Tapestry Circles: new project

If you follow me on Facebook, you may already know that I have started to work on a new project. And it is in Tapestry crochet. I tried this technique a few times and I mainly used charts for cross stitch embroidery and translated them into crochet to make pillow throws. Every time I post about tapestry crochet it’s a huge success, but very often I hear you don’t know how to do it. So I decided to create my own design in this technique and to show you its basics.

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Tapestry crochet is used for designing many different kinds of projects. Those can be bags, rugs, pillows, wallets, and even some garments – like stiff coats, scarves. Every time I search for an inspiration I come across many mandala’s made in tapestry crochet with multiple color changes. These are truly advanced projects, but maybe one day I will become brave enough to design my own. 

But to begin I decided to choose something not so intricate. So I am making a pillow cover with repeated circle pattern. I chose Stone Washed yarn for my project in 10 different shades. The definition of stitches with this yarn is great and I believe it is a very good choice to start mastering tapestry crochet. The yarn is thick enough, and stitches become very neat and even.You can see my chosen palette HERE.

You can purchase your own shades of Stone Washed yarn via Wool Warehouse* and Deramores*(international shipping), Paradise Fibers* (US) or in your local Scheepjes shop.

This project is a kind of challenge for me, as probably for the first time I didn’t think much about the colours. I wanted them to be bright, contrast and, how to say, not so matching. I wanted this pillow to become a bright accent. But it is of course possible to make in just 2 shades. And with not so many contrasts…

Next week I will show you finished pillow (fingers crossed that you will like it). And there will be also a photo-tutorial published about the basics of tapestry crochet. Stay tuned!

UPDATE: you can see pictures of the finished pillow HERE.And free pattern is available HERE.

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