Tunisian Entrelac Circle Cushion

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This pattern is for a 12 inch cushion cover.

Stitches used are: Tunisian Simple Stitch (TSS), Chain, Slip stitch (SlSt), Treble Crochet (Tr), Magic Ring.

The pattern might seem quite complicated for a novice at Tunisian crochet and I am no expert at writing Tunisian patterns but if you follow every step and read the pattern carefully I hope you will find it fairly straight forward. 

TSS is made by a Forward Pass and a Return Pass. For the Forward Pass, insert your hook in the next vertical bar (or other stitch where stated) Yarn over, pull the hook back through to the front of the stitch. Carry on this way until the end of the Row or for the number of stitches stated. Return pass is made by yarn over and through the number of loops stated on your hook.

I have included some photos to help get you started and help you to recognise the vertical bars for the Forward pass of TSS.

You will need various colours of your choice of yarns. I have only tried this pattern with Double Knit weight yarn however I see no reason why it would not work with a different weight.

Tunisian Crochet is best worked with a loose tension, therefore use the hook size that suits your tension best, I use a 5mm hook with DK weight yarn.

Pattern

Make a Magic Ring, Chain 3 (counts as 1 Tr) and crochet 15 Tr into the ring.

Join with a SlSt to the 3rd Chain of your initial Chain 3. Pull the Magic Ring closed.

Chain 3 (counts as 1 Tr) and Crochet 1 More Tr into the same stitch. 2 Tr in each stitch around. Join with a SlSt to the 3rd Chain of the Chain 3 at the beginning of the round.

First Entrelac Round

Row One

Change colour by drawing up a new colour in the loop from the last SlSt.

Insert hook in next Tr, yarn over and back through (2 loops on hook).

Return pass – Yarn Over and through 1 loop, yarn over and through 2 loops.

Row Two

Insert hook into next vertical post (where my needle is showing in the picture below)

Yarn over and back through (2 loops on hook). Insert hook in next Tr, yarn over and back through (3 loops on hook).

Return Pass – yarn over and through 1 loop, *yarn over and through 2 loops* x2

Row Three

*Insert hook in next vertical post, yarn over and back through* x2. Insert hook in next Tr, yarn over and back through (4 loops on hook)

Return Pass – yarn over and through 1 loop, *yarn over and through 2 loops* x3

Row Four

This is a SlSt row (remember to keep the stitches nice and loose). *Insert hook in next vertical bar, yarn over and through both loops on hook* x 3. Make one last SlSt in the next Tr. 

The loop now left on your hook is the starting point of the next Entrelac Triangle.

Repeat from Row One to Row Four until 8 Entrelac Triangles have been made. The last SlSt of the round will be made in the first stitch of the round. Fasten off.

Second Entrelac Round

Row One

Starting in any of the Triangles of the previous round, Insert your hook in the First SlSt of that triangle (at the point of the triangle) and draw up a loop of a new colour.

Draw up a loop in each SlSt along until you have 4 loops on your hook. 

Draw up one last loop in the first stitch of the adjacent triangle

Return Pass – yarn over and through 2 loops along until 1 loop remains.

Row Two

Draw up a loop in each vertical post along (4 loops on hook) and one last loop in the second row of the adjacent triangle.

Return Pass – Yarn over and through 2 loops along until 1 loop remains.

Row Three (increase row)

Draw up a loop in each vertical post along (4 loops on hook) and one last loop in the third row of the adjacent triangle.

Return Pass – yarn over and through 1 loop, (*yarn over and through 2 loops* x 4)

Row Four

Draw up a loop in the next four vertical posts (4 loops on hook). There should be one extra vertical post as we increased in the last return pass. It is quite hard to see, it is where my needle is showing below.

Draw up one more loop in this vertical post and one last loop in the fourth row of the adjacent triangle – the corner slip stitch of that triangle (6 loops on hook).

Return Pass – Yarn over and through 2 loops along until 1 loop remains.

Row Five

This is a SlSt row, so SlSt in each stitch across (in the same way as with Row Four of the previous Entrelac round) making your last SlSt of the row in the corner SlSt of the adjacent triangle.

That is the same stitch that the previous row of this Round was made in: 

This last loop on your hook is the starting point for the next Entrelac ‘Square’.

Repeat around 8 times.  Fasten off.

Third Entrelac Round

Row One

Starting in the corner of any square from the previous row, draw up a loop in the first SlSt of that square. Draw up a loop in each SlSt along (5 loops on hook) and one last loop in the first stitch of the adjacent square (6 loops on hook).

Return pass – Yarn over and through 2 loops along until 1 loop remains.

Row Two

Draw up a loop in each vertical post along (5 loops on hook) and one last loop in the next stitch of the adjacent square (6 loops on hook).

Return Pass – Yarn over and through 2 loops along until 1 loop remains.

Row Three (Increase Row)

Draw up a loop in each vertical post along (5 loops on hook) and one last loop in the next stitch of the adjacent square (6 loops on hook).

Return Pass – Yarn over and through 1 loop, (*yarn over and through 2 loops* x 5)

Row Four

Draw up a loop in each vertical post along. As this is following an increase row remember to draw up a loop in the very end vertical post (as with Row Four of the previous Entrelac Round) and one last loop through the next stitch on the adjacent square (7 loops on hook).

Return Pass – Yarn over and through 2 loops along until 1 loop remains.

