Tunisian Crochet, sometimes known as Afghan crochet, is an intriguing variation of normal crochet. A long hook that looks like a knitting needle is used to crochet a fabric with a very interesting texture.
Sadly, I couldn’t find anything on the history of Tunisian Crochet itself, but I do know that crocheting has been around for hundreds of years, and there are many different variations.
Tunisian Crochet is also a good base cloth for counted cross-stitch. The fabric forms a repeated pattern of squares.
There are different stitches you can learn in Tunisian Crochet that will give you more to explore in the interesting corner of crocheting known as Afghan Crochet.
Here are several links to various websites that will give directions and patterns.
