How to Crochet Tunisian Entrelac, Part 1 (Right handed)

[@LoriPowers2006]

Thank you for making this video, I've been struggling with this pattern using a different video and it just wasn't working. Your way is so much easier! 💞

[@picnicphoto]

This makes the most sense to me of any of the entrelac tutes I've seen. Saw a blanket done with multi colors and Tunisian (my interest) squares on diagonal so found yours to figure out my own.

[@EllenGormleyCrochet]

I’m so glad! Thanks for watching!

[@bratsmom6749]

Good morning, Ellen!!! Thank you for this demonstration! What a great stashbuster! Brat and I send little Hobi well wishes! 😻🙏👍❤️

[@EllenGormleyCrochet]

Thank you! He is doing great! He got his stitches out yesterday and he is over the moon happy.

[@nancynehme3043]

I love how you explain everything clearly, I appreciate that, thank you 🙏 I’m going to watch you again with the hook and yarns 😅

[@billgrover9421]

I'm going to have to watch this a few times! You're doing a great job explaining. Looks like it will be worth the extra effort

[@EllenGormleyCrochet]

Awesome, thank you!

[@carleenroberts6002]

You teach and demonstrate complicated stitch patterns in ways I can see and understand. Thank you, Ellen!

[@EllenGormleyCrochet]

Thank you, Carleen!

[@kerryrandall6618]

Hi Ellen, thanks for the tutorial, I have a WIP in my stash to use up yarn I started a while ago, that I was doing as alternating rounds of tss and tpurl diamonds in a rectangle rather than rows, to make a cushion cover. You reminded me that these 2 stitches play well together, the tension is the same but the look of alternating texture blocks is interesting, and I will need to get back to this project which I am working in a finer weight yarn, (so it grows slowly), it might be a good project to dig out for a yarn crafting get together which involve much social chatting, so simple projects are often best. I thought your tutorial explained entrelac construction well. 💙💙

[@EllenGormleyCrochet]

Thank you, Kerry! I enjoyed it so much, I did in fact begin a new design after I filmed this (these) videos!

[@mamuanilutmang5148]

Thank you so much. ❤️

[@theastewart6721]

This is great Ellen! I’ve done Entrelac in knitting but never in Tunisian crochet! Fascinating and so pretty! You explain it very clearly! I always add extra chains in a project. Piece of cake to take them out. Not so much if you don’t have enough!😂. One of my favorite tips that my teacher taught me! Thanks for another great tutorial!!🤗🤗

[@EllenGormleyCrochet]

Thank you! I usually don’t like to waste the yarn. Sometimes when I have some change left over I start to worry that I did the foundation row incorrectly. But a correct foundation is essential as you know! Totally worth getting it right.

[@theastewart6721]

I agree. I do it when I have to make a very long chain. If I can do a foundation row without chains I will do that. I don’t like chaining over 100 stitches. I feel like I’m always counting, lol. And it’s tough on my eyes.

[@debjanichaturvedi6097]

Yeah! 🤗 thanks 🙏 guess now I can finally find the courage to pick up the pattern book I have for the stitch 😂🤣

[@EllenGormleyCrochet]

Excellent!

[@violashook]

Hi. I was trying to do the ten-stitch Tunisian blanket and getting a little confused as to where the stitches should go on the corners. This video is much easier for me and I thought entrelac would be difficult. Really enjoying this process. Thank you and I look forward to more of your videos. Also used "splitting" yarn which added to my frustration!

[@EllenGormleyCrochet]

Thank you for watching!

[@nancynehme3043]

I’m confused and it’s me lol, when you want to make a blanket, do you chain in the beginning according to the size of the blanket? Or how does it work? I love how you explain everything step by step

[@MsAli0]

This way, yes, you do, but corner to corner is easier.

[@sandrabenesch2816]

Yours is the BEST explanation of this stitch/blanket I found, I do have 1 question, I want to make a blanket to fit a double bed, so does that mean I have to have my foundation chain to be the size of the bed?

[@EllenGormleyCrochet]

Or more! Yes. Make a swatch, see how big it is. Divide the width of a double bed by the number of inches and your swatch. Make sure you have plenty of extra inches for the coverlet to hang over both side edges and that will give you an approximation of how many swatches wide you’re finished blanket needs to be.

[@sandrabenesch2816]

@@EllenGormleyCrochet Thank you so MUCH!! you are so sweet🥰

[@eusouagratidao]

Gratidão gratidão eterna gratidão 🙏🇧🇷😘😸

[@EllenGormleyCrochet]

You’re welcome 🐱

[@natford8271]

So your increase is a Tunisian Full Stitch (TFS).

[@gracekam6476]

I am doing an entrelac Tunisian crochet top. Am trying to do the armhole shaping. How do I do a decrease on the left if its on a full diamond?

[@carolynr5306]

Hello. I’m just learning Tunisian crochet, found this tutorial and love it❤ I’m a little confused about the total number of chains on your hook, it’s more than 11+1. Am I missing something.

[@EllenGormleyCrochet]

11+1 is the base number that you need for each repeat of the pattern. That way you can make the project any size you want by using a factor of 11 and adding 1. :)

[@carolynr5306]

@@EllenGormleyCrochet Thank you!

[@terramarini6880]

I have a question...Can I make alternating diamonds with bernat pipsqueak and bernat lollipop sparkle they are listed as chunky and light respectively but feel like they might work together. thoughts?

[@EllenGormleyCrochet]

Try it! I don’t know those yarns off the top of my head. Two different weights will likely make a wavy and puckered fabric.

[@terramarini6880]

@@EllenGormleyCrochet I'm currently making a little sample just to see how it works. Visually the pipsqueak look chunkier but in the fingers they feel very similar, I'm hopeful cause I think it will look cute if it does work, the lollipop sparkle is white and the pipsqueak is pastel variegated...got eight months for this amateur to knock out a baby blanket, lol!

[@terramarini6880]

Yeah no, textures did not play well together. Did not even get enough stitches to tell if the weight would have worked.

[@robertellis978]

Can you please tell me were I found part three to this pattern please only found part two

[@EllenGormleyCrochet]

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[@robertellis978]

How many chains would I do to make baby blanket

[@EllenGormleyCrochet]

Thanks for watching! Make your swatch, then measure how big your swatch is. Take that width and measure it times the number of inches you want your final blanket to be. If your swatch takes for example 30 stitches to make 6 inches, and you want your blanket to be 36 inches then you need to multiply 30 stitches times 6+ your beginning turning chain. And that will give you the number of stitches. If you want you can add one stitch to your math because you can always rip out that final chain if you don’t need it.

[@kayemartin9793]

do you have a written pattern for this

[@EllenGormleyCrochet]

No, I don’t.