarn over, pull up a loop in each of next 4 bars, insert hook in sc, yarn over, pull up loop.
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Return pass:( yarn over pull through 2 loops) repeat till you have one loop on hook.
This completes one repeat of chart B.
Repeat this till the end.
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You can watch the tutorial here for better understanding:
Please feel free to leave your queries and comments below!
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Hello Everyone! The Pax Shawl TCAL is under way and we have seen some good progress!
However, we had a lot of queries with regards to the chart A and how to begin. So here we are as promised to help you guys out with the detailed instructions for the chart A with a photo turorial and a video tutorial!
We got permission from the Designer of the PAX Shawl @Aoibheni to provide a step by step video tutorial for the TCAL!!!
New here and Still wondering what is the all this??
You can check all the details about the Pax shawl TCAL, HERE.
Lets begin!
Follow the instructions for PAX SHAWL:
You will chain 235,
Insert hook in second chain from hook in the back bump, yarn over pull up a loop, (insert hook in next chain yarn over, pull up a loop) repeat the instructions in the ( ) till you have 19 loops on the hook, including the first loop.
Source: IYC
Repeat () once more by inserting into the 21st chain for a total of 20 loops. Now you yarn over , pull through 2 loops, repeat this until you have one loop on hook. This is one row
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Repeat this again but now you will be inserting into the 2nd vertical bar and continue all the way down until you have 19 loops. 20th loop will be picked up from the base chain. Repeat the return pass
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Next is short row. Pick up and work only 9 loops ( including the one on the hook) , work return pass.
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Source: IYC
Next row pick up 19 loops total and for 20th loop go into the next base chain
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Repeat return pass
Repeat short row
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Repeat full row twice
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This is one repeat
Now again start working on other vertical bars.
This sequence will be like this
[ 2 full rows
1 short row
1 full row
1 short row
2 full rows]…. repeat
Only the full rows connect to base chain. Count the number of rows on the right side . You should have seven for each repeat.
Continue all the way till you reach the end of the base chain
This is chart A…
You can watch the video tutorial for further understanding.
Please feel free to leave your queries and comments below!
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Its a new month and a new excitement for us here at IYC!!!
Your response for the previous cal was soo supportive, that we cudn’t resist ourselves with bringing a new, simple yet different cal to you this month!!
Simple yet different??? What could it be???
Why of course!! It’s Tunisian Crochet!!!
This month we are hosting a Tunisian Crochet Along or TCAL, on our facebook group for the crafter community. The project for this TCAL is the PAX Shawl designed by @Aoibheni The Pax shawl is an excellent pattern for anyone willing to learn Tunisian crochet and It’s a free pattern!
The pattern is available in US, UK and French. Please download the US version.
Materials you need: – 400-450 m of any fingering weight yarn (we will be helping with yarn choices too) – 5 mm crochet hook (Tunisian crochet hook optional, your usual straight crochet hook will do)
All you have to do to be a part of this cal is register below and join our facebook group!! Its that simple!!
Once you register, you will be sent an email with the confirmation and the link to download the pattern! The link will take you to the ravelry page of the design and when you click on the free pattern it will give you option to download it in US, UK and French.
Make sure you download the US Pattern so all of us are on the same page!
What are you waiting for?? Hurry and register for the cal!!
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