Tunisian Crochet Basket Weave Placemat Pattern

Discover how to craft a stylish Tunisian crochet placemat using the intricate basket weave stitch. Follow our easy-to-understand pattern to add a homemade touch to your table settings.

I don’t know about you, but I’m excited about summer decor, outdoor dining, and warmer weather. I love to change up my tablescape with the seasons, and summer is one of my favorites!

I’ve been browsing through summer lookbooks from some of my favorite home decor companies and noticing similarities throughout. One of those being denim decor and blues in general.

I am all about that! It’s one of my favorite colors.

I had some leftover cotton yarn from the Tunisian crochet dishcloth pattern I made, so I thought, why not whip up some placemats?

Tunisian Crochet Basket Weave Placemat Pattern

The Tunisian Crochet Basket Weave Stitch

The Tunisian crochet basket weave stitch creates a richly textured fabric with a woven appearance.

This stitch combines alternating knit and purl stitches and is easy to change up according to your desired look. The basket weave stitch is perfect for pillows, cushions, and, of course, durable placemats.

Basket Weave Stitch Video Tutorial

Here’s our video tutorial that guides you step by step through this stitch.

I do plan on filming my own video soon, but life got the better of me, and I haven’t been able to get to it quite yet!

The Pattern

NOTES

• Finished size of the placemat is 18 1/2″ x 12 1/2″
• For this placemat, we used a stitch multiple of 8 + 2 (8 purl stitches, 8 knit stitches)
• You can easily change up this pattern is you’d like smaller or larger squares. I chose to do 8 x 8 squares
• You will need to wet block these – see wet blocking instructions

MATERIALS

HOOK(S)

5 mm Tunisian hook with cord

5 mm regular crochet hook for border

YARN

Weight 4 • approx. 300 yds ( 1 3/4 skeins)

2 skeins Lily Sugar n’ Cream Super Size

Color: Blue Jeans

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WET BLOCKING

You’ll need to wet block these and use a wool wash. This one is my favorite at the moment. It smells amazing and works really well!

I use these blocking boards and these T pins.

NOTIONS

Scissors

Tapestry needle

GAUGE (4 x 4″)

18 sts x 21 rows in pattern

Abbreviations

ch chain

rep repeat

sc single crochet

Tks Tunisian knit stitch

Tps Tunisian purl stitch

yo yarn over

FwP forward pass

RetP return pass

Lts last Tunisian stitch

sk skip

Tslst Tunisian slip stitch

st(s) stitches

Special Stitches

Tks Tunisian knit stitch

Insert hook between the front and back vertical bars of the stitch, yo, pull up a loop

Tps Tunisian purl stitch

Bring yarn to the front of the work, insert hook under the front vertical bar of the next stitch from right to left, move yarn to the back (over the hook), yo, and pull up a loop

Lts Last Tunisian stitch

insert hook under both vertical bars of the last stitch and complete as for Tunisian simple stitch

Pattern Instructions

Foundation row Ch 82 , bring up a loop in 2nd back bump from hook and in each back bump to end (82 loops on your hook), RetP

Row 1: *Tks 8 times, Tps 8 times*, rep from * to * until last st, inserting hook as for Lts on the last st, RetP

Rows 2 – 8: Repeat row 1

Row 9: *Tps 8 times, Tks8 times*, rep from * to * until last st, inserting hook as for Lts on the last st, RetP

Rows 10 – 16: Repeat row 9

Rows 17 – 24: Repeat row 1

Rows 25 – 32: Repeat row 9

Rows 33 – 40: Repeat row 1

Rows 41 – 48: Repeat row 9

Rows 49 – 56: Repeat row 1

Rows 57 – 64: Repeat row 9

Row 65: Tslst in each vertical bar across row, do not fasten off, proceed to border instructions

Border

With reg 5 mm crochet hook, ch 1

Side 1: sc2 in first st, sc in each st along side, sc2 in last st

Edge 1: sc2 in first st, sc in each st along edge, sc2 in last st

Side 2: sc2 in first st, sc in each st along side, sc2 in last st

Edge 2: sc2 in first st, sc in each st along edge, sc2 in last st, sl st to first sc from side 1

Fasten off, weave in all ends

Wet Blocking Instructions

To make these placemats lay flat, you will need to wet block them. Here’s an example of before and after wet blocking.

Before

After

Instructions:

To wet block, fill a sink or tub with warm water and add a couple of pumps of wool wash. (I use this one and love it!) Soak the placemat in the sudsy water for just a minute or two, making sure it’s nice and wet.

Gently wring out a little bit of the water, careful not to stretch it.

Place it on a towel and roll it up in the towel, squeezing as you go to get out some of the excess water. You don’t want it dripping wet, but you want it to still be damp.

Pin it down on a blocking board, being sure to straighten it out but not to stretch it. Let it dry completely.

Enjoy your new placemat!

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