STEP 1. Insert the needle from left to
right behind the front vertical bar
of the edge stitch on the last row
of the lower swatch (tks row).
STEP 2. Insert the needle from right
to left behind both legs of the edge
stitch on the fi rst row of the upper
swatch (tps/tks row).STEP 3. Working from top to bottom,
insert the needle above Step 1
horizontal bar and behind the
same front vertical bar of the edge
stitch used in Step 1.STEP 4. Pull the yarn through,
keeping the stitch the same size
as the stitches of both swatches.
STEP 5. With yarn in front, insert the
needle from left to right behind
the front vertical bar of the next
stitch on the last row of the lower
swatch. (This will re-create the tps
look.)STEP 6. Insert the needle from right
to left behind both vertical bars of
the next stitch on the fi rst row of
the upper swatch.STEP 7. Working from top to bottom,
insert the needle above Step 5
horizontal bar and behind same
front vertical bar of the stitch used
in Step 5.
STEP 8. Pull the yarn through,
keeping the stitch the same size
as the previous grafted stitch.STEP 9. Repeat Steps 5–8 as
needed.Note: The crocheted version of garter stitch is worked by alternating a row of Tunisian knit
stitch (tks) with a row of Tunisian purl stitch (tps). Because grafting will create two rows, 1 tps
and 1 tks, the swatches shown below begin with a row of tps and end with a row of tks.GRAFTING TUNISIAN
GARTER STITCH
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