#tapestry crochet techniques

[itslc123]

crochet pixel stitch

so there may be some of you who remember the pixel tapestry crochet controversy around a certain pillow, but i have come across a stitch that seems to work well for this.

this reddit post has an example and link to a tutorial on the stitch, and i will say, this isn't where i initially found the stitch, i found it a few months ago on pinterest and modified it much like the one in the reddit post, but i still want to try and find a way to make tapestry crochet that does follow the pixels precisely.

now, this stitch is a great little learning spot for how to get the stitches to line up vertically- the issue with single crochet is that the stitches don't align. the stitch above does align vertically, however, it is hard to work, especially in the mirrored/reversed version (working back to front). but what it does show is that it's necessary to work into two stitches to align those stitches vertically. also from experience i can say that this stitch doesn't work if it's not mirrored, so it's likely that other stitches would have to be mirrored as well.

knowing this, we can go about modifying stitches in a couple different ways, and i'm currently trying it out on a small scale with some 8x8 (technically 10x10) designs.

top left: single crochet/traditional tapestry; top right: pixel stitch linked above; bottom: sc dec worked into the previous and next stitch, and also mirrored like the linked stitch

now i think there's a tension issue with my pixel stitch dino since i've worked this stitch before and it's been less gappy but i'm also using a different yarn. i think that the sc dec version is promising, and i really like the texture it creates. i will say that overall i think sc might look the nicest/most uniform, but it has all those same issues mentioned previously.

anyways that's my little ramble, here's the dino if you want to try some stuff or make him for yourself. the biggest takeaways are:

1. sc creates pixel sized stitches so we need a sc height stitch

2. whatever stitch is used has to be worked into the previous and next stitch in order to align properly

and 3. the stitch will likely have to be mirrored (i.e. worked through the back) in order to create that nice pixelated look.

[selvagebutch]

waiting for my femme to come back in from cleaning out the bong so i can infodump to her about niche crochet pattern discourse i saw today

[digitaldollsworld]

Tapestries ….. save me tapestry projects

[alien-ally]

guess what that is~

[autobahnmp3]

look at this lil guy ❤️

[freshstitches]

Bear Claws was designed to celebrate the 10th birthday of the stacked stitch technique and the Fox Paws pattern. This engaging striped colorwork project features a large scale flame stitch motif. The pattern is relatively simple, using only a few rows of shaping in combination with color to create a distinct claw motif.

The wavy colorwork in Bear Claws is created using stacked increases and decreases. There are no loops on the wrong side and the wrap is very stretchy and drapey. The fabric is light and airy, not dense like stranded colorwork and mosaic knitting. If you're new to stacked stitches, check out my playlist on YouTube. You'll have an easier time with these stitches if you've tried increases, decreases and slipped stitches.

This pattern can be recolored in many ways, the coloring page available to anyone who wants to download it. You can use any number of colors you like, as long as they have good contrast. I recommend picking a Main Color that is not too bright or flashy in comparison to the others.

Written instructions are included in the pattern alongside a visual guide called a “stitch map.”  It's not the same as a traditional chart and is meant to be used with the written pattern. The rapidly fluctuating stitch count of the stacked stitches doesn’t fit nicely into a square grid. Instead, the map uses symbols and lines that bend and flow as the rows do, as they would in a crochet chart. The primary use of the stitch map is to show how each row relates to the last and to help you find mistakes and get back on track. 

Finished Size: 14 (23.75)˝ x 82 (82)˝ / [36 (60) x 208 (208) cm] rectangular scarf including fringe.

Yarn: Rowan Felted Tweed DK; 191 yards (175 meters) per 50 gram skein, 50% Merino Wool, 25% Alpaca, 25% Viscose.

Pink Scarf - 5 colors and 3 repeats wide

Main Color: Peony, 3 balls

Outer Color: Zinnia, 2 balls

Inner Color 1: Pink Bliss, 1 ball

Inner Color 2: French Mustard, 1 ball

Stripe Color: Barbara, 1 ball

Brown Wrap - 7 colors and 5 repeats wide

Main Color: Ginger, 4 balls

Outer Color 1: French Mustard, 2 balls

Inner Color 1: Stone, 2 balls

Stripe Color 1: Zinnia, 1 ball

Outer Color 2: Duck Egg, 1 ball

Inner Color 2: Watery, 1 ball

Stripe Color 2: Canary, 1 ball

Needles: Size 6 (4mm) 32˝circular needles, or size needed to obtain gauge.

