Well…. after a long hiatus, I’ve returned with two stories of success. Let’s start with the smaller, but still super fun update. I tried Tunisian Crochet for the first time! I made the Rainbow Ridge Scarf by TL YarnCrafts. Isn’t it beautiful?
So, I’m roughly 8 or so months into learning the art of crochet at this point. At the beginning, I honestly had 0 interest in learning knitting or Tunisian crochet (TC). Now, interest in knitting is still at 0 (though I am open to that changing!) but TC really caught my eye! I had little interest in it until I saw Toni wear her rainbow ridge scarf in her 2025 bingo card video. I’m not joking – the second I clicked into that video I was shocked!!! It is a beautiful scarf, and looks amazing on her!!!!!!
A few months ago – as in early spring – I knew I wanted to attempt this scarf and I found the perfect yarn set to try it with. The yarn I used is the Confetti 2.0 50g set from Wildfloweryarn. You are going to see a lot of Wildflower yarn on this blog in the future… I have a giant stash of yarn exclusively from her 🙂 Once I saw this set, I just knew I needed to make it into a scarf. The full set comes with 7 colors, all of which made it their way into the project. The hanks are 50g, so 350g total, but I easily have half left, so est. about 175g for the project. You could definitely get away with ~8 20g minis, but could even do 7 if you make it a bit shorter. Great stash buster! (I haven’t weighed what I have left, but if I do I’ll edit this post and lyk!)
I really challenged myself here color-wise…. though looking at it, it’s certainly not hard to love it. I tend to be very rigid with color placements – I would never choose to put green directly next to pink or purple. I’m not even sure why I’m like this, because those colors work perfectly in nature, so of course they work in crafts too…? I really didn’t want to do a standard rainbow gradient for this project, so I decided to use RNG (random number generation) to choose which color I would use next. Each color was assigned a number 1-7, and I just googled ‘rng’ and used the browser-built-in generator. I did make it a point to start and finish the scarf with the cream for a little bit of cohesion!
One thing that really helps tie the scarf together is the confetti spots in every color. Of course since these yarns are sold as a set they’ll go together… but something about the confetti being carried up through the entire garment really makes it feel cohesive and less like a bunch of different colors thrown together. And of course, the yarn is oh so soft. I got this colorway in the Aran/Worsted weight 100% SW Merino Wool for quickly working up and easier care. I find myself reaching for smaller and smaller yarn weights lately, the drape is just to die for with 1-to-2 weight yarns, but I can’t lie – the quick work-up of a worsted weight project is really nice sometimes!!! Also, for cold weather, I think the thicker yarn will help me stay warm and cozy. (not that the thinner yarn won’t – but doesn’t this just look so cozy?)
The pattern from TL YarnCrafts is amazing as always. This pattern was kind of difficult to follow written – but I don’t know how much of that is due to my inexperience with Tunisian crochet. (Probably all to do with that.) Toni does have a Youtube video where she shows the set up row, body rows, and bind off, which was super helpful! I did struggle the first 3 rows with finding where exactly the last stitch of each row was (where you pick up 2 loops – I couldn’t tell what I was looking for yet) but by row 4 I figured it out and the rest was smooth sailing. Color changes were super easy, and I love how the stitch makes this slightly diagonal gradient effect. The issues I had with the final stitches in the first few rows were easily remedied by some tail weaving magic. (Really, no magic at all, just looping the yarn tail into the looser loops before fully weaving in. Makes the mistake much less noticeable.)
For my hooks, I used the TC hook set Toni reviewed from Aliexpress, but I purchased mine off of Amazon. It’s an affordable set, metal (my preferred hook material), and smooth to work with! My only gripe was the end of the hook head was a little sharp, so I snagged the yarn a handful of times when entering spaces to pick up loops. Definitely was worth the price to me! You don’t see the snags in the scarf unless you’re looking for them.
Final thoughts – I like this scarf a lot. It was a great intro to TC and I already want to find more projects to try! The colors are so cute, but I’m having a bit of a hard time ‘connecting’ to them right now. I think it’s simply because we’re nearing the cooler months, and I always lean towards darker and neutral colors at this time of year. I still really love it, and I’m excited to wear it this coming Spring! The colors are just so happy and cute. It’s rewarding to see a project come together after having ordered the yarn so many months ago, and for the final product to be as nice as it is with my first try at the craft!
If you’re interested in trying TC, I definitely recommend doing it, especially if you already know how to crochet! This pattern was really, really easy to pick up with some basic crochet knowledge. As in, if you know how to yarn over and recognize the anatomy of a stich, you are good to go!
I hope you are having a good summer, and I’m excited to share my other completed project and hopefully much more soon!
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