Chapter 6 • Tunisian Stitch Patterns 161
Cartwright
Staggering of mitered corners gives an appealing pattern to the
slightly textured fabric.
Tunisian Double Crochet (Tdc): Yo, insert hk into vert bar of next
st 2 rows below, yo and pull lp through st, yo and pull through 2 lps,
leaving last lp on hk.
Ch a multiple of 4 sts plus 1.
Row 1 (RS) Fwd: Pull up lp in 2nd ch from hk and ea ch across. Rtn:
Yo, pull through 1 lp on hk, *yo, pull through 2 lps on hk; rep from
- to end, change color before last st (last 2 lps).
Row 2 Fwd: (Lp on hk counts as 1st st.) Tss in next 3 sts, sk next
st; rep from across to last 4 sts, Tss in last 4 sts. Rtn: Yo, pull
through 1 lp on hk, [yo, pull through 2 lps on hk] 3 times, ch 1;
rep from to last 4 sts (last 5 lps on hk), [yo, pull through 2 lps on
hk] 3 times, change color, yo, pull through 2 lps on hk.
Row 3 Fwd: (Lp on hk counts as 1st st.) Tss in next 2 sts, sk next
st, Tdc in next st; rep from across to last 4 sts, Tss in next 2 sts,
sk next st, Tss in last st. Rtn: Yo, pull through 1 lp on hk, ch 1,
[yo, pull through 2 lps on hk] 3 times; rep from to end, change
color before last st (last 2 lps).
Row 4 Fwd: (Lp on hk counts as 1st st.) Tss in next st, sk next st,
Tdc in next st, Tss in next st; rep from across. Rtn: Yo, pull
through 1 lp on hk, yo, pull through 2 lps on hk, ch 1, [yo, pull
through 2 lps on hk] 3 times; rep from to last 2 sts (3 lps on hk),
ch 1, yo, pull through 2 lps on hk, change color, yo, pull through 2
lps on hk.
Row 5 Fwd: (Lp on hk counts as 1st st.) Sk next st, Tdc in next st,
Tss in next 2 sts; rep from across. Rtn: Yo, pull through 1 lp on hk,
[yo, pull through 2 lps on hk] twice, ch 1, [yo, pull through 2 lps
on hk] 3 times; rep from to last st (last 2 lps on hk), ch 1, change
color, yo, pull through last 2 lps on hk.
Row 6 Fwd: (Lp on hk counts as 1st st.) Tdc in next st, Tss in next
2 sts, sk next st; rep from across to last 4 sts, Tdc in next st, Tss
in last 3 sts. Rtn: Yo, pull through 1 lp on hk, [yo, pull through 2
lps on hk] 3 times, ch 1; rep from to last 4 sts (last 5 lps on hk),
[yo, pull through 2 lps on hk] 3 times, change color, yo, pull
through 2 lps on hk.
Rep rows 3–6 to desired length.
Last row: [Tss in next st and pull lp through lp on hk] 3 times, Tdc
in next st and pull lp through lp on hk; rep from to end, fasten off.
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