Chapter 6 • Tunisian Stitch Patterns 163
Bolbec
This slipped-stitch pattern brings the color from below up to the cur-
rent row to add little parallel lines throughout the fabric. The slipped
stitches may tend to scrunch the fabric, so plan to use larger hook
sizes.
Twisted Simple Stitch (Twtss): Move yarn to front, insert hk from
left to right into front vert bar of next st and pull up a lp (opp direc-
tion from Tss and twists bar).
Ch a multiple of 4 sts.
Row 1 (RS) Fwd: Pull up lp in 2nd ch from hk and ea ch across. Rtn:
Change color, yo, pull through 1 lp on hk, yo, pull through 2 lps on
hk; rep from to end.
Row 2 Fwd: (Lp on hk counts as 1st st.) Insert hk into vert bar of
next 2 sts (do not pull up a lp), Twtss in next st and pull up a lp, Tps
in next st; rep from across to last 3 sts, insert hk into vert bar of
next 2 sts (do not pull up a lp), Tss in last st. Rtn: Change color,
work off lps as normal.
Row 3 Fwd: (Lp on hk counts as 1st st.) Tss in next 2 sts, insert hk
into vert bar of next 2 sts (do not pull up a lp); rep from across to
last 3 sts, Tss in last 3 sts. Rtn: Work off lps as normal.
Row 4 Fwd: Tss in ea st across. Rtn: Change color, work off lps as
normal.
Row 5 Fwd: (Lp on hk counts as 1st st.) Twtss in next st, Tps in
next st, insert hk into vert bar of next 2 sts (do not pull up a lp); rep
from across to last 3 sts, Twtss in next st, Tps in next st, Tss in last
st. Rtn: Change color, work off lps as normal.
Row 6 Fwd: (Lp on hk counts as 1st st.) Insert hk into vert bar of
next 2 sts (do not pull up a lp), Tss in next 2 sts; rep from across
to last 3 sts, insert hk into vert bar of next 2 sts (do not pull up a
lp), Tss in last st. Rtn: Work off lps as normal.
Row 7: Rep Row 4
Rep rows 2–7 to desired length, ending on a Row 6.
Last row: Tss in next st and pull through lp on hk; rep from to
end, fasten off.
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