Special Stitches in Tunisian Crochet

Special Stitches

Tunisian Simple Stitch (Tss)

Insert hook from right to left behind the single vertical thread. Yarn over hook, draw loop through and leave on hook. Unless otherwise stated, the hook is always inserted in this way.

Tunisian Knit Stitch (Tks)

On the forward half of the row, insert hook from front to back through and between 2 vertical strands of the next stitch, yarn over, and draw yarn through the stitch (Knit Stitch made).

Tunisian Purl Stitch (Tps)

On the forward half of the row, bring yarn to the front, insert hook in the next vertical bar, bring yarn to the back under the hook, wrap around the hook from back to front, draw yarn through the stitch (purl made).

Basic Rows

Basic Forward Row

Working into the back loop only of each chain, insert hook into the 2nd chain from the hook, yarn over, draw loop through and leave on hook. Insert hook into the next chain, yarn over, draw loop through and leave on hook. Repeat this in each chain to the end. Don’t turn. The number of loops on the hook should equal the number of stitches required for the 1st row.

Basic Return Row

Step 1: Yarn over, draw through 1 loop (this chain forms the edge stitch). Step 2: Yarn over, and draw through 2 loops. Step 3: Repeat step 2 until 1 loop remains on the hook. Don’t turn. The loop left on the hook is the 1st stitch of the next row.

The quantity of stitches is a multiple of 4 + 2.

Setup Row and First Rows

Setup Row

Work a forward and return halves the same as for TSS.

1st Row (Forward Pass)

Skip the 1st stitch, Tks in the next stitch, *Tps in each of the next 2 stitches, Tks in each of the next 2 stitches, repeat from * across.

1st Row (Return Pass)

Work off all loops as in TSS.

Final Row

Last Row

Skip the 1st stitch, insert hook in the next vertical bar, yarn over, draw through 2 loops on the hook (Slip stitch completed), Slip stitch in each vertical bar across the row, end off.

Repeat the 1st row.