Tapestry Crochet

We all know what a tapestry is. It is a heavy cloth that is woven with designs or scenes. Tapestries are usually placed on walls, for decoration purposes; or over furniture, to cover them.

If anyone would say that there’s such thing as tapestry crochet, a lot of people would not believe that person. This is because tapestries are very, very heavy! And it would be really difficult to make such a tapestry crochet!

But don’t mind the difficulty in making tapestry crochet because it certainly can be done! All you have to do is modify some of the traditional crochet techniques, and you can come up with your own tapestry crochet.

Remember that in making tapestry crochet, you have to use a standard crochet hook and, of course, yarn. Thread can also be used in place of yarn. But it is recommended to use yarn, instead of thread. In order to make the picture for your pattern, single crochet stitches should be used for tapestry crochet. And here comes the feature that makes tapestry crochet distinct from other ordinary crochet pieces: the stitching must all be done on the right side of your material. This is unlike ordinary crochet pieces, where you do the stitching from both sides. So, how do you do this exactly? It actually helps to make some sort of circular line or boundary on the right side of your material. To make sure that you don’t cross the left side, just stay within the circled area.

There is actually a reason why single crochet stitching is recommended for a tapestry crochet. You see, single crochet stitches are very packed together. They are placed together so strongly, that they appear to be very compact. Also, single crochet stitches are bigger in size, than the rest of the other stitches. This kind of stitch would then be appropriate because of the size a typical tapestry crochet has. Plus, these stitches have spaces in between. These spaces provide a distinct quality to your piece.

But there’s an off side to the spaces as well. If you use a bigger size hook, your stitches will also appear bigger. This is not something anyone would like to have on a tapestry crochet. Bigger spaces indicate that the design of the tapestry crochet would very well be unclear. The spaces in between stitches may lead to the piece’s design being too vague. And this is clearly something any crochet enthusiast would want to avoid.

Now that you know making a tapestry crochet is very possible, you can now go to the next step of finding a pattern of your own! So, grab a pattern and start crocheting away!