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Stitch Tutorials for Tunisian Mosaic Crochet

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This post contains tutorials for the two stitches that are used while working on Tunisian Mosaic Crochet patterns:

  1. Tunisian Simple Stitch
  2. Front Post Extended Simple Stitch

Scroll down for the video tutorial.

A beginner’s Guide to Tunisian Mosaic Crochet

If you are new to Tunisian Mosaic crochet, I also offer a beginner friendly course that walks you through all the basics of this technique in detail – A beginner’s guide to Tunisian Mosaic Crochet.

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Photo Tutorial

Tunisian Simple Stitch

Step 1: Identify the front vertical bar of the next stitch.

Step 2: Pick up the vertical bar identifed in Step 1.

Step 3: Yarn over.

Step 4: Pull through. This completes a Tunisian Simple Stitch.

Front Post Extended Simple Stitch

Step 1: Identify the two vertical bars of the next stitch 2 rows below.

Step 2: Pick up the vertical bars identified in Step 1 – make sure you pick them up from above the return pass chain.

Step 3: Yarn over.

Step 4: Pull through both vertical bars.

Step 5: Chain 1. This completes one Front Post Extended Tunisian Simple Stitch.

Video Tutorial

Right handed

Left Handed

How to Read a Tunisian Mosaic Crochet Chart

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Liz

Saturday 19th of April 2025

i have never tried this before. But now I want to - it does look easy. But how do you cast on? I want to get started!

Gale

Friday 25th of April 2025

@Liz, crochet a chain as long as you want. Then flip it over and draw a loop through each back bump, leaving the loop on the hook. At the end, you draw through each loop with a yarn over and going through 2 loops

Nel

Tuesday 11th of March 2025

Today I started with cal 2023. I love this pattern. But where can I see the charts? Couldn't find them.

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