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Overhead flat-lay of a terracotta worsted-weight Tunisian Simple Stitch swatch on a long 6.5 mm bamboo Tunisian crochet hook with an end cap, showing the woven grid of vertical bars and horizontal return chains

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Overhead flat-lay of a terracotta worsted-weight Tunisian Simple Stitch swatch on a long 6.5 mm bamboo Tunisian crochet hook with an end cap, showing the woven grid of vertical bars and horizontal return chains
Oct 26, 202610 min readEasy

Tunisian Simple Stitch (`Tss`) for Beginners: Step-by-Step Tutorial

Tunisian crochet works a whole row of loops onto the hook and then off again. The Tunisian simple stitch is the place to start.

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