Difference between Entrelac booklets

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What’s the difference between the two Tunisian Entrelac booklets?

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What's the difference between How to Make Easy Tunisian Crochet Entrelac and How to Make Tunisian Crochet Entrelac?

The primary question is: If you already have the first booklet, will you learn new information from the second booklet? Absolutely. The techniques in the second booklet are not covered in the first.

If you want to choose just one, I'd recommend the newest one, How to Make Tunisian Crochet Entrelac. Once you learn everything in the this booklet, you could figure out how to make the things in the first booklet. The reverse is not true.

Both patterns include many step-by-step photos.

Differences

How to Make Easy Tunisian Crochet Entrelac was written several years ago to go along with the release of the Easy Tunisian™ hooks I licensed for production to Annie's Attic. Everything with this program was called Easy Tunisian, including this booklet. The “Easy” term references the fact that crochet works up quickly on the oversized size L, M, N and P hooks. These specific hooks are no longer available; however now, unlike then, Tunisian hooks in these sizes are more readily available. Even though the booklet was created to go along with the Easy Tunisian program, the technique may be done with any yarn and the appropriate size regular or Tunisian crochet hook.

Techniques included:

Making any width project without a long beginning chain, by making use of a cast-on technique.

Whole entrelac block piece resulting in zigzag edges with no triangles or half blocks of any width without a long beginning chain. Shown with Plum Perfect Afghan.

Whole entrelac block piece finished with fill-in triangles around all edges, creating straight edges. Great for any square or rectangular design when every other row is the same color or for adding a straight edge to finish a scrap entrelac project. Shown with Fancy Pillow.

Straight sides created as you go, by means of triangles at the end of every other row. This is great for when it's important that the edge triangles match the row. Triangles on each end are added last. Shown with Beautiful Baby Afghan.

How to Make Tunisian Crochet Entrelac was written in 2009 in order to offer a basic Tunisian entrelac guide showing a variety of techniques not covered in the first booklet, without the reference to Easy Tunisian which is sometimes confusing especially since the ET hooks are no longer available. This one also introduces a technique for beginning a row of blocks that is my personal favorite, developed since publication of the first booklet. This technique does not involve the cast-on method, yet is done without a long beginning chain.

Techniques included:

Several configurations of Tunisian entrelac including diamonds on point, diagonal stripes, around the world, and sunshine and shadow.

Instructions are included for a decorative pillow in each configuration. Instructions include how to plan and estimate yarn amounts for projects of any size in any of these configurations including afghans and bedspreads.

Included is a simple border treatment for both the straight-stacked blocks and blocks on point, where you are working on bias edges.

Projects shown are made with size K crochet hook and 100% cotton worsted weight yarn; any yarn and appropriate hook size may be used.