Aoibhe Ni - Tunisian Crochet

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Aoibhe Ni - Tunisian Crochet@aoibheni· 13d

My Yoke Stitch Calculator for knit and crochet sweaters had deactivated for some reason. But I noticed today, and now it's fixed. 🧶 yarntowers.com/yoke-stitch-... Figure out your sleeve and gusset counts, and your back/front stitch numbers here for free.

A screenshot of a webpage that allows you to input a yoke stitch quantity, and set the gusset stitch number in the left column. It then calculates a guide in the right column for your sweater's front and back stitch number, as well as how many stitches to skip for sleeves, etc.

Aoibhe Ni - Tunisian Crochet@aoibheni· 14d

Thought you crafting, fiber arts 🧶guys would get a laugh out of this: My latest crochet shawl pattern is too big for my studio.

A photograph taken through a doorway of a small room with a wooden floor and white, shelf- lined walls.
On the rear wall is a window letting in white light.
On the floor is a long, black foam mat upon whichis pinned an almost 3 meter long triangular, red Tunisian crochet shawl. The shawl and its mat are too long for the room, and they extend through the doorway and into the next room.

Aoibhe Ni - Tunisian Crochet@aoibheni· Jul 17

I can't believe I actually got this month's Patreon topic poll out on time. 🧶🥳 www.patreon.com/aoibheni/pos...

CULTURE & COLOUR
Different colours mean different things around the world. This glance card travels the globe and points out some of the most striking uses of colour culturally.

LARGE TUNISIAN CROCHET DECREASE
Tunisian Crochet decreases have a leaning bias to the side of your dominant hand. This isn't a huge problem when doing a small decrease, but with multiple stitches at once, it becomes obvious. Let me show you how to counter that bias to create a perfectly symmetrical decrease.

NEATER GRANNY SQUARE CORNER SEAMS
Using an slip stitch or a UK dc/US sc stitch to seam a granny square blanket is common. But the corners - when they seaming stitches overlap - can get bulky. Let me show you a handy little trick for flattening that overlap and smoothing out your blanket's surface.

Aoibhe Ni - Tunisian Crochet@aoibheni· Mar 17

Anaconda, Saoirse, Uisce Caoimh. 🧶 All Tunisian crochet, all available to download at www.yarntowers.com 😘🥳💚☘️

Aoibhe Ni - Tunisian Crochet@aoibheni· Mar 17

In honour of Patrick's Day, here's a curated selection of my green Tunisian crochet patterns. 💚☘️🧶 King Lir, Bel, Macha. All available at www.yarntowers.com

Aoibhe Ni - Tunisian Crochet@aoibheni· Mar 12

This delicious treat. 😘 Cut it diagonally, and all the sausages would fall out. 🤷🏼‍♀️

Aoibhe Ni - Tunisian Crochet@aoibheni· Mar 12

My Tunisian Crochet shawl pattern, Ard Rí is part of a new gift box kit in Dublin's This Is Knit yarn store! thisisknit.ie You get the yarn, the pattern & some extra, suprise gifts, too. Or, if you'd just like the pattern on its own, you can get it here. 🧶 yarntowers.com/product/ard-...

Aoibhe Ni - Tunisian Crochet@aoibheni· Mar 8

It's not often I get a tiebreak situation on my 🧶 Patreon Polls! Which topic would you prefer to learn about this month? Click here to vote and help break the deadlock: www.patreon.com/c/aoibheni

A screenshot of a three-topic poll voting result.
"FIBRE - Making your own at home" 2 points.
"Colour - Pigments of the past" 6 points
"Deep Dive - Craft Superstitions" 6 points

There are 4 days left to vote.

