I had been crocheting for years before I heard the term “tapestry crochet”. I found some images of finished projects and was astounded at the designs and color combinations that could be produced with this technique.
There were lots of simple patterns online that I could use to practice with but I found myself drawn to the more complex patterns that could be used as wall art.
For example, I wanted to find a combination of a music note and a heart that I could crochet and frame as a gift for my niece, an accomplished flutist currently attending a college music program.
Once I got the hang of working with multiple strands of yarn together and carrying them along, I realized that as long as I had a block by block chart of any image, I could create it using tapestry crochet.
As a result, you don’t really need a pattern as much as you need the chart. A simple search in Google will give you the chart you need for nearly any idea or design you might want to create.
Use the following search in Google to find tons of charts you can use with tapestry crochet:
Just replace my search phrase with one of your own and make sure to click the Images tab in Google.
If you want an airplane design, you’d use the word “airplane” (without quotes) in front of your search. Or you could look for puppy designs, kittens, hearts and music notes, birds, butterflies , lions or any combination of items or words.
I easily found a chart showing four birds standing on the branches of a tree with the word “Love” and used it to create part of a wall hanging for my parents. I used a sort of farm grey yarn with an almost white yarn for the background color.
Browse through the search results and find a chart that shows the design you like in a block by block layout.
Print the chart and you have the pattern you need for your chosen theme.
You can then use that design in a blanket, a wall hanging, for place mats, a table runner, a sweater – whatever item you have in mind.