English Name: Tunisian Crochet Stacked Clusters
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Level of Curling: Light to no curling. More information on the natural curling of Tunisian crochet.
Special Stitches:
Tunisian Extended Stitch: This stitch is only used as the first stitch of the row. Used in this way, it simply means that you chain one to bring the first stitch up to the height of the doubles.
Tunisian Double Stitch (tds): Yarn over, insert hook in stitch indicated, yarn over, pull loop through, yarn over, pull through 2 loops on hook, one loop remains. More information on Tunisian Double Stitch.
Tunisian 2-Dc Cluster: This symbol represents 2 Tunisian crochet worked into 2 front vertical bars simultaneously. Yarn over, insert hook under 2 front vertical bars at the same time, yarn over, pull loop through, yarn over, pull through 2 loops on hook, yarn over, insert hook under same 2 front vertical bars at the same time, yarn over, pull loop through, yarn over, pull through 2 loops on hook: 2 tds made.
Tunisian Crochet Pattern Instructions
Instructions:
Foundation:
A: Ch an even number, sk first ch, *insert hook in next ch, yo, pull lp through, leave lp on hook, rep from * across.
B: Ch 1, [yo, pull through 2 lps on hook] across, 1 lp remains.
Row 1:
A: Ch 1, sk first vertical bar, [working under 2 front vertical bars at the same time, work 2-tds cluster (see Special Stitches above)] to last st, tds in last stitch under two outer vertical bars.
B: Ch 1, [yo, pull through 2 lps on hook] across, 1 lp remains.
Rep row 1 for pattern.
Notes: This is a nice stitch that doesn’t curl as so often seen with individual stitches. When working a flat swatch, I will typically make the last stitch under the two outer vertical bars for stability. It isn’t a requirement and I don’t use it for all applications of the same stitch pattern. It’s solely a finishing technique.
Note that this is worked in Tunisian doubles, but it could just as easily be worked in other stitches. And, as with other of the “tall” stitches, you can insert your hook as you would for any of the insertion stitches. This one is worked as for Tunisian Simple Stitch, but you could use Purl, Knit, Reverse, for example.
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Yarn Support
The yarn shown in this stitch is Cascade 220 Superwash Wool in color 1941 Salmon. Thank you to Cascade Yarns for providing the yarn for this stitch library.
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