Tunisian Crochet Seed Stitch Joins Country Cottage Sampler as Ninth Block

Heather J. Anderson’s latest Country Cottage Tunisian Sampler block does something smart for wary Tunisian crocheters: it turns a tricky-looking fabric into a 12-inch lesson that stays flat. The Tunisian Crochet Seed Stitch Tutorial, published May 6, 2026, is the ninth square in the year-long Country Cottage Tunisian Sampler, and it keeps the project’s biggest promise intact by teaching one technique at a time without making the fabric feel like homework.

That matters because Tunisian crochet has a reputation for edge roll, especially when makers are still learning how the stitches behave on an elongated hook. This block tackles that fear head-on. The seed stitch is built by alternating Tunisian knit stitch and Tunisian reverse stitch, which gives the square its nubby texture while keeping curling to a minimum. For anyone who has admired Tunisian fabric but backed away from the rolling edges, that is the practical payoff.

The sampler itself is structured for steady progress. Announced on January 7, 2026, it was framed as a year-long mystery crochet-along for a throw blanket that will walk crocheters through 20 different Tunisian crochet stitches and techniques. A new square is released every other Wednesday, so the series functions like a paced workshop instead of a single standalone pattern. That block-by-block format is the point: it lets crocheters build skill systematically while still ending up with squares that look good enough to keep and combine.

Heather’s materials list keeps the barrier low. The seed stitch square calls for 120 yards of worsted weight yarn, a 6.5 mm Tunisian hook, a 6 mm crochet hook for the border, scissors, and a yarn needle. The tutorial also walks through the mechanics in plain terms, including chaining any even number, alternating knit and reverse stitches across the rows, and using the reverse stitch to help the fabric lie flatter. Heather noted that the stitch can also be worked with purl stitches, but she chose reverse stitches here because that approach had not already been used in the crochet-along.

The result is a square with three jobs at once: it teaches, it stabilizes, and it looks finished. Because the block measures 12 inches by 12 inches after blocking, it fits cleanly with the rest of the sampler and can be mixed with other modular squares without fighting for size or shape. Heather J. Anderson, the designer behind The Unraveled Mitten, has also made the Country Cottage Tunisian Throw available through her site and on Ravelry, with the full crochet-along promised as a free release on her website. For crocheters curious about Tunisian technique, this ninth block is less a detour than a solid next step.