Straight plaited Tunisian stitch (fig. [445]).—Worked thus: miss the first loop in the 1st row, take up the second, and come back to the first, so that the 2 loops are crossed. Work the second row in the same manner as the second row of the preceding figure.
Fig. 445. Straight plaited tunisian stitch.
Diagonal plaited Tunisian stitch (fig. [446]).—Worked like the preceding, taking up first the second loop and then the first: the second row also, in the same way as before. In the third row, take up the first stitch, and draw the third through the second, so as to produce diagonal lines across the surface of the work.
Fig. 446. Slanting plaited tunisian stitch.
Open Tunisian stitch.—This is an easy kind of Tunisian crochet. The first row is worked as in fig. [444]. In the row of plain stitches, you alternately join 2 and 3, or 3 and 4 loops of the preceding row together, and replace them by as many chain stitches.
Decreasing and increasing in Tunisian crochet (fig. [447]). Our illustration shows how to decrease on both sides and by that means form scallops.
