Crafting Cozy Comfort with a Crochet Tunisian Blanket

How to Crochet a Tunisian Blanket! 

Wel­come to Tunisian cro­chet, where tra­di­tion­al tech­niques meet mod­ern cre­ativ­i­ty to pro­duce stun­ning and lux­u­ri­ous tex­tiles. In this guide, we’ll embark on a jour­ney to cre­ate a beau­ti­ful Tunisian cro­chet blan­ket, a mas­ter­piece of warmth and com­fort.

Tunisian cro­chet is known for its unique com­bi­na­tion of knit­ting and cro­chet, which results in a dense and tex­tured fab­ric per­fect for blan­kets. Whether you’re a sea­soned cro­cheter look­ing to expand your skills or a begin­ner eager to learn some­thing new, this project offers an excit­ing oppor­tu­ni­ty to explore the rich tapes­try of Tunisian stitch­es.

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Mate­ri­als Need­ed:

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- Tunisian cro­chet hook
- Worsted weight yarn
- Yarn nee­dle
- Scis­sors

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Instruc­tions:

1. **Foun­da­tion Row:** Start by chain­ing the desired num­ber of stitch­es for your project.

2. **For­ward Pass (Right to Left):** Insert the hook from right to left into the sec­ond chain from the hook. Yarn over and pull up a loop. Con­tin­ue this process, pulling up a loop in each chain across the row. You will have as many loops on your hook as the num­ber of chains you made.

3. **Return Pass (Left to Right):** Yarn over and pull through the first loop on your hook. Then, yarn over and pull through two loops simul­ta­ne­ous­ly until only one loop remains on the hook. This com­pletes one row of Tunisian cro­chet.

4. **Repeat:** Con­tin­ue with each row’s for­ward and return pass­es. Each for­ward pass adds a loop, and each return pass decreas­es the loops until you reach the desired length for your project.

5. **Bind­ing Off:** To fin­ish your work, insert the hook into the first ver­ti­cal bar (the front ver­ti­cal strand of the first stitch), yarn over, and pull through both the ver­ti­cal bar and the loop on your hook. Con­tin­ue this process across the row until only one loop remains on the hook.

6. **Fin­ish­ing:** Cut the yarn, leav­ing a tail. Yarn over and pull the tail through the loop to secure. Weave in any loose ends with a yarn nee­dle.

This sim­ple pat­tern will help you get start­ed with Tunisian cro­chet. You can exper­i­ment with dif­fer­ent stitch­es and col­or changes to cre­ate pat­terns and tex­tures.

The num­ber of chains you’ll need for a Tunisian cro­chet blan­ket depends on your desired width, the type of Tunisian stitch you plan to use, and your yarn and hook size. Here’s a gen­er­al guide­line to help you deter­mine the num­ber of start­ing chains:

1. Deter­mine the desired width: Mea­sure the width you want for your blan­ket. A stan­dard-sized blan­ket is typ­i­cal­ly around 50 to 60 inch­es (127 to 152 cm) wide, but you can adjust this to your pref­er­ence.

2. Choose your stitch: Dif­fer­ent Tunisian cro­chet stitch­es have vary­ing width require­ments. Some stitch­es are more com­pact, while oth­ers are wider. You can cre­ate a foun­da­tion chain in any Tunisian stitch pat­tern you like, but keep the stitch’s nat­ur­al width in mind.

3. Make a swatch: To get an accu­rate esti­mate, cro­chet a small swatch of your stitch with your select­ed yarn and hook. Mea­sure the width of the swatch and note how many stitch­es you have per inch or cen­time­ter.

4. Cal­cu­late the start­ing chains: Divide your desired blan­ket width by the num­ber of stitch­es per inch or cen­time­ter in your swatch. This will give you an approx­i­mate num­ber of start­ing chains need­ed for your project.

Due to the nature of the tech­nique, Tunisian cro­chet typ­i­cal­ly requires more chains than tra­di­tion­al cro­chet. It’s essen­tial to swatch and adjust the start­ing chain accord­ing to your unique project require­ments. Addi­tion­al­ly, you may want to add a few extra chains to ensure your blan­ket is wide enough, as Tunisian cro­chet tends to curl, espe­cial­ly with taller stitch­es.