Gauge: 16 sts x 36 rows = 4 x 4” (10 x 10 cm) square in garter stitch.

Other Materials: Tapestry needle, stitch markers, pins, blocking wires, blocking surface.

Get the pattern on my website and on Ravelry.

From now until the end of October, take 20% off all patterns, pins, books and stickers when you use the code "FoxyBday" on Ravelry or on my website.

Video Resources:

Bear Claws Playlist

Weave in tails as you knit

General Stacked Stitch Resource Videos

Yarn for this project was provided by Rowan

[arrows-craft-corner]

Invader zim crochet pattern

IMPORTANT INFO (PLEASE READ BEFORE YOU GO ON TO THE PATTERN):

THIS PATTERN IS WRITTEN IN U.S. TERMINOLOGY

PLEASE DO NOT SELL MY PATTERN ON ETSY, RAVELRY, OR ANY STORE OF THE LIKE, BUT YOU CAN REPOST IT AS LONG AS YOU LINK IT TO MY BLOG (millys-craft-corner) OR TIKTOK/YOUTUBE (fiestywyvern) FEEL FREE TO SELL ANY FINISHED PRODUCTS. Be sure to link me if you post your Zims as I’d love to see them.

Zim stands at about 5 inches tall or 12.7 cm, not including antennae

Techniques used

Sc

Inc

Dec

Triple dec

Triple inc

Magic ring

Chain

Basic embroidery and sew techniques

Not so well known techniques used

Triple inc- an increase with 3 stitches in one stitch instead of 2

Triple dec- a decrease going across 3 stitches instead of 2

Materials

3.5 mm crochet hook

size 3 or light worsted or light yarn weight in these colors light green, black, deep ruby red, light grey, and light pink

aluminum wire in size 14 or pipe cleaners

black embroidery thread

a medium sized sewing needle

tapestry needle

pliers if you’re using wire

hot glue

light pink felt

stuffing

Head and torso (make 1)- start with green

R1: 4sc in mr (4)

R2: triple inc around (12)

R3: 1 sc, (triple inc, 2sc)x3, triple inc, 1sc (20)

R4: 2sc, (triple inc, 4sc)x3, triple inc, 2sc (24)

R5: 3sc, (triple inc, 6sc)x3, triple inc, 3sc (36)

R6: 4sc, (triple inc, 8sc)x3, triple inc, 4sc (44)

R7: blo

R7-16: sc around (10 rounds) (44)

R17: blo- 4sc, (triple dec, 8 sc)x3, triple dec, 4sc (36)

R18: 3sc, (triple dec, 6sc)x3, triple dec, 3sc (28)

R19: 2sc, (triple dec, 4sc)x3, triple dec, 2sc (20)

R20: sc, (triple dec, 2sc)x3, triple dec, sc (12)

R21: dec around (charge to light pink at the end) (6)

R22: inc around (charge to red at the end) (12)

R23: sc around (12)

R24: inc, sc around (18)

R25-30: sc around (6 rounds) (18)

R31: blo- dec, sc around (12)

R32: dec around (6)

F/o, leave a long tail and 3 embroider stripes, using black yarn, so they cut the torso into thirds

Use the tail to close up piece

Shoulder pads (make 2)- light pink

R1: ch 5 and sc down from the 2nd chain from the hook, ch 1 and turn (4)

R2: 2 dec, ch 1 and turn (2)

R3: dec

F/o and leave a long tail for sewing

Arms (make 2)- start with black

R1: 3sc in mr (3)

R2: sc around (3)

R3: inc around (6)

R4: sc around (6)

R5: dec around (3)

R6: sc around (change to pink at the end) (3)

R7-10: sc around (4 rounds) (3)

F/o leave a long tail for sewing and embroider stripes using sewing needle and black thread

Legs (make 2)- black

R1: 4sc in mr (4)

R2: inc around (8)

R3-7: sc around (5 rounds) (8)

F/o and leave a long tail for sewing

Feet (make 2)- black

R1: 3sc in mr (3)

R2: sc, inc, sc (4)

R3: sc, inc, 2sc inc (6)

R4: 2sc, inc, 2sc, inc (8)

F/o leave a long tail for sewing

Pak (make 1)- light grey

R1: 4sc in mr (4)

R2: inc, sc (6)

R3: 2inc, sc, inc, 2sc (9)

