Re: Tunisian crochet

Tunesian crochet, afghan crochet, and tricot are all variant names of the same lengthwise-worked stitching with a crochet hook where one picks up an entire row of stitches, then returns pulliong YOs through two stitches at a time. One theoretically _could_ do a short enough work even on a small hook, but the multiple pick-ups mean you do generally need either a long rigid hook, or a hook with, as you mention, a nylon cable on the back.

Tunesian crochet is, I think, the preferred name, with minimal ambiguity ("tricot" also describes machine-knitted fabrics, and "afghan" crochet is easily confused with the completely unrelated act of crocheting an afghan).

Adding to the confusion, there are a few variants on Tunesian crochet as well; there's cro-hook, which I think might actually be a registered trademark of someone, which is worked with two strands, and which requires a hook at the front _and_ back of the row which is picked up, and the YO/pull through 2 action is done at the back, with the second strand, instead of at the front. This stitch can be done on either a long rigid hook with hooks at both ends, or a 'circular hook', which is a pair of crochet hooks connected by a nylon cable, like circular knitting needles are.

-Jake

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The published patterns, though, all want the stuff done in narrow strips, four to six inches wide, which can be sewn together. The cable hook lets you do a whole bedspread width at once!