Saturday at Chain Link 2007
For me Saturday was Tunisian Entrelac day! It is a fascinating (and easy) way to make a patchwork-look fabric without sewing a single seam. As a bonus, since you are working with a limited number of stitches at one time you can use a regular crochet hook rather than a long Tunisian hook. This becomes even more of a bonus when you are going to felt your project. For felting you want to use a large hook to create an oversize project. I like to use a 10mm hook. Those can be difficult to find in a Tunisian hook, but no problem at all in a regular hook. Since there is no thumb grip to get in my way, I usually pick up my 10mm Surina wood hook when I’m in the mood for a felted Tunisian Entrelac project.
In the morning’s sold-out class, students worked on a Tunisian Entrelac in the Round bowl. Some used wool yarn and a large hook, planning to felt their bowl at home. Others used worsted weight yarn and a smaller hook to create a bowl that would stand on its own without felting.
Many of the students stayed for the afternoon Tunisian Entrelac On The Square class, building on the skills they had learned in the morning. In one of the photos above you can see Stephanie at work on one of the afternoon swatches with the bowl she created in the morning already hard at work holding her supplies. I’m kind of partial to chocolate kisses in mine!
Saturday evening was the ever popular Banquet and Chic Street Fashion Show. As always, it was such a good time. I knew there would be lots of people taking photos so I didn’t take my camera. I’m going to direct you to Crocheting With Dee to enjoy the fashion show. Be sure to check out her other posts about the Conference as well as links to more blogs with Chain Link reports.
For those of you interested in Tunisian Entrelac, I’ll be teaching both of these classes at the Fall Knit and Crochet Show and teaching Tunisian Entrelac in the Round at the Orlando Needlework Show. I’d love to see you there.
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