R4: 2sc, 4inc, 2sc, slst (13)

R5-6: sc around (2 rounds) (13)

F/o leave a long tail for sewing

Big pak spot (make 1)- light pink

R1: 4sc in mr (4) Sl st into 1st stitch

f/o and leave a long tail for sewing

Small pak spot (make 2)- light pink

R1: 3sc in mr (3) sl st into 1st stitch

F/o and leave a long tail for sewing

Eyes (make 2)- red

R1: 6sc in mr (6)

R2: inc around (12)

R3: 4sc, 2inc, 4sc, 2inc (16)

R4-5: sc around (2 rounds) (16)

Antennae (make 2)- black

R1: 3 sc in mr (3)

R2-19: sc around (18 rounds) (3)

Assembly

Sew arms to shoulder pads

Sew bottom of feet to the sides of the legs so they create an “L” shape

Sew pak spots to the pak

Sew pak to body

Sew arms to body

Sew legs to body

Sew eyes to the lower left and lower right sides of the head

Cut out eyeshine out of light pink felt and hot glue it or sew it to the eyes

Cut 2 pieces of 5 inches of pipe cleaner/wire and fold in an inch on both sides so it’s 3 inches long. Insert them into each the antennae and sew antennae towards the back of the head. Fold back 1/4 of the antenna so it creates a right angle.

Congrats you just finished your irken invader, now go take over the earth!

[utterlyunawarewriter]

CABIN 6 HEADCANNONS

This is my first post so feedback is appreciated <33

Since athena is also the goddess of weaving, most cabin 6 kids are good at it, plus most arts and crafts

They definitely have two baskets in one corner of their cabin, one filled with various types of yarn and the other with every type of knitting, weaving, crocheting needles known to mankind

They also weave tapestries to decorate their bunks and walls

They also have a tapestry called the Great Tapestry or smt which has like all major Greek mythology moments plus the camps history (like all the places it has visited or smt)

They host a Weave-off every summer and the whole camp can participate

The winner gets a small blessing form Athena

I can imagine the older campers helping the younger campers learn new stitches and techniques

Also...WOVEN BATTLE PLANS FOR CAPTURE THE FLAG

You can see I'm quite passionate about this lol

They definitely have a library that's open for all campers to visit snd study at

It's open for all hours and some campers help people from different cabins study and tutor them

Their cabin also has the most extensive collection of stationary, like from all over the world

If you can name it, they have it

They also are really good at designing new and better weapons so they have a close alliance with the hepheastus cabin

They team up with cabin 9 and spend HOURS creating the perfect bow/crossbow/sword

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My masterlist

[crochet-the-night-away]

Enoch (Over the Garden Wall) Crochet Pattern

Disclaimer:

This pattern has a lot of sewing. You've been warned! I couldn't find a way to minimize the sewing and still have the same color changes and composition I wanted.

Materials

Two different greens (Green 1 and Green 2) and orange yarn (I used a Medium sized yarn) Appropriately sized Crochet Hook (I used a 3.5mm hook) Black, soft brown and off-white felt to make the face details (If you can't find off-white felt, like me, buy white felt and paint it off-white with acrylic paint) Stitch Markers Tapestry Needle Fiberfill Scissors Sewing Pins

Techniques

Magic Ring (mr) Chain (ch) Single Crochet (sc) Increase (inc) Decrease (dec) Skip a stitch (skip)

Head

----- Using ORANGE Round 1: 8sc into a magic ring [8] ----- The next two rounds are worked on the stitches from Round 1 Round 1.5: FLO 8sc [8] ----- Attach a stitch marker to the first stitch of Round 1.5 for later Round 2: BLO 8inc [16] Round 3: (sc, inc) * 8 [24] Round 4: (sc, inc, sc) * 8 [32] Round 5: (3sc, inc) * 8 [40] Round 6: (2sc, inc, 2sc) * 8 [48] Round 7: (5sc, inc) * 8 [56] Round 8 - 16: 56sc [56] Round 17: (5sc, dec) * 8 [48] Round 18: (2sc,dec, 2sc) * 8 [40] Round 19: (3sc, dec) *8 [32] Round 20: (sc, dec, sc) * 8 [24] ----- Stuff ----- The next two rounds are worked on the stitches from Round 20 Round 20.5: FLO (sc, dec) * 8 [16] ----- Attach a stitch marker to the first stitch of Round 20.5 for later Round 21: BLO (2sc, skip) * 8 [16] Round 22: 8dec [8] ----- Stuff

Fasten off and leave an extra long tail. It should be able to wrap around your head 10 times.