Row Five

Draw up a loop in each vertical post along and one last loop in the fifth row of the adjacent square – the corner slip stitch of that square (7 loops on hook).

Return Pass – Yarn over and through 2 loops along until 1 loop remains.

Row Six

SlSt along (as with Row Five of the previous Entrelac Round) making one last SlSt into the corner SlSt of the adjacent square (the same SlSt that was used in the previous row).

This last loop on your hook is the first loop for the next square. 

Repeat from Row One to Six of this Entrelac Round until you have made eight squares.

Fourth Entrelac Round

Row One

Join a new colour.

Draw up a loop in the first SlSt of any of the previous row of Squares (in the corner). Draw up a loop in each SlSt across (6 loops on hook). Draw up a loop in the first stitch of the adjacent square (7 loops on hook).

Return Pass – Yarn over and through 2 loops along until 1 loop remains.

Row Two (increase row)

Draw up a loop in each vertical post along and 1 loop through the next stitch of the adjacent square (7 loops on hook)

Return Pass – Yarn over and through 1 loop (*yarn over and through 2 loops* repeat until 1 loop remains).

Row Three (increase row)

Draw up a loop in each vertical post across, remembering to draw up a loop in the increase from the previous row - as with Row Four of the Second Entrelac Round – and 1 loop through the next stitch of the adjacent square (8 loops on hook)

Return Pass – Yarn over and through 1 loop (*yarn over and through 2 loops* repeat until 1 loop remains).

Row Four

Draw up a loop in each vertical post across, remembering to draw up a loop in the increase from the previous row - as with Row Four of the Second Entrelac Round - and 1 loop through the next stitch of the adjacent square (9 loops on hook)

Return Pass - Yarn over and through 2 loops along until 1 loop remains

Row Five (increase row)

Draw up a loop in each vertical post across and 1 loop through the next stitch of the adjacent square (9 loops on hook).

Return Pass - Yarn over and through 1 loop (*yarn over and through 2 loops* repeat until 1 loop remains).

Row Six

Draw up a loop in each vertical post across, remembering to draw up a loop in the increase from the previous row - as with Row Four of the Second Entrelac Round - and 1 loop through the next stitch (the corner SlSt) of the adjacent square (10 loops on hook)

Return Pass - Yarn over and through 2 loops along until 1 loop remains.

Row Seven

SlSt across making one last SlSt into the corner SlSt of the adjacent square (the same SlSt that was used in the previous row).

This last loop on your hook is the first loop for the next square.

Repeat from Row One to Six of this Entrelac Round until you have made eight squares.

Fifth Eentrelac Round

This is the last round of Entrelac in the pattern and rounds off the edge of the squares. This is done by making a decrease on the return passes.

Row One

Join a new colour.

Draw up a loop in the first SlSt of any of the previous row of Squares (in the corner). Draw up a loop in each SlSt across (8 loops on hook). Draw up a loop in the first stitch of the adjacent square (9 loops on hook).

Return Pass – Yarn over and through 2 loops x 6, Yarn over and through the last 3 loops.

Row Two

As we have made a decrease on the return pass of the previous row, skip the first vertical post that you can see and start drawing up loops from the next vertical post along. This is the same for each of the next few rows.

Draw up a loop in each vertical post along and 1 loop through the next stitch of the adjacent square (8 loops on hook)

Return Pass – Yarn over and through 2 loops x 5, Yarn over and through the last 3 loops.

Row Three

Draw up a loop in each vertical post along and 1 loop through the next stitch of the adjacent square (7 loops on hook)

Return Pass – Yarn over and through 2 loops x 4, Yarn over and through the last 3 loops.

Row Four

Draw up a loop in each vertical post along and 1 loop through the next stitch of the adjacent square (6 loops on hook)

Return Pass – Yarn over and through 2 loops x 3, Yarn over and through the last 3 loops.

Row Five

Draw up a loop in each vertical post along and 1 loop through the next stitch of the adjacent square (5 loops on hook)

Return Pass – Yarn over and through 2 loops x 2, Yarn over and through the last 3 loops.

Row Six

Draw up a loop in each vertical post along and 1 loop through the next stitch of the adjacent square (4 loops on hook)

Return Pass – Yarn over and through 2 loops, Yarn over and through the last 3 loops.

Row Seven

Draw up a loop in the next vertical post and 1 loop through the next stitch of the adjacent square (3 loops on hook)

Return Pass – Yarn over and through 3 loops. SlSt into the next SlSt along  (the corner SlSt of the next adjacent square.

Repeat from Row One to Seven around.

The next few rows of the circle are made using normal crochet stitches.

Row 1 – Chain 3 (counts as 1 Tr) Tr in the same stitch, then 2 tr in each stitch around, including the SlSt of the previous round, like this:

Join with a SlSt into the top of the Chain 3 at the beginning of the round.

Rows 2 - 4 – Change colour. Chain 3, 1 Tr in each stitch around.  Join with a SlSt into the top of the Ch3 at the beginning of the round.

Join both sides of the cushion together either by crocheting them together with a rows of Double Crochet or sew them using whip stitch, remembering to stuff it as you go.

Thank you for trying this pattern, please leave me a comment below if you need help with it and I will try to get back to you as soon as I can. 

© abijamtastic 2015. Please respect my copyright and do not resell, publish, or distribute this pattern.  However, you are free to use the final items you make from the pattern for charity, gifting, or selling in limited numbers. A link back to my webpage is greatly appreciated :)