This is the biggest, cosiest throw I’ve designed so far. I wanted to keep the Tunisian crochet stitches simple while exploring some dramatic colour changes. The bulk of the throw is worked in Tunisian net stitch and I’ve included bobbles on a ground of Tunisian simple stitch for texture. There is a honeycomb stitch border to stop any curling. The throw starts at the bottom border and finishes with the top border. The side borders are picked up and worked, and then I finished with a round of standard double crochet. Pattern is written in English and uses UK terms.

Leilany Throw - Materials
Yarn: King Cole Fashion Aran (68% acrylic, 30% wool, 2% viscose) 100g/200m
Yarn A 4 balls x shade 631 Jura
Yarn B 4 balls x shade 3620 Antique Gold
Yarn C 6 balls x shade 633 Rum

Hook: 7mm Tunisian crochet hook with a 75cm extension cord.
6mm standard crochet hook for the edging.

Stitch markers.

Leilany Throw - Dimensions
Finished size after blocking: 57 inches by 51.5 inches.
Gauge: 11 rows and 14 stitches to 4 inches over Net stitch.

Leilany Throw - Abbreviations (English)

CC - change colour
Ch - chain
St(s) - stitch(es)
Tps - Tunisian purl stitch
Tks - Tunisian knit stitch
Tksp - Tunisian knit stitch purled. Bring yarn to front, insert hook as for Tks, take yarn across the front of the stitch to the back to work yarn over hook and pull through.
Tss - Tunisian simple stitch
Yo - yarn over

RS - right side of work

Honeycomb stitch - alternating Tss and Tps. First row start Tps 1, Tss 1, repeat across. Second row, start Tss 1 (above the previous Tps), Tps 1 (above the previous Tss), repeat across. These two rows are repeated.

Net stitch - alternating Tunisian knit stitch and knit stitch purled. First row starts Tks 1, Tksp 1, repeat across. Second row, start Tksp 1, Tks 1, repeat across. These two rows are repeated.

Bobble - yo, insert hook into next st Tks-wise, yo, pull up loop, yo, draw through 2 loops on hook 5 times working into the same stitch, yo, draw through 5 loops on hook to close bobble.

Bind off - work a slip stitch row after completing last return pass. Insert hook into next stitch, yo and pull yarn through both loops on hook. Repeat for each stitch until one loop remains. Cut yarn and draw through loop to fasten off.

Leilany Throw - Pattern Notes

Pattern rows are Forward Pass instructions only. Follow each row with a Return Pass.
Return Pass instructions: Ch1, yo, pull through next 2 loops on hook; repeat from until 1 loop remains on hook.
Instructions in brackets are worked the number of times specified eg x2.
Instructions marked by an asterisk * are worked once, and then repeated the specified number of times.
The colour changes on the borders are at the end of the Return Pass - when you have two loops left on the hook, drop the old colour, pick up the new colour and pull through the last two loops.
Colour change mid row - on the Forward Pass work up to the end of the current colour, insert hook in next stitch, yarn over in new colour and continue. On the Return Pass, work as normal until one loop of the current colour is left on the hook, yarn over in the new colour and continue the Return Pass.
Place a stitch marker at the end of Row 10 and every following 10 rows to make counting easier - you will easily see which row you are on.