Aoibhe Ni - Tunisian Crochet@aoibheni· Mar 5

Progress on the #ArdRiShawl remake is coming along, folks! And, luckily, I’m taking notes as I go so I can edit the pattern a little to clarify a few points. 🧶

Aoibhe Ni - Tunisian Crochet@aoibheni· Feb 25

Videos are so hard to do when you haven't planned ahead!! 🧶 Note to self: plan ahead next time. Still... Brad, the Tunisian crochet shawl is now available and on sale on my website. www.yarntowers.com

Aoibhe Ni - Tunisian Crochet@aoibheni· Feb 16

huh. Apparently, not using my Twitter account for a couple of years, not logging in, and not touching that fascist, hateful platform with a ten foot barge pole consitiutes "inauthentic behaviour". Seems about right. After all, I'd hate to undermine Twitter's "integrity". Snort.

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Your account, AoibheNi, was detected by our systems and automatically suspended for violating the X Rules.

Specifically, for:

Violating our rules against inauthentic behaviors.

You may not use our services to engage in inauthentic activity that undermines the integrity of X."

Aoibhe Ni - Tunisian Crochet@aoibheni· Feb 11

Every now and then, I accumulate enough yarn balls, half balls, and random impulse purchases to crochet into a floor mat. 🧶 This is my latest, and I adore it. Does anyone else do this as a destash exercise?

A crochet mat on a yellow wood floor. It's made up of random gradients of red, orange and pink yarns, with a darker grey border.
The kitchen cabinets in the background are teal, and I feel that's an important thing to point out because I painted them recently.

Aoibhe Ni - Tunisian Crochet@aoibheni· Jan 24

It's story time! 🧶 yarntowers.com/2026/01/23/t...

Aoibhe Ni - Tunisian Crochet@aoibheni· Dec 17

Will you help me decide something important and crochet-related over on my blog today? 🧶 yarntowers.com/2025/12/17/n...

Aoibhe Ni - Tunisian Crochet@aoibheni· Dec 10

Ogham.

Aoibhe Ni - Tunisian Crochet@aoibheni· Dec 5

All right, crafty folks. I need everyone who sees this to keep a look out for the following shawls. They were lost by FedEx on the way to Barcelona Knits, and have been declared "unrecoverable". 🧶 This is thoussands of euros of work & materials, not to mention their value at Trunk Shows & Workshops.

A blonde haired white woman wearing black is standing in front of a light pink wall and is holding out a large gold and purple tunisian crochet shawl

A close up of a pair of hands holding a section of a gold and purple shawl. The section has laternative stripes of the two colours.

An over-head photo of a blue and orange curving shawl laid out on a wooden floor.

A close up of a blue and orange shawl laid out of a wooden floor, showing the triangular segments that make it up.

Aoibhe Ni - Tunisian Crochet@aoibheni· Nov 28

It's almost one week since our beautiful dog Korra crossed the rainbow bridge, and the reality of those words still leaves me utterly bereft. I'm unmoored, at a total loss. She was everything; a big silly goof, a philosopher, a shiny new soul we were entrusted with on earth. My heart is broken.

A big, black great dane relaxing in the sunshine, looking towards the camera. Behind her is a small, walled garden.

A bit black great dane lounging in the back of a red van. She's lying on a flat grey mat and is wearing a red lead. In the background a very proud woman is smiling from her spot in the driver's seat.
Not pictured: This is the first time our big dog was brave enough to hop into the van and relax. It was a very proud moment.

A blonde-haired woman is sitting on the stoop of a small wooden garden shed. She is barefoot and looking to her left at a big black great dane who is up-side-down, legs dangling in the air and sunning her lovely pink belly.
Both the dog and the woman seem very happy with how their day is progressing.

A small, blonde-haired woman and a big black great dane dog nap in the sunshine. The woman's hand is relaxed against the dog's chin. The dog's back is pressed up against her front so that they're spooning.
Dappled light covers their faces from a tree overhead (unpictured)

Aoibhe Ni - Tunisian Crochet@aoibheni· Nov 20

Admittedly, I agree. I spent time today crafting a smaller one instead. 🧶 Much nicer on my crochet hat.

Aoibhe Ni - Tunisian Crochet@aoibheni· Nov 20

I made a prototype pompom for one of my newest Tunisian crochet pattern samples. 🧶 Is it too big, do you think...?

