Tapestry Crochet With Wooden Dowels

Tapestry Crochet with Wooden Dowels - A First Attempt Project

1. Yarn (white, yellow, and sky blue)
2. 4 dowels
3. Crochet hook/needle 5 mm
4. Scissors

Pattern Symbols

ch = chain

sl st = Slip Stitch

sc = single crochet

dc = double crochet

dow = dowel

Row 1 - 33 ch

Row 2 - 1 ch, 33 sc

Row 3 - 34 sc with the stitch over the dowel. Carefully insert the dowel from right to left as shown in pic 2-7.

Row 4 - 34 sc on the loops on the dowel

Row 5 - An additional row with 34 sc

Row 6 - Attach yellow yarn. 34 sc (refer to both the front and backside images)

Row 7 - Yellow yarn 34 sc (on top of the previous row of 33 sc in yellow yarn)

Row 9 & 10 - 34 sc each row of yellow yarn

Row 11 - White Yarn - 34 sc on the dowel

Row 12 - White Yarn - Add dowel with 34 sc on the loops on this new dowel

Row 13 - (White Yarn) 34 sc

Row 14 - (White Yarn) 34 sc

Row 15 - (Yellow Yarn) - 34 dc

Row 16 - (Yellow Yarn) - 34 dc

Row 17 - (Sky Blue Yarn) - Add dowel with 34 sc

Finally, I cut foot-long yarn and attached it in the bottom row with 4 white sets and 3 yellow.

This was my first attempt to try dowels as a tapestry pattern for crocheting. Stay tuned for more. Thanks for stopping by!