Double ended hook??

[LaraKN]

Ok we took a quick weekend trip & I went to this supposedly great craft store looking for yarn. They didn't have any yarn I wanted but they did have hooks cheap + I had a coupon. So I bought 3 x 14" long double ended crochet hooks. I thought they were for Tunisian crochet, which I have never tried.  I watched several tutorials on YouTube and looked at patterns, but most of them show a long single ended hook with a stopper like a knitting needle.

What is the other hook for??

[tweed]

they're for cro-hooking. Its a way to make a reversible fabric. Try a search. You might enjoy trying a new technique. : )

[Carol Ann]

Glad you got one of those wierd hooks so that you can tell us how you like the technique.  LOL  I haven't tried it yet ---still learning all of the cool  tunisian stitches.  Here is the definition of what that double ended hook is used for: Croknit, or also known as crohooking, crochenit, crochet-knit, and crochet on the double, derives from Tunisian crochet (also called Afghan Stitch, Hook Knitting, Railroad Knitting, Shepherd's Knitting, and Tricot Crochet), where you work loops onto a long crochet hook and then work them off without turning the hook or your fabric. With croknitting, you use a double-ended hook (also called flexible, swivel, or circular crochet hook) and you turn your work at the end of the row and start a new row with a different color of yarn or a second yarn of the same color, alternating yarns/colors every other row.

[LaraKN]

Found a basic tutorial on youtube.  Trying the cro-hook reversible fabric method to make a dishcloth with my new hook.  So far so good.  Might also try using it to do some basic tunisian too.

[lv2crochet]

I have a couple of these hooks - bought some books too - I think the baby blankets are really pretty when using 2 different colors. I started working on one a year or so ago - never finished but the way it was turning out was different - just didn't have anyone to finish it for so it's in my stash of unfinished projects.  Try it - I thinks its kinda fun, the only thing I didnt like was having two different yarns to have to deal with - can get tangled if you don't pay attention.  Good luck!

[Carol Ann]

I LOVE doing the tunisian stitches (most of those stitches can be found in Annie's online tutorials) so I expect I would like the croknit as well and I like the idea of "reversible" and 2-color work.  I have seen some really nice looking things done in croknit.  Maybe this winter.....

[LaraKN]

I finished the cro-hook dish cloth last night, did not turn out truly reversible, or an reversible as I have seen on some pics.  I'll post it tonite.

I started a Tunisian dishcloth and think I might sample several tunisian stitches on it.

[cis4crochet]

I don't even know tunsinian. Congrats!