Pass the yarn under a stitch from round 20.5. Wrap the yarn over and around the pumpkin and divide it in two. Pass the yarn under another stitch from round 20.5. Pull the yarn tight and secure it with a knot. Repeat this two more times until your pumpkin is divided in 6 parts.

Pass the yarn through the pumpkin from bottom to top to work on his top embellishment.

Starting from the stitch marker on the head's round 1.5

Round 1: 8inc [16] Round 2: (2sc, inc) * 5, sc [21] Fasten off and weave in the tail.

Body

----- Starting with GREEN 1 from the stitch marker on the head's round 20.5

Round 1: (sc, inc) * 8 [24] Round 2: (sc, inc, sc) * 8 [32] Round 3-24: 32 sc [32] Round 25: 32 sc [32] Round 26: (sc, dec, sc) * 8 [24] Round 27: (sc, dec) * 8 [16] Round 28: 8dec [8] Fasten off and weave in the tail.

Arms (x2)

----- You can crochet around a wire to give the arms more structure ----- Using GREEN 1 22ch (Skip the chain if you're using a wire) Skipping the first chain from the hook and 21 sl st Leave a long tail for sewing

GREEN 1 Stripes (x9)

----- Using GREEN 1 27ch Skipping the first chain from the hook and 26 sl st Leave a long tail for sewing

GREEN 2 Stripes (x11)

----- Using GREEN 2 27ch Skipping the first chain from the hook and 26 sl st Leave a long tail for sewing

Assembly

Using sewing pins, attach all the stripes and the arms and stripes alternating greens. Once you're happy with the placement, sew everything.

Using felt, cut the following shapes: 2 soft brown circles 2 black circles (smaller than the brown ones) 1 skinny black heart that will serve as a nose 1 soft brown oval 1 off-white oval (smaller than the brown one) ----- To make the teeth, I just cut the smile and then vertical lines. When it was time to glue it on the brown oval, I separated them a bit for that teeth effect. Glue everything and you're done!

[headknight-oh]

My official commissions post

So I’ve been unemployed for over a year now. I got laid off from my PR writing job because “the intern and ai can do the same job cheaper” apparently. Anyways, I’m starting to save up for top surgery sometime next year (my consultation is in 2 weeks!!) and the money I get watching my nephews 3 days a week is not enough for that. So, come and sample my wares

1. Tapestry Blankets

I posted this a few days ago and some people seemed interested in the style. I have multiple patterns for the center tapestry picture as well as the boarder patterns. This one took me about 30 hours, so that’s what I’m going to base my price on.

PRICE: $300+materials+shipping

2. Tapestry

There are two different styles of crochet that I can use for these: Tunisian crochet and regular single crochet. The snoopy is tunesian crochet. Ignore how curly he is lol. My partner didn’t want to wait for him to be blocked.

If you have a grid pattern that you’d like, you can get that. Or I have a variety that I can search through. These ones are gonna be priced based on size and which technique.

PRICE:

Small (up to 12 inches width and length)

Tunisian: $45 Regular: $30

Large (13 inches to 24 inches tall width and length)

Tunisian: $100 Regular: $65

3. Stuffed D&D dice

I only have a few that I can picture, but I can make a full set of d and d dice or individual d20s. Colors can be customized as you like, and if you want to help me bust my stash and use the yarn I already have, we can discuss a price reduction.

PRICE:

Full set: $100 d20: $45

I have a few more options that I’ll add when I can get some good pics. And some premade things if anyone is interested. My dms are open if anyone wants to discuss. I also might reopen writing comissions but I’m not sure and would have to update rates because I have degrees now lol. Not sure. Anyways, thanks for sitting through my post! My Venmo is https://venmo.com/u/Jenny-Robinson-61 if you wanna help pad out the top surgery fund. I’d also be willing to make things not listed above. If there’s something you want that’s not up there, message me and we can work something out. Thanks again!

[detroit-grand-prix]

I’ve talked about this on Twitter but I don’t think I’ve posted about it here.

I like to crochet and I decided to do something very ambitious, which is turn a one of @souriadraws’ Lewis and George prints into a crocheted tapestry. The original image is from her personal works portfolio, and I got Souria’s blessing to do this project.

