Tunisian Crochet: Stockinette Stitch - Following last week’s successful stockinette stitch, we’ll continue with the stockinette stitch in Lesson 3. The stockinette stitch creates a nice ribbed pattern, and we’ll use it in the fifth and sixth squares of our flag garland. Read on for the New instructions!
In the third lesson of the Tunisian crochet course, we’ll be working on the stockinette stitch. The cute ridges resemble the pattern we know from knitting, which is why we call this the Tunisian crochet stockinette stitch.
Fun facts about the Tunisian single stitch:
- The first two rows of this stitch are the same as the basic Tunisian stitch.
- In this stitch, the last stitch is always worked the same way as in the basic Tunisian stitch. This ensures that the left side of your work also stays nice and straight.
- Of course, it depends on your crocheting style, but you usually use a larger Crochet Hook for this stitch than the one recommended on the yarn label.
- The Tunisian stockinette stitch resembles the stockinette stitch; it produces the same ridges.
- 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 68, 86, 78, and 58
- Row Counter
Would you like to make the garland just like we did? Then crochet 2 little flags using the single crochet stitch:
1st patch: base color 68 and the border in color 86
2nd patch: base color 78 and border color 58
Tunisian crochet pattern for single crochet stitch:
Start with a chain of 14 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. The chain stitch where your working yarn comes out
If you come to one, skip it; the next one is the 2nd chain stitch from the Crochet Hook. Insert the Crochet Hook, make a yarn over with the Crochet Hook, 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 Crochet Hook into the next chain stitch, wrap the yarn around the Crochet 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 from * 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 lines have formed.
Skip the first vertical stripe. Bring your working yarn to the front of your work. 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 so that a second loop forms on your Crochet Hook. Do this for all the vertical lines you see. Make sure your working yarn is always on the front before you insert the Crochet Hook into the stitch. Do this for all the vertical lines until you reach the last vertical line. Crochet this as you would for the Tunisian basic stitch. By working the last stitch this way, your crochet piece 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'll crochet a total of 28 rounds.
29th row:
If you look at your stitches now, you'll see that vertical lines have formed.
Skip the first vertical stripe. Stitch 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 2 from last week? Watch the second lesson on the Tunisian stockinette stitch here. Or move on to Lesson 4: the Tunisian stitch with pulled-over loops.
