Tunisian Crochet How-To … Tunisian Crossed Stitch

Are you guys ready for another Tunisian crochet stitch? I hope you all liked the Basic Tunisian Stitch.  I thought I would post a new one today so you could practice over the weekend.

This stitch is called The Crossed Stitch. It’s another easy one and is a lot the like the first stitch, with a little twist.

Let’s get started!

I chained 17 this time, but you can do any odd number you like

You will start with the foundation row (both passes)

Note: The foundation row will always be the same, with possibly an adjustment on the amount you chain. You can refer back to the Basic Tunisian Stitch if you need a refresher on the foundation row

Now we will start Row 1, the Forward Pass (working right to left)

Skip the 1st and 2nd vertical bar and insert your hook into the 3rd vertical bar

Yarn over…

And pull up a loop. You will now have two loops on your hook

Next we will be going back and working into the 2nd vertical bar we skipped

Don’t do any type of fancy turning or anything like that here. Just bring your hook back and insert it into the 2nd vertical from right to left.

Yarn over…

… and pull up a loop. You  now have three loops on your hook.

If you can see, you have crossed the stitches. Pretty cool huh?

You will continue to do this all the way across. I’ll show you one more time.

Skip the next vertical bar and insert your hook into the next vertical bar.

Yarn over…

… and pull up a loop

Insert hook into skipped vertical bar

Yarn over…

… and pull up a loop

Continue doing this all the way across

At the end you should have two vertical bars, which includes the last bar at the end

Work the crossed stitch the same way, working into that last bar.

Just wait until you have a couple more rows. You’ll really be able to see the pattern

For Row 1, the Return Pass

Working left to right, yarn over and pull through the first loop on your hook. The rest of the pass, you will yarn over and pull through two loops at a time until you have one loop left on your hook.

*Repeat Row 1 until you get the amount of rows you would like

Here is my swatch! Isn’t the pattern awesome? I love the thick texture and cool vertical rows it makes.

Here is the shorter stitch pattern

Tunisian Crossed Stitch
Foundation Row (both passes): Work same Foundation Row as the basic Tunisian stitch.
Row 1 (forward pass): Sk first vertical bar of previous row, *keeping all loops on hook, sk next vertical bar, insert hook from right to left under next vertical bar, yo and draw up a loop, insert hook from right to left under skipped vertical bar, yo and draw up a loop; rep from * across. Do not turn.
Row 1 (return pass): Work same as Foundation Row (return pass).
Rep both passes of Row 1

Finishing off

Instead of doing a different post on finishing off, I’ll just include it here.

I have learned that some Tunisian Crochet patterns may have you finish off the same way for every stitch. This would be the way I showed you in the basic stitch finishing post. You are more than welcome to do that if it is easier for you.

I personally like to finish off the same way the pattern goes, if that makes sense. I’ll just show you!

To finish off (doing the forward pass), instead of bringing up loops on your hook, you will just make a slip stitch.

For the crossed stitch, you will skip the first two vertical bars and insert your hook into the 3rd vertical bar

Yarn over…

…And pull through both loops on your hook. You will have one loop on your hook

Now go back and work into the skipped vertical bar

Insert your hook into the skipped bar, yarn over

and pull through both loops on your hook

You’ve now made another crossed stitch but you have finished it off.

Continue to do this all the way across and finish off the work.

I hope you liked the Tunisian Crossed Stitch! Again don’t hesitate to email or comment with any questions.

 

Have a great weekend everyone!

{ WIP Wednesday }

Here are my Work In Progress projects this week…

First off, I am working on three warm and cozy hats for a girl I went to high school with. We have connected again through our blogs. She is so sweet and an amazing woman. Unfortunately, not long ago she was diagnosed with breast cancer. She is also pregnant with her first baby. When I heard the news I was shocked and saddened. But she is taking on this time in her life with complete faith in God and that He will help her through this.

I got a message from her asking if I would make her three hats that she could wear this winter to keep her head warm for if she loses her hair. I was honored that she asked me and also a little saddened knowing what they were for. This project has been emotional but something I am so happy to do for her.

She picked brown, black and grey for the hats. Then I will make a bunch of different color flowers on hair clips so she can clip which color she wants on her hat.

I like these hats so much I am going to make one for myself for the winter!

Here are Leanne’s blogs if you want to learn more about her

Miller Time

TEAM CHIN

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I’m almost done with my friend’s headband/ear warmer. I had to start over because the first yarn I used made it way too small. I now just have to finish the flower and it will be good to go!

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Now this isn’t a work in progress….yet. I bought this fabulous and beautiful yarn online recently. It is so soft and the colors are awesome! I just don’t know what I want to do with it yet. I am thinking a blanket. Possibly the famous ripple blanket everyone talks about. What do you think?

 

I am just in love with the yarn! I don’t want to touch it because then it won’t be pretty anymore.

Hailey likes it too

I will think of something soon. For now I am keeping it safe in a Joann’s bag in a closet.

I hope you all have a great Wednesday!

 

Side note:  I haven’t forgotten about the next Tunisian crochet tutorial. I have all the pictures taken. I just need to edit and write up the post. I think you’ll like the next stitch just as much as the first one.

Pumpkins

We aren’t huge fans of Halloween around here. We are huge fans of fall and everything else that goes with it. Hailey just loves pumpkins. What’s nice is they aren’t just for Halloween, so we use them to decorate for fall.

I finally finished the lovely pumpkin garland!

I’ll be honest and say I didn’t have a lot of places to choose from for hanging. We don’t have a fireplace mantel, but boy I wish I did! Anyway, this will have to do.

I used Vanna’s Choice yarn, which I love using for little projects like this. I picked a little darker orange and green.

Pattern

In other pumpkin news, Hailey painted her little pumpkin over the weekend. This is the second year she has done this. We let her paint and paint until the pumpkin can’t take anymore.

Next weekend Kyle and I will carve our pumpkins. I think I am more excited to bake and eat the pumpkin seeds

Happy Monday!

Wall Art

I have realized that some of the best art to put on a wall is a child’s. So I decided to put my little one to work and make some art for our house!

We moved into out house in June and we still have a lot of white walls, that were also empty. Over the weekend I had Hailey paint three 12x12 canvases.

She loves to paint! I wish I could say this is like mother, like daughter but it’s actually like grandmother, like granddaughter. (My mom is an artist)

I didn’t think the colors through very well on one of them. It turned out a little… well brown. But it’s still cute and I still put it up

Now we have some lovely one of a kind art on our wall!

Next I am going to do some art of my own for another empty wall in our house. It will involve more canvases but I won’t be using paint. I’ll be using scrapbook paper!