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CRO-HOOKING INSTRUCTIONS
CRO-TOE AFGHAN INSTRUCTIONSI learned to Cro-hook from Roberta Smeltzer while at
Cascade Meadows RV Park in LaPine. Roberta's husband Don makes 24" Cro-hooks
in Size P. I have not found any hooks longer than 14" on the web, nor
or they available in stores. The longer ones are nice if you wish to
make an adult size afghan.
This method of crochet is called cro-hooking because you are using a crochet hook but it has hooks on each end. Others call it cro-knitting because of the long "needle." Pattern books and various websites offer patterns either for sale or purchase. The pattern below is the one Roberta taught me. I have taken her pattern and embellished/explained/clarifies to make it easier for the layman to follow. If you have never cro-hooked before, I suggest you enlist a veteran crocheter to help you. You need a double-ended crochet hook with 2 end caps plus a standard crochet hook of the same approximate size for finishing at the end. It is advised to make a sample swatch for learning purposes. Chain 22. Follow the instructions below, except chain 22. Make approximately six rows before following instructions to finish product. For an adult afghan using 115 stitches (115 divided by 3 equals 38 + 1) 2 - 8 oz skeins of color A 2 - 8 oz skeins of color B For a baby afghan using 91 stitches (91 divided by 3 equals 30 plus 1) 4 - 3 oz skeins of color A 4 - 3 oz skeins of color B Note: You should always have multiples of 3 plus one 1.With Color A, chain 115. (It is suggested that you start with a lighter color.) 2.Beginning with the first chain next to the one still on your hook, put the crochet hook through that first chain, bring the yarn through that chain and keep the loop on your hook. You now have 2 loops on your hook. Continue working through each chain, keeping the loop on the hook until you go through the final chain. Count loops; you should have 115 loops on your hook. You have just "loaded" your hook. 3.With the loaded hook facing you, put a rubber end cap on what is currently the left end your crochet hook. Mark this end cap so it can be designated as being on the end that you are not currently working. (This will become clear as you continue.) Save a second cap to use on the "end being worked or to be worked next" when you stop. 4.Slide the "stitches" toward the other end of the hook. 5.Now, turn the crochet hook around so the crochet hook that doesn't have an end cap is now in your hand with that end nearest your thumb. This is the hook you will be working with. 6.Start Color B by making a loop and pulling that loop through the "first loop" of those on the crochet hook. That slides off. You will now have a hook that has one loop of Color B and 114 loops of Color A. (Remember that you will have to make sure the end of the new color is tied off and woven into the product at some point in the future.) 7.Chain 3 using that new Color B 8.After doing those 3 chains in #6, pull your crochet hook immediately through the first three loops of Color A. Then use the crochet hook to grab the yarn and pull through to close those three chains inside a stitch. (Some people say you have just made what looks like the toe of the crow.) 9.Chain 3, pull through the next set of three loops, close, repeat to end. This procedure is called "unloading" your hook. 10. Begin loading your hook using the same color (B). This is the first row of the pattern. Put the hook through the first chain of three and pull the yarn through, keeping the loop on your hook. You will now have the end loop and the new on one the hook. 11. Put the hook through a "hole" approximately below the center loop of the chain (you are going to ignore this loop which is the second loop). You just have to choose a hole since this the first time you've done the pattern. This makes a longer loop pulling down from your hook. 12. Then put hook through and pull yarn back through the third chain of the three. 13.Then skip the chain/hole that encloses that group of three from #8. 14. Pull the yarn through the next first chain of the three, and repeat #s10 and 11 until the end of the row. 15.Count to make sure you have 115 loops of Color B on your hook. It is a good idea to count every time you finish loading the hook. 16.Remove the end cap from the right/lower end of the hook and place it on the end you have just finished. Slide the product to the other end of the hook. Turn your work around so the other end is now the working end. 17.Color A should be dangling on the left, grab Color A with your hook and pull through the first loop of Color B. You now have one loop of Color A and 114 loops of Color B on your hook. Chain 3. 18.Pull Color A through the first three loops of Color B, close, chain three, pull through 3 loops of color B, close, continue repeating until the end. 18.Load your hook again, still using Color A. 19.This time, when you make the middle long loop, you should be able to go through the loop (circle) made when you pulled color B through the 3 loops of color A and closed. Be sure you got through both yarns that make up that "hole." You should be putting the hook into a space directly above the three yarns that were pulled together. 20.Your pattern is made by unloading and loading one color, then to unloading and loading the second color. Turn when the hook is loaded. 21.When you decide that you have made enough rows, use a regular crochet hook (if you wish but not mandatory; it just gets rid of the long hook which isn't needed for this step) the same approximate size as the cro-hook and do your last set to finish. 22.With your final color, unload the hook. 23.Using the same color and following the pattern as before, insert hook into the first chain. You now have two loops on the hook. Then get more yarn on the hook and pull through those two loops so you now have only one loop on the hook. (This is called a single crochet.) 24.Proceed with doing the long loop as before. However, you will treat that also as a single crochet so the yarn goes off the hook instead of staying on. 25.Do a single crochet in the third chain as before. 26.Continue doing the pattern but doing the single crochet so all loops come off the hook instead of staying on. 27.At the end, cut and tie off the final color. Go to each corner and make sure each color is tied off securely and woven into the product. 28.FINISHED!!! |
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