This was my first Tunisian crochet project, and it was a great first project for someone coming from crochet and knitting. It was part of my market bag saga, though a different style from all the rest of them.
I followed along with the video-based Haekelgold Tunisian Crochet Market Bag pattern. It starts with some straightforward back-and-forth rows (with a little variation for the handle-hole) before getting to the heart of the pattern, an over-under mesh.
I was feeling rebellious right from the start and used a knitting long-tail cast-on because I don’t love working into chains—it worked great and I have zero regrets.
The yarn was nice and squishy and didn’t separate easily, so I was happy despite my occasional miss of the over-under pattern—it took most of the project before I could “see” the stitches and know what I was looking at.
