Marieke, Solace in Stitches

Marieke, a white woman, showing the wingspan of a striped shawl in front of her chest her chest. The shawl is Tunisian crocheted in purple yarn and white yarn which alternate each row.

Two Of Us is a shallow triangular shawl design. Its size is easily customizable, the 3 samples range from small to large. And it allows you to make the most of your available yarn!

Marieke, a white woman, wearing a striped shawl wrapped around her neck and folded with both ends over each other on her chest. The shawl is Tunisian crocheted in a rainbow self-striping yarn and a lavender yarn which alternate each row.

I'm thrilled to introduce my new Tunisian crochet design that will tempt you into “just two more rows” until you're finished with a feeling of coming home.

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#TunisianCrochet #NewPattern #InclusiveYarnCommunity #SolaceInStitches #TwoOfUsShawl

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A plot of sales of the Unfree Shawl from March 1 to April 5. There were 48 sales, totalling $317.

A screenshot of an email from PayPal that reads, "Hello, Rachel Sandler. You paid $320 USD to National Women's Law..."

(1/) The #UnfreeMAL is over, and was so successful! On the knit pattern side, 48 people bought the pattern for a total of $317 in sales. I had planned to donate the proceeds, about $270, but decided to make my own contribution adding back in the money lost to transaction fees.
#craftivism #knit 🧶

Adding to your enquiringmind that there's also #CrochetAway hosted by @sammichstitches.bsky.social with similar prompts

Unfree KAL White Feminism Case Study: The Wage Gap Let’s talk about the wage gap! You may have heard just this past Tuesday of Equal Pay Day. Equal Pay Day this year fell on March 25 [1], and symbolizes how far into the new year a woman must work to ...

New blog post is up for the #UnfreeMAL! Since Equal Pay day was this past week, we're talking about intersectionality and wage gaps

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Love this little back story 💛 and you're progress on the Creatief Kerchief is looking so good 👌

A purple knit cabled shawl in progress on a grey tile floor. The purple yarn cake next to it on a aubergine colored tray with a vase of dried fushia flowers hanging over it

Purple already had my heart, these cables are stealing a spot as well.

#UnfreeMAL @stitch-theory.bsky.social #Knitsky 🧶 #Knitting

That looks so crisp Doug!

Clever tip to make your own pseudo-Tunisian crochet hook from a regular hook.

Sarah's making the Creative Kerchief and the free pattern is here: knitty.com/ISSUEss25/PA... 🧶

That looks beautiful! Thank you for making my design, I love the almost gold you're using.

And great tip for everyone who has a needle stopper that fits the back end of a hook 👍🧶

Dark purple and muted yellowish green striped Tunisian crochet piece, which is a narrow elongated wedge shape, with stitches on a red wooden crochet hook with a lime-green foam stitch stopper on the end. This piece is sitting on a black-and-white woven diamond pattern placemat.

I’m making the Creatief Kerchief by @solace-in-stitches.bsky.social from this Spring’s issue of Knitty.

My favorite short hook Tunisian tip is to use a foam stitch stopper at the end of the hook. Stays put better than a hair elastic, and it looks tidier.
@knitty.com #TunisianCrochet 🧶

A male mannequin wearing a Tunisian crocheted scarf in blue and white stripes. It's knotted in a sailor’s neckerchief style.

A collage of 4 photos each showing a male mannequin wearing a Tunisian crocheted scarf in blue and white stripes. Each photo shows the scarf styled in a different way around the neck.

Creatief (pron. kree-A-tief) means "to create" in Dutch. The Creatief Kerchief invites you to make your own Tunisian crochet piece, play ith yarn colors and make it your own. Once done, get creative with all the ways to style it! Which way would you wear it?

Free in @knitty.com #TunisianCrochet 🧶

If you want to channel your rage into knitting, come join us in the #UnfreeMAL. We're raising money for charity and tackling the difficult topic of white supremacy by knitting and crocheting. All genders welcome

#knit #crochet #craftivism #activism #antifascism 🧶

Yes! It's the craftivism aspect that pulled me in. Thanks for all the background work your doing

Does crochet use more yarn than knitting? Does crochet use more yarn than knitting? How about Tunisian crochet? Let's find out together which of these three crafts is fastest to work up and takes more yarn. Read on to see the results of my ex...

There's fun blog post from @yarnandy.bsky.social on yarn usage in crochet, Tunisian and knitting
yarnandy.com/does-crochet...

Right?! It's from Atelier Wolbeest in the Netherlands 💜

Tunisian crochet can mimic knitting and a lot of what you can knit can be done in Tunisian too. Just following a knit pattern but with Tunisian stitches will probably turn out way different though.
It's a fun quest I find myself on often when designing Tunisian.

The start of a cabled knit shawl on a grey tile floor. The used yarn is purple, the yarn cake is also visible on a aubergine colored tray with a vase with fuchsia dried flowers on it.

First rows on my shawl for the #UnfreeMAL by @stitch-theory.bsky.social made. I mostly avoid cables in my projects, but these are so gorgeous to the eye I couldn't resist. Tip from an #InclusiveYarnCommunity member was to use stitch markers for cables and they are making cables fun. 🧶💜 #knitsky

Wow, handspun looks GOOD in Tunisian simple stitch

If you have any questions send me a message, I'm here to help

Go you!

Thank you!

I'm so happy to read you're planning on making Creatief Kerchief. hook without an ergonomic handle works too. Wrap an elastic around the end so the stitches can't slide off. The scarf isn't that wide so it can fit all stitches.
Or borrow from @anniebeeknits.bsky.social and let her help you start

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Marieke wearing a Tunisian crocheted little scarf wrapped around her neck, styled into a bow with a scarf ring. The scarf is made in a blue variegatedy yarn. She's wearing a red short sleeve dress and is watercolouring at a table.

🔥 Hot Right Now 🔥

Never in my wildest dreams did I think Creatief Kerchief, my newest Tunisian crochet design, would be a hit on Ravelry. Since last Tuesday, this little scarf has seen a lot of love. It's been in the top 5 of Hot Right Now crochet patterns.

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