I used a site called Stitchfiddle to turn the print into a diagram I could work into a 5’x5’ square using mini corner-to-corner stitches. I had to simplify it into >10 colors (so I wouldn’t die) and edit the background, but here’s a rough preview of the graph I’m using. It’s not the whole thing because I am not reposting the diagram for others’ use (and there’s a surprise baked into it):

And here’s some pictures of my progress so far. This is worked in a diagonal instead of side-to-side like most crochet is, so I’m currently right about at George’s forehead.

My ultimate hope is that I finish in time for the Canadian GP and I can find a way to give it to the team as a gift, but we’ll see. If that doesn’t work out, I guess I will keep it, but it’s been a really fun challenge so far and I’ve had to learn/practice a few new-to-me crochet techniques to manage all of the color changes and minimize the amount of loose ends to weave in.

I will update my progress on this, if you want to see it. It’s been a lot of fun.

[lauralot89]

Fiber Crafts

A resource for writers

Spinning: The process of winding fiber into thread or yarn. Can be done with a drop spindle or a spinning wheel. Can also be done on industrial machinery such as a spinning mule.

Plying: Taking two or more strands of spun thread and twisting them together to make a stronger yarn. Can be done on a spindle, spinning wheel, or machine.

Weaving: The process of forming cloth by interlacing two sets of threads, the warps (longitudinal) and the wefts (latitudinal), on a loom.

Bead Weaving: A type of weaving in which beads are woven into the fabric. This can be done with or without a loom.

Tapestry: A type of weaving in which only the weft threads can be seen from the front of the work, with all warp threads hidden on the back. Tapestries weave an image into the front of the work.

Nålbinding: A historic precursor to knitting, still practiced by the Nanti people of Peru. Nålbinding creates fabric by creating interlocking loops of yarn with a single-eyed needle. Nålbinding differs from knitting and crochet in that, in nålbinding, the entire length of the working yarn must be passed through each loop made.

Knitting: The process of forming cloth by interlocking loops of yarn. Knitting is most commonly done with two or more needles held in the hands, but can also be done with knitting looms or machines. The two most common methods of hand knitting are the English and Continental styles.

Crochet: The process of forming cloth by interlocking loops of yarn. This is most commonly done with a crochet hook, but can be done with the fingers. Crochet can also be done on looms. Whereas many stitches are active at any given time in knitting, in crochet, each stitch is finished before another is made.

Macramé: The process of creating textiles by making knots in cords. The main knots used in macramé are square knots and half-hitches.

Chinese Knotting: The process of knotting cord into decorations and charms.

Felting: The process of creating cloth by matting fibers together. In wet felting, fibers are exposed to water and then pressed and agitated to join the fibers together. In needle felting, fibers are joined by repeatedly being stabbed with specialized needles.

Rope Making: The process of braiding or twisting fibers together to create rope.

Sennit: The process of creating cord by braiding dried fibers.

Sewing: Using a needle and thread to join pieces of fabric. Sewing is done either by hand or machine. Sewing can be used to create garments and other items or to tailor preexisting items. Sewing can be either constructive (creating objects) or decorative (adorning objects).

Darning: A method of mending holes and worn areas in fabric. Darning can be either hand sewn or done with a machine, and weaves threads to fill in holes within fabric.

Embroidery: A form of sewing in which various stitches are added onto a preexisting fabric or item. Originally used for mending clothing, embroidery stitches are now also used decoratively. Embroidery can be done only with thread, but may also incorporate beads, sequins, and other decorative notions, such as beetle wings.

Cross-stitch: A type of embroidery in which the thread is sewn in X-shaped stitches across fabric.

Needlepoint: A type of embroidery in which yarn is stitched through an open weave canvas.

Tatting: The process of lace-making by looping and knotting thread. Tatting can be done with a shuttle, with a needle, or with a combination of tatting and crocheting techniques called cro-tatting.

Appliqué: The process of attaching one piece of fabric on top of a larger piece. Originally done to mend fabric, appliqué is now commonly used as decoration.

Patchwork: The process of sewing small pieces of fabric together to create a larger piece. This is often done to form a pattern or image.

Quilting: The process of stitching three or more layers of fabric together. Quilting is typically used to make blankets. Fabric layers can either be quilted by hand, usually with the aid of a quilting hoop, tied, or quilted using a domestic sewing machine or a longarm machine.

Banner Making: The process of creating a flag or banner. Banner making incorporates many other forms of needlework, such as patchwork, sewing, and embroidery.

