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Free tapestry crochet pattern
Cable Car
By StitchingLab ·
This 50×50 chart finishes at roughly 13×12 inches in worsted-weight tapestry crochet, using 2 colors — a clean two-color project — a good first counted chart. Worked as tapestry crochet it suits a cushion front, tote panel, or one bold graphgan square. The grid, materials estimate, and written row-by-row instructions below are all free; open the chart in the editor to resize it or swap the palette to yarns you already own.
- Stitch type
- Tapestry crochet
- Grid
- 50 × 50
- Colors
- 2
Make it fit your project
This chart is 50×50 stitches — about 13×12″ in worsted-weight tapestry crochet. Pick a project and the motif rescales onto the right canvas (centered, never stretched), ready to fine-tune in the editor.
Chart
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Materials
834g total · 2 colors
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Patons · Classic Wool · Dark Green Heather
745 stitches · ~249g · 3 skeins
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Bernat · Super Value · White
1,755 stitches · ~585g · 3 skeins
Project kit
Gear this chart actually calls for
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Clover Amour Crochet Hook Set
Comfort-grip hooks in every size a chart can call for — one set covers the whole CYC weight range. — 4.5-5.5 mm (7 to I-9) — one size down hides the carried strand
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Tapestry Needles
Blunt-tip needles for weaving in the ends every color change leaves behind.
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Locking Stitch Markers
Mark pattern repeats, color-section starts, and the first stitch of the round so a miscount never survives a row.
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Yarn Ball Winder
Center-pull cakes feed evenly and stand still while you work — worth it once a project runs to many skeins. — 6 skeins wind into tidy center-pull cakes
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Sharp Yarn Snips
Small, sharp snips cut yarn clean at every color change — cleaner joins and easier weaving-in than scissors.
Project reality check
intermediate- Strands at once
- 9
- Color changes
- 164
- Ends · intarsia
- 16
- Ends · tapestry
- 4
- Up to 9 strands will be active in a single row — wind one bobbin per strand before you start to avoid tangles.
Written instructions
- APatons Dark Green Heather
- BBernat White
Before you start
- Foundation: ch 51; sc in 2nd ch from hook and in each ch across (50 sc).
- Ch 1 at the start of every row (does not count as a stitch), turn.
- Change color on the LAST stitch of the old color: work the final yarn over with the new color.
- Tapestry style: carry the unused strand and crochet over it. Intarsia style: use a separate bobbin per color area and drop/pick up.
- US terms. RS rows are read right to left on the chart, WS rows left to right.
- 1 RS50 sc B
- 2 WS50 sc B
- 3 RS13 sc B24 sc A13 sc B
- 4 WS10 sc B30 sc A10 sc B
- 5 RS9 sc B32 sc A9 sc B
- 6 WS8 sc B34 sc A8 sc B
- 7 RS8 sc B5 sc A24 sc B5 sc A8 sc B
- 8 WS7 sc B4 sc A28 sc B4 sc A7 sc B
- 9 RS7 sc B4 sc A28 sc B4 sc A7 sc B
- 10 WS7 sc B3 sc A30 sc B3 sc A7 sc B
- 11 RS6 sc B4 sc A30 sc B4 sc A6 sc B
- 12 WS6 sc B4 sc A30 sc B4 sc A6 sc B
- 13 RS6 sc B4 sc A30 sc B4 sc A6 sc B
- 14 WS6 sc B38 sc A6 sc B
- 15 RS6 sc B38 sc A6 sc B
- 16 WS6 sc B38 sc A6 sc B
- 17 RS6 sc B5 sc A6 sc B4 sc A8 sc B4 sc A6 sc B5 sc A6 sc B
- 18 WS6 sc B4 sc A7 sc B4 sc A8 sc B4 sc A7 sc B4 sc A6 sc B
- 19 RS6 sc B4 sc A7 sc B4 sc A8 sc B4 sc A7 sc B4 sc A6 sc B
- 20 WS7 sc B3 sc A7 sc B4 sc A8 sc B4 sc A7 sc B3 sc A7 sc B
- 21 RS7 sc B4 sc A6 sc B4 sc A8 sc B4 sc A6 sc B4 sc A7 sc B
- 22 WS7 sc B4 sc A6 sc B4 sc A8 sc B4 sc A6 sc B4 sc A7 sc B
- 23 RS7 sc B5 sc A5 sc B4 sc A8 sc B4 sc A5 sc B5 sc A7 sc B
- 24 WS8 sc B34 sc A8 sc B
Show all 50 rows
- 25 RS9 sc B32 sc A9 sc B
- 26 WS10 sc B30 sc A10 sc B
- 27 RS12 sc B26 sc A12 sc B
- 28 WS23 sc B4 sc A23 sc B
- 29 RS23 sc B4 sc A23 sc B
- 30 WS4 sc B1 sc A18 sc B4 sc A23 sc B
- 31 RS23 sc B4 sc A14 sc B6 sc A3 sc B
- 32 WS2 sc B11 sc A10 sc B4 sc A23 sc B
- 33 RS23 sc B4 sc A6 sc B14 sc A3 sc B
- 34 WS6 sc B15 sc A2 sc B4 sc A23 sc B
- 35 RS23 sc B17 sc A10 sc B
- 36 WS14 sc B15 sc A21 sc B
- 37 RS17 sc B15 sc A18 sc B
- 38 WS22 sc B15 sc A13 sc B
- 39 RS9 sc B16 sc A25 sc B
- 40 WS30 sc B15 sc A5 sc B
- 41 RS3 sc B13 sc A34 sc B
- 42 WS38 sc B10 sc A2 sc B
- 43 RS3 sc B5 sc A20 sc B2 sc A20 sc B
- 44 WS19 sc B4 sc A27 sc B
- 45 RS20 sc B2 sc A5 sc B4 sc A19 sc B
- 46 WS20 sc B1 sc A6 sc B4 sc A19 sc B
- 47 RS19 sc B4 sc A27 sc B
- 48 WS28 sc B2 sc A20 sc B
- 49 RS50 sc B
- 50 WS50 sc B
Work the pattern · row tracker
Row tracker
Row 1 of 50 - 2% done · tap the chart to pin the exact stitch you’re on
Row 1 (RS) ← 50 sc B
Progress saves on this device and in the link above — down to the exact stitch when you’ve pinned one. Bookmark the link, or paste it into your Ravelry project notes to pick up precisely where you stopped, on any device.
Pattern code · SLPN v1
A canonical, lossless representation of this pattern. Paste it into any StitchingLab converter to reload, or share it as a single line of text.
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