Tunisian Crochet - A New Week, a New Stitch! In the fifth lesson of the online Tunisian crochet course, we’ll be learning the open Tunisian stitch. It’s the last stitch in the course, so once you’ve mastered it, you’ll have the basics of Tunisian crochet down pat. Read on for the new instructions!
After last week’s relief stitch, we’re continuing with a similar stitch. This week, we’re starting the open Tunisian stitch. Annemarie explains step-by-step how the stitch works and how to crochet the next flags for the Garland. The pattern is accompanied by a video and detailed instructions. Next week, she’ll explain how to change colors, how to easily embroider on a small piece of fabric, and how to finish your Garland.
Fun facts about the open Tunisian stitch
- The first two rows of this stitch are the same as the basic Tunisian stitch.
- The last stitch is always worked as in the basic Tunisian stitch. This ensures that the left side of your crochet work also stays nice and straight.
- With a slight modification to the basic Tunisian stitch, you can crochet this beautiful decorative stitch.
- The number of chain stitches you crochet for this stitch must be divisible by 3 plus 2 extra chain stitches.
- When crocheting the Tunisian stitch, it's best to use yarn that doesn't split easily.
What do you need?
- 5.5 mm Tunisian Crochet Hook
- Phildar Phil Coton, colors 86, 75, 68, and 58
- Row Counter
Would you like to make the garland just like we did? Then crochet 2 little flags using the open Tunisian stitch:
1st patch: base color 75 and the border color 58
2nd patch: base color 68 and border color 86
Next week is the final lesson, during which we'll go over all the variation squares and assemble the Garland.
Crochet Pattern for Tunisian Open Stitch:
Start with a chain of 17 chain stitches.
Round 1:
Now insert the Crochet Hook into the 2nd chain stitch from the Crochet Hook. To determine which chain stitch is the 2nd one, look at where your working yarn comes out. Skip the chain stitch where your working yarn comes out; the next one is the second chain stitch from the Crochet Hook. Insert the Crochet Hook, yarn over, and pull the yarn through the stitch. Leave the yarn over on your Crochet Hook. You now have 2 loops on your Crochet Hook. * Insert the hook into the next chain stitch, wrap the yarn around the hook, and pull the yarn through the stitch. Leave the yarn wrap on your Crochet Hook *. Repeat from * to * until the end of the row. You now have a total of 14 loops on your Crochet Hook.
2nd row:
Chain 1 and pull the chain through 1 loop on your Crochet Hook. *Chain 1 and pull through 2 loops on the Crochet Hook*. Repeat *to*, until the end of the row, until you have 1 loop left on your Crochet Hook.
3rd row:
If you look at your stitches now, you’ll see that vertical stripes have formed. Skip the first vertical line. * Now insert your Crochet Hook from right to left under 3 vertical lines at once. Make a stitch and pull the Crochet Hook through all three lines at once. You now have 2 loops on the Crochet Hook. Now insert the Crochet Hook under the middle vertical line of the three lines from right to left and make a stitch. You now have 3 loops on the Crochet Hook. Insert the Crochet Hook under the first vertical stripe of the three from right to left and make a yarn over. You now have 4 loops on the Crochet Hook*. Repeat *to*, until you reach the last vertical stripe. Crochet this as you would for the basic Tunisian stitch. By inserting the hook into the last stitch this way, your crochet work will also stay nice and straight on the left side.
Row 4:
Repeat Row 2.
To make your square bigger, alternate between rows 3 and 4 when you crochet.
For our little flag for this course, we have a total of 26
27th row:
If you look at your stitches now, you'll see that vertical lines have formed.
Skip the first vertical stripe. Insert your Crochet Hook through the front of the fabric on the right side, just below the second vertical stripe. Yarn over and pull the yarn over through the line directly into the loop on your Crochet Hook. You will have 1 loop on your Crochet Hook. Repeat this until the end of the row, then pull the end of the yarn through the last loop on your Crochet Hook to fasten off.
Did you miss Lesson 4 from last week? Watch the fourth lesson on the Tunisian stitch with pulled-over loops here.
