{"id":5068,"date":"2021-07-15T12:33:57","date_gmt":"2021-07-15T10:33:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/raffamusadesigns.com\/?p=5068"},"modified":"2021-07-23T09:30:33","modified_gmt":"2021-07-23T07:30:33","slug":"tapestry-crochet-guide","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/raffamusadesigns.com\/tapestry-crochet-guide\/","title":{"rendered":"The Ultimate Guide to Tapestry Crochet \u2013 With Step-by-Step Photos"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

If you\u2019re new to tapestry crochet<\/strong>, and maybe still intimidated by it, trust me, this is a technique that you really want to learn!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Once you win the fear of working with more than one strand of yarn<\/strong> and change colors, you’ll absolutely love all the possibilities that tapestry crochet opens up for your hook!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What is Tapestry Crochet?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Tapestry crochet is a beautiful colorwork technique<\/strong> that allows you to create detailed graphic patterns by using 2 or more strands of yarn<\/strong> of different colors. All the colors needed for your work are carried inside your stitches at all times<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Colorwork, intarsia, fair isle, or Mochilla crochet?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Sometimes, you might find other names instead of tapestry crochet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

There is who calls it intarsia crochet<\/em>, who calls it fair isle<\/em>, crochet colorwork<\/em>, or mochila crochet<\/em>. However, all these terms are quite inaccurate or too broad.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In fact, crochet colorwork<\/strong> is just the broadest term to indicate any crochet pattern that uses more than one color, such as tapestry, intarsia, corner to corner (C2C), etc.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On the other hand, intarsia crochet<\/strong> is similar to tapestry with the difference that the unused colors are not carried inside your stitches. Instead, you’ll find them visible on the back of your work. In a way, it is similar to knitting fair isle<\/strong>! So, the term fair isle<\/em> was borrowed from knitting but it is not really accurate for crochet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lastly, Mochilla crochet<\/strong> indicates a specific style of crochet bags original of the Wayuu Tribe in Colombia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What Stitches do you Use for tapestry crochet?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Tapestry crochet only uses basic stitches, such as single crochet, half double crochet, or double crochet. So, this technique is totally accessible to beginner crocheters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The 5 most common stitches to make a tapestry crochet pattern are:<\/p>\n\n\n\n