[SIZE=16px]Hello everyone & welcome back! Today we have a look at the Tunisian Half-Double Stitch!
A video tutorial for the Half-Double Stitch is available from The Crochet Crowd & CrochetKim.
(The 1st video recommends a ch1 at the beginning of the forward pass. I find this unnecessary as the stitch doesn’t add height, only width to the fabric.)
The Tunisian Half-Double is essentially a utility stitch to enhance basic stitches. It’s made much the same as a traditional half-double crochet stitch without closing the stitch. The simple addition of a yarn over before making a simple stitch, knit stitch, reverse stitch or any of the variations of these stitches adds additional texture and density to a project. Bonus - no curl![/SIZE] [HR][/HR][SIZE=16px]Written instructions:
Foundation Row: [/SIZE]
- [SIZE=16px]Create any number of chains.[/SIZE]
- [SIZE=16px](1) YO, insert your hook into the back bump of the second chain from the hook.[/SIZE]
- [SIZE=16px](2) yo and pull up a loop. Leave both loops on your hook. [/SIZE]
- [SIZE=16px]Yarn over and draw through one loop only. *Yarn over, draw through three loops (ch, yo & st)*. Repeat *-* until only 1 loop remains on the hook. [/SIZE]
- [SIZE=16px][B]Forward pass.[/B] Skip first vertical bar directly beneath the loop on the hook & the diagonal yo, *yo, insert the hook under the next 2 bars (the vertical stitch & the diagonal yo), yo & pull up a stitch*, repeat *-* to last stitch, yo, TSS in the last stitch. [/SIZE]
- [SIZE=16px][B]Return pass.[/B] Yarn over and draw through one loop only. *Yarn over, draw through three loops (ch, yo & st)*. Repeat *-* until only 1 loop remains on the hook. [/SIZE]
[SIZE=16px]Bind off in pattern.[/SIZE]
- [SIZE=16px]Skip first vertical bar directly beneath the loop on the hook & the diagonal yo, *yo, insert the hook under the next 2 bars (the vertical stitch & the diagonal yo), yo & pull up a loop. Continue pulling the loop through the yo & the first loop on the hook.[/SIZE]
- [SIZE=16px]Last stitch - yo, insert your hook under the both vertical bars of the last stitch (it should look like a v on the outer edge of the work) and pull through all loops on the hook. Chain 1, cut the yarn and pull through the loop to fasten off.[/SIZE]
Tunisian Half Double Stitch Cowl Video
Tunisian Colorblock Scarf Written
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