An ecru-coloured Tunisian crochet ribbed hat lying flat on a plain wooden surface. It has a massive pompom at its crown.

Aoibhe Ni - Tunisian Crochet@aoibheni· Nov 17

I've been meaning to crochet with this Mirasol Miski yarn for quite some time, now. About fifteen years, in fact. 🤷🏼‍♀️🤣 But as I always say, there's no rushing a good thing! 🧶

A soft, fluffy sheet of white crochet fabric is sitting on a grey wooden surface. The upper right corner of the fabric is folded towards the camera and is held in place by a russet-coloured crochet hook.

Aoibhe Ni - Tunisian Crochet@aoibheni· Nov 14

Show us your mugs, people!

A large blue mug filled with tea is sitting on a white table in a small craft studio. Under it is a crochet coaster, and directly behind it is a pile of fluffy white yarn and a notebook.

In the background there is a window showing a dreary grey sky.

Aoibhe Ni - Tunisian Crochet@aoibheni· Nov 13

Same energy. Massive respect for both. ❤️ I support the Women with Horsewhips and Bells party.

Aoibhe Ni - Tunisian Crochet@aoibheni· Nov 11

Seems there was a tiny glitch with the Patreon discount code, folks. My fault. But I have it fixed now, so your discount will apply on top of the sale price successfully now. Sorry! yarntowers.com/product/tect... #crochet #tunisiancrochet 🧶

Aoibhe Ni - Tunisian Crochet@aoibheni· Nov 11

Things are getting cozy here at Yarn Towers. That's two crochet patterns released & several more to come between now & Christmas. 🧶 #BeehiveHat is caring for curly hair, with a loose crown and a self-tightening band. And #TectonicShawl uses only 340m of 4-ply yarn for an easy-to-wear neck warmer.

Aoibhe Ni - Tunisian Crochet@aoibheni· Nov 10

Crochet shawl, just completed. I'm very happy with how cozy this is. 🧶

Aoibhe Ni - Tunisian Crochet@aoibheni· Nov 10

I'm slooooowly getting through my Tunisian crochet pattern-writing backlog, here. This wee beaut is called #TectonicShawl, after the way the centre buckles and ruffles under pressure. It sure is cozy!

A blonde-haired, white woman standing in front of a blank wall. She is wearing a maroon long sleeve top and a grey neck-warmer/shawl that is ruffled at the neck. She's looking up into the sky (at a crow chasing a red kite across a field, if you must know. But they're not pictured.)

Aoibhe Ni - Tunisian Crochet@aoibheni· Nov 7

I made this, then showed it to my guy, and he didn't get it. But then, he doesn't knit, or crochet, or craft at all, so... I'm asking you all. Is this funny to you? 🧶 (no offence to quilters. I think you're v. talented people with a fab sense of humour)

A woman standing in front of a plain white background.
She's smiling and wearing a red t-shirt on which is printed in white letters "mama didn't raise no quilter".

Aoibhe Ni - Tunisian Crochet@aoibheni· Nov 5

My unconventional crochet shawl blocking spot. 🧶 Anything to keep the dog from trotting all over it, right? 🤷🏼‍♀️😇 #TectonicShawl

A photo of a cluttered craft studio with white bookshelves in the background and a long, black blocking mat with a grey triangular Tunisian crochet shawl pinned to it to dry in the middle ground.

Also featuring a spinning wheel, a ball winder, and a whole lot of stuff I still haven't unpacked since February.

Aoibhe Ni - Tunisian Crochet@aoibheni· Nov 4

The creative hill I'll die on. Grey and Gray are two different colours. 🧶🖌️

Aoibhe Ni - Tunisian Crochet@aoibheni· Oct 29

I don't know about you all, but sometimes, an exceptionally simple project will call to me, and I'm powerlessto resist. I'm delighted how well this light Tunisian crochet hat has turned out. 2 days to design and make. Not bad! 🧶