Tunisian Crochet How-To… The Bias Stitch

Hey folks! It’s time for another Tunisian Crochet Tutorial

This one is called the Bias Stitch. It’s a lot like the Tunisian Crossed Stitch but has a different look. So keep that in mind as you go through this tutorial.

I also recommend you practice the Basic Stitch and the Crossed Stitch before trying this one.

Let's get going!

Chain 15 (or whatever amount you would like for practice)

Work the Foundation Row (Same as Basic Tunisian Crochet Stitch here)

Row 1 is just like the crossed stitch

* Keep all loops on your hook *

For Row 1, Skip the next vertical bar of the previous row then skip the NEXT vertical bar. Insert you hook from left to right under the next vertical bar.

Yarn over

And pull up a loop

Now you will go to the previously skipped vertical bar. Insert your hook from right to left

Yarn over and pull up a loop…

Now you will continue doing this to the end. Skipping a bar and inserting into the next bar, drawing up a loop, then going back and pulling up a loop in the skipped bar.

As you can see, it looks just like the crossed stitch.

Do your return pass to get your vertical bars

Row 2 will be the same except at the beginning you will draw up a loop before you start crossing your stitches. Then you will have one extra bar at the end where you will draw up a loop.

Starting Row 2, you will insert your hook into the second vertical bar

Yarn over and pull up a loop

Now you you will be doing the same as you did in Row 1.

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

Yarn over and draw up a loop

Then go back and insert your hook into the skipped stitch

Yarn over and draw up a loop

Continue to the end doing the crossed stich until you have one vertical bar left

Insert your hook

Yarn over and draw up a loop

Now you have completed row 2! As you can see, this is the same as the crossed stitch except for the beginning and end of Row 2.

Here is what it looks like after a couple rows. Notice the pattern has these cool slanted lines going down the work.

And here it is all finished! It’s amazing how changing one row can give it a completely different look.

As far as finishing off, just like the other patterns you will just do slip stitches at the end instead of drawing up loops. Again feel free to refer back to the previous tutorials.

Here is the full written out pattern, which might be easier to read for some of you

ch- chain

yo- yarn over

rep- repeat

sk- skip

Foundation Row (both passes): Work same as Foundation Row of the basic 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).
Row 2 (forward pass): Sk first vertical bar of previous row, insert hook from right to left under next vertical bar, yo and draw up a loop, *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 to last vertical bar, insert hook from right to left under last vertical bar, yo and draw up a loop.
Row 2 (return pass): Work same as Foundation Row (return pass).
Rep both passes of Rows 1 and 2 until you have the desired amount of rows.
Last Row: Sk first vertical bar, sl st in each vertical bar across. Fasten off.

 

I hope you like this stitch! This one is one of my favorites.