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Tubular Cast-On

Instructions for working the Tubular Cast-On (demonstrated in the video above):

Using scrap yarn and the Backwards Loop Cast-On, cast-on half the number of total stitches you want. Break yarn.
Using your main yarn:
Row 1: *K1, YO*, repeat between *s across all stitches. (If you have an odd number of stitches, end with K1.)
Row 2: *with yarn in front, slip 1 purlwise; K1*, repeat between *s across all stitches.
Row 3: *K1; with yarn in front, slip 1 purlwise*, repeat between *s across all stitches.
Repeat Rows 2 and 3 once more.
Pick out scrap yarn.

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Tunisian Crochet

Tunisian crochet is an awesome technique that my family has used for generations, but I have found that there is little known about it with fiber people nowadays. In my family, we have always called it “the afghan stitch”. It works up like a cross between knitting and crochet. Tunisian crochet hooks are long (10” or more), and stitches are held on the hook much like a knitting needle. To compare it further to knitting, it is sort of like picking up and binding-off stitches every row.

I created this video to help with a pattern I released earlier this year – Lone Star Baby Crib Blanket.

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