Fair Isle Crochet Tutorial

[lady_twatterby]

On Craftster.org, I shared how I work crocheted fair isle. I thought I'd share it here, too. :)

A few things to note: I basically taught myself how to crochet. I know I hold everything in the wrong way. Please look past this. I'm also not a native English speaker, so excuse some confusion in terminology. Lastly, I expect you'll know some basics in

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[yoodi]

Wow, this is funky, it does actually look like knitting in the end. I will have to try that some time. As far as I can see, this should be called a "half" in German (though it's never looked like knitting when I did it XD), but then I don't give very much about what crochet is supposed to be, either. *scratchhead*
Freestyle crochet ftw!

[lady_twatterby]

It doesn't usually look like this, but because I make the stitch in the "back" of the previous row, it looks different :D

[yoodi]

I see. I usually just use whatever loop I happen to pick up, back or front. XD But then my current project, for example, uses a lot of very fuzzy yarns where the loops are hard to tell apart.

[lady_twatterby]

I'm curious to know what you're making :D

[yoodi]

Basically a huuuuuge triangular scarf/stole.

Our current big LARP project is a country that is similar to ancient Egypt, so my costume is going to consist of thin layers of cotton and the stole is to keep warm in "unfamiliar" climate.

I will certainly post pictures when my costume is complete.

[lady_twatterby]

Wow, sounds amazing! I've never dared start anything larger than a hat XD