Craft Your Own Twisted Tunisian Cloth Using this Free Tunisian Crochet Pattern

Joanne
Jun 8
5 min read

Updated: Jul 1

Pink and navy crocheted cloth with a pink flower and green leaves on a sunlit wooden table

Why use the Twisted Tunisian Cloth Free Tunisian Crochet Pattern?

A dense absorbent and textured cloth which is really relaxing to make. It makes a great mat too and can be made any size by adding however many stitches or rows you want!

If you prefer using a downloadable or printable pattern rather than working from patterns on websites, this pattern is also available to purchase as a printable pdf on Ravelry

The interesting texture of this stitch is created by working through the stitch in the row below in the opposite direction to standard Tunisian simple stitch. I enjoy working this stitch variation between other projects that involve a repetitive stitch to switch up the way my hands and arms move.

Pink and navy crocheted cloth with a pink flower and green leaves on a sunlit wooden table with text describing pattern — Pin this to your **Pinterest** crochet board to find the pattern whenever you want to make it.

Enhance this textured stitch with a pair of bold contrast colours to brighten up your home décor, perhaps matching the season or occasion or use similar shades for a subtle almost tweedy effect.

Enjoy making your cloth!

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Twisted Tunisian Cloth: Free Crochet Pattern

Pink and navy crocheted cloth hanging on a sunlit light wall

Sizes: One size with adjustment tips at end.

Tension: 16 sts x 14 rows = 10cm x 10cm / 4” x 4” measured over Twisted Tunisian Simple Stitch

Working method: Centre is worked bottom up. Piece is edged in the round.

Finished measurements (see schematic)

a. Length: 15cm / 6”

b. Width: 15cm / 6”

Requirements

crochet tools and colorful yarn balls on a white surface, with a silver scissors pendant and a Brittany hook.

Drops Paris aran/worsted weight: 75m (82 yd) per 50g skein; 100% cotton or similar (Sample worked in C1 Cerise 06 and C2 White 16)

C1: 20 m/22 yd

C2: 20 m/22 yd

6mm / US J/10 straight shaft crochet hook

Yarn needle and scissors

Abbreviations and Special Stitches

st/sts stitch/stitches

R Row/s or round/s

RS/WS right/wrong side

ch chain (0)

rep repeat

slst slip stitch (.)

dc double crochet (x)

twTss Twisted Tunisian simple stitch

chsp chain space

RetP: Draw yarn loop through 1 loop, draw yarn loop through 2 loops on hook to end.

P3 3 ch, slst in 3^rd ch from hook

Pattern Notes

Beginning/turning chains count as a stitch unless otherwise specified in pattern instructions.

You may like to bring the new colour for each row through on the last st of the previous row for neat edges.

A hook with a very pointy tooth is ideal for working this stitch.

This pattern is available in both UK terminology and US terminology. The only differences are in Edging R1. Please be sure you follow the directions for this round in your preferred terminology.

I recommend that you read through the pattern before starting.

Method

Pink and navy crocheted cloth in progress on a hook on a sunlit wooden table

CENTRE

Worked flat in rows each consisting of a forward and a return pass.

With C1, 20 ch.

R1: Pull up loop in 2^nd ch from hook and each ch to end, work, RetP. 20 loops/st inc. original loop on hook.

R2: Join other colour, twTss to end, RetP.

Rep R2 15 more times alternating colours for each row.

Do not fasten off.

EDGING

Notes: R1 is provided in both UK crochet terms and US crochet terms. Follow your preferred version of R1 once and then work R2, which is the same for both crochet terms. For R1 (side 1) work all sts through the front loops in same direction as twTss to maintain the same tension. In R2 (side 1) take care to miss R1 start ch.

UK Terms R1: With C2, (side 1) 1 ch (does not count as st), 1 dc through same Tunisian front loop, 1 dc through each Tunisian front loop to end, 1 ch, (side 2) 1 dc in each row end st, including the 1^st row end st that is also the last st of side 1, 1 ch, (side 3) 1 dc in each foundation chain, including the 1^st row end st that is also the last st of side , 1 ch, (side 4) 1 dc in each row end st, including the 1^st row end st that is also the last st of side 3, 1 ch, slst in 1^st st of R1. 72 sts; 4 1chsp

US Terms R1: With C2, (side 1)1 ch (does not count as st), 1 sc through same Tunisian front loop, 1 sc through each Tunisian front loop to end, 1 ch, (side 2) 1 sc in each row end st, including the 1^st row end st that is also the last st of side 1, 1 ch, (side 3) 1 sc in each foundation chain, including the 1^st row end st that is also the last st of side , 1 ch, (side 4) 1 sc in each row end st, including the 1^st row end st that is also the last st of side 3, 1 ch, slst in 1^st st of R1. 72 sts; 4 1chsp

Fasten off C2.

R2: Insert hook in final 1chsp of R1 and draw up a loop of C1, [P3, BPslst around 1st dc of next side, *3 ch, miss 1, BPslst to end of side (does not count as st), slst in corner 1chsp] 4 times. 72 sts; 4 1chsp

Fasten off C1.

Here's the video version too:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EHHTmbf2Lf4

Finishing

Weave in ends and block to measurements provided.

Make it your own

Pink and navy crocheted cloth with a purple rosemary flower and leaves on a sunlit wooden table

Length: for a longer/shorter cloth increase/reduce the number of repeats of R2.

Width: add extra sts to increase the width of the cloth. To make sure you have an odd number odd sts for the edging, you need to start with an even number of chains.

Create a hanging loop for your cloth, when working Edging R2. Work 6-10 ch instead of 3 ch in one of the corner picots.

Yarn choice: any kind of plant fibre or washcloth yarn could be used. Using a different yarn weight with a hook that matches the manufacturer’s recommendations (move up two to three sizes as a starting point from suggested knitting needle/crochet hook size if no Tunisian hook size is suggested) will result in a smaller or larger cloth.

Colour changes: use up lots of different yarn scraps to make each row a new colour for a bold colourful cloth or a single colour for a more subtle look.

Remember that you’ll need to allow extra yarn for some changes.

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