Needlework: The umbrella term for textile handicrafts.

[maniccrafter]

your stitches line up so nicely, I was looking at your projects to try and see what technique you use, do you do something similar to a modified single crochet but while going into both loops instead of just the back one?

hi there!! i am just using single crochet, but keeping in mind that stitches lean one way or the other depending on if you are working into the “right” side or the “wrong” side. i use stitchfiddle to plan out my design before i start crocheting so i literally just go through every single stitch to make sure that the color changes will be continuous lol. also, when you change colors, make sure to change on the last yarn over of the single stitch of the previous color—i’ll link a youtube video of this here: (https://youtu.be/0YOqY0l9rCg?si=LUjpkuh7bp1_kfng) this video does show weaving the other color in the tapestry, but i like to carry it on the “wrong” side.

let me know if this helps :)

[interlockingpatches]

Oh haha, oops.

It hadn't occurred to me because I don't really care for mosaic crochet (the hastily-made example at right), but it would actually be trivially easy for someone who knows the technique to convert my patterns (for interlocking filet, pictured left) on the fly.

(Slightly out-of-date PDF and video for the clover pattern above here)

Double crochets on back and chain spaces both become back-loop single crochets and that's … most of it? Work from charts, not notation, which omits chains and assumes you will be turning the work. You're on your own for starting, finishing, and edges, but I'm sure mosaic crocheters have preferred ways of handling these.

I'm not entirely sure what to do with this insight! I don't plan on switching to fully hybrid patterns, like Ashlee Brotzell, whose work clued me in to the possibility, but I may tweak the format of things to make working across techniques more straightforward.

As for *why* you might want to do this: you can easily make tubes with mosaic, which is great for clothing and other finished objects, and working in 3 or more colours (with the addition of tapestry or intarsia) is easier in mosaic than in interlocking. Other than that, I don't know. Maybe weaving in ends meets some kind of emotional or psychological need for some people. Who am I to judge?

[uglyfruit]

Can I ask where you learned to crochet letters? I’ve always wanted to!

Hi! For crochet, basically you use a tapestry (or intarsia) crochet technique, where you work off a grid pattern and do one stitch for each square in the grid.

This looks like a good tutorial for getting the technique:

Once you have that down, you can follow any chart like the one they work off in the video. You can either find ones that other people have made (any knitting, cross stitch, friendship bracelet, perler bead etc pattern that is in a grid can also work), or make your own. This is the one i used for the piece I just posted (that was knitting but it’s the same idea):

You can make your own on graph paper or a website like stitchfiddle. You can use things like these to guide you on how to do each letter:

[fashionbooksmilano]

The Hooktionary

Text and Designs Brenda Anderson

David & Charles, Exeter 2023, 144 pages, 21,8x28, paperback, ISBN 9781446309575

euro 25,00

email if you want to buy booksinprogressmilano@yahoo.it

Create bold, modern and fun tapestry crochet designs with this unique crochet stitch dictionary! One of the most important tools in any crocheter's toolbox is a stitch dictionary - an essential reference packed with possibilities. The Hooktionary is the first and only crochet stitch dictionary to feature tapestry crochet motifs. And it has personality to boot! From unicorns and bumblebees to bold, graphic designs, the 150 motifs this book includes are perfect for the modern maker. Plus, five 'choose your own adventure' projects allow you to mix and match motifs into one-of-a-kind designs that reflect your own tastes. Inspired by Andrea Rangel's Alterknit Stitch Dictionary, Brenda K.B. Anderson has created a crochet counterpart so that crocheters can join in the fun too. Unlike other tapestry crochet pattern collections, which focus on single crochet stitches - creating slanted color patterns which do not create clean lines - Anderson has used her experience of which kinds of crochet stitches pair well with tapestry crochet to create beautiful, clear patterns, and wearable fabrics. Swatches are made in one of five different crochet stitch patterns: single crochet through the back loop, center (or split) single crochet, extended single crochet, center (or split) extended single crochet, and front post double crochet, with information about how the crochet stitch anatomy affects both the drape and feel of the fabric and also the look of the charted image, so that you can imagine how a chart would look in another stitch pattern. All the designs are crocheted in the round, so that you can keep the front of the work facing you, and then steeked - a technique that has not been covered in any other crochet book! There is also comprehensive advice on choosing stitches and fixing mistakes.

28/01/24