The Tunisian Full Stitch creates a thick fabric with a woven look that can't be attained with any other form of crochet. When completing a 2-row repeat in TFS, the pattern may be called the Mesh Stitch or Goblin Stitch. It does have moderate to heavy curling effect which can be lessened with lighter tension and blocking.
TFS has a natural diagonal bias if each row of stitches is made in the spaces between the stitches of the previous row. To balance the project, an offsetting 2 row repeat is required. If you don't compensate for working into the spaces, the work will slant towards one side, and grow by one stitch per row. Double check your stitch count often.
A video tutorial for TFS is available from TL Yarn Crafts.
Begin with a Foundation Row:
Chain any quantity, beginning in the 2nd chain from the hook, pull up a loop in each chain. Basic return pass. See the tutorial for TSS for more detailed instruction on the Foundation Row & Return Pass.
TFS with a single ended hook.
Row 1: Insert the hook, from front to back, in the space between stitch directly below the hook & the next stitch, draw up a loop. Continue pulling up loops in this manner until you reach the space before last stitch, skip last space, TSS in the last stitch.
Basic return pass as in prior tutorials.
Row 2: Skip the space after the stitch directly below the hook, insert the hook, from front to back, in the space between the 2st & 3rd stitches, draw up a loop. Continue pulling up loops in this manner until you reach the last stitch, TSS in the last stitch.
Basic return pass as in prior tutorials.
Repeat rows 1& 2 to your desired length.
Bind off row.
Begin binding off with the next row in row repeat. As each loop is drawn up between stitches across the row, slip the loop through the loop on the hook. Only one loop remains on the hook as yo progress across the bind off row.
Last stitch - insert the hook under both vertical bars of the last stitch and finish the slip stitch. Chain 1, cut the yarn and pull through the loop to fasten off.
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