Beginner Tunisian Crochet

• Understanding the purpose of different hooks

• Exploring Tunisian crochet anatomy

• Managing tension

• Selecting the right yarn and hooks

• Addressing the challenge of curling

• Forward pass and return pass

• Binding off

• Basic increase/decrease

• Changing colours

• 2 contrasting colours of non-splitting 8 ply yarn.  It is recommended you do not learn with cotton in this workshop

• 6mm Tunisian crochet hook If required, custom hooks may be pre-ordered via https://payhip.com/Abbeymade/catch-hooks which Abbey can bring to the lesson.

There are no pre-requisite skills for this workshop. This workshop is for beginners.

• 3 hours of expert instruction from one of Australia's leading Tunisian crochet designers and facilitators Abbeymade in a class of a maximum of ten participants

• Morning tea including a light snack and tea and coffee

• VIP 2-day pass to the Australian Yarn Show from March 7th to 8th at Hotel Realm including:

  • Australian Yarn Show 2026 Show bag

  • One coffee voucher per day (Saturday and Sunday) for barista coffee cart

  • One digital access pass to all the talks on the main stage

Please note that the digital access pass will not be activated until a couple of weeks after the conclusion of the Show.

Abbeymade is a leading Tunisian crochet designer and workshop facilitator.

Tunisian Crochet was the first yarn craft that she learned. Starting in 2012 and learning exclusively from library books, Abbey absorbed everything she could find about the craft. It didn't take her long to feel that the emphasis on blankets and washcloths was unwarranted, and there's only so many shawls a girl could wear. Where were the nicely draping wearables and properly fitting garments?

She has been experimenting and pushing the boundaries of Tunisian Crochet ever since. In such a short space of time, Abbey can see how much has changed. There is a huge emphasis on size inclusivity, yarn inclusivity and a demand that designers provide proper instructions rather than simple "recipes". Abbey loves that she is part of the growing trend to "do better" and is not simply pumping design after design out for the sake of a few more instagram followers.

While designing is a "side-hustle" for Abbey, she tends to fill every spare moment (and even moments that aren't really spare), to crochet, to write patterns, to tech edit and to help other designers out as a virtual assistant (Abbey’s really good at Ravelry!).

Abbey lives in Sydney, Australia with her hook making husband Haemish of @Catch_hooks fame, their daughter and a beautiful border collie.