Tunisian Crochet Tutorial – Top Stitch

The Tunisian Top Stitch is one of my favorite stitches to build squishy fabric! It is super easy to make since it is very similar to the Tunisian Simple Stitch but the fabric is very less dense as compared to what you get with the Simple Stitch.

Here is the front and back of a Tunisian Top Stitch swatch.

The hook

There are a bunch of different Tunisian crochet hooks available for purchase. You can read about the hooks I use here. Because of the nature of Tunisian crochet stitches, I recommend using a hook that is at least 2 sizes larger than the recommended hook on the yarn.

Curling

The fabric built with this stitch should not curl.

Video Tutorials

I have right and left handed video tutorials for this stitch on my Youtube channel. You can find all my Tunisian crochet video tutorials here.

Right handed

Left handed

Photo Tutorial

This stitch is made very similar to the Tunisian Simple Stitch with the only difference being where the hook is inserted. Instead of the vertical bar of the next stitch, the hook is inserted in the back horizontal bar of the next stitch.

Forward pass

Step 1: The first stitch of the forward pass is the one that is on your hook. You do not have to do anything to make the first stitch.

Step 2: Identify the back horizontal bar of the next stitch (indicated by the pink pin below). Insert the hook into that back horizontal bar, yarn over, pull through into a loop on the hook.

Step 3: Identify the back horizontal bars all the way to the end of the row. Do this for all the stitches except for the last one: Insert the hook into the back horizontal bar, yarn over, pull through into a loop on the hook.

To make the last stitch, find the two vertical bars of the last stitch of the previous row. Insert hook into both those bars, yarn over and pull through both the vertical bars on the hook. You can see a detailed explanation of this step in the Tunisian Simple Stitch tutorial.

Reverse Pass

This is the same as the reverse pass in the Foundation Row: Chain 1, yarn over and pull through two loops on the hook. Repeat this for all the loops on the hook until you have one loop on the hook.