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Free tapestry crochet pattern
Fish
By StitchingLab ·
This 60×60 chart finishes at roughly 15×14 inches in worsted-weight tapestry crochet, using 2 colors — a clean two-color project — a good first counted chart. In tapestry crochet this makes a pillow front or bag panel; repeat it for a full graphgan. 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
- 60 × 60
- Colors
- 2
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This chart is 60×60 stitches — about 15×14″ 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
1201g total · 2 colors
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Lion Brand · Wool-Ease · Oxford Grey
928 stitches · ~310g · 4 skeins
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Bernat · Super Value · White
2,672 stitches · ~891g · 5 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. — 9 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
advanced- Strands at once
- 11
- Color changes
- 326
- Ends · intarsia
- 16
- Ends · tapestry
- 4
- Up to 11 strands will be active in a single row — wind one bobbin per strand before you start to avoid tangles.
Written instructions
- ALion Brand Oxford Grey
- BBernat White
Before you start
- Foundation: ch 61; sc in 2nd ch from hook and in each ch across (60 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 RS60 sc B
- 2 WS60 sc B
- 3 RS60 sc B
- 4 WS60 sc B
- 5 RS60 sc B
- 6 WS60 sc B
- 7 RS23 sc B15 sc A22 sc B
- 8 WS22 sc B17 sc A21 sc B
- 9 RS20 sc B18 sc A22 sc B
- 10 WS23 sc B4 sc A9 sc B5 sc A19 sc B
- 11 RS19 sc B4 sc A9 sc B4 sc A24 sc B
- 12 WS24 sc B4 sc A10 sc B3 sc A19 sc B
- 13 RS19 sc B3 sc A10 sc B3 sc A16 sc B3 sc A6 sc B
- 14 WS5 sc B7 sc A13 sc B4 sc A5 sc B8 sc A18 sc B
- 15 RS16 sc B14 sc A1 sc B4 sc A12 sc B9 sc A4 sc B
- 16 WS4 sc B11 sc A11 sc B20 sc A14 sc B
- 17 RS12 sc B23 sc A9 sc B6 sc A2 sc B4 sc A4 sc B
- 18 WS4 sc B3 sc A5 sc B5 sc A7 sc B9 sc A3 sc B5 sc A1 sc B7 sc A11 sc B
- 19 RS10 sc B6 sc A4 sc B4 sc A6 sc B7 sc A6 sc B4 sc A6 sc B4 sc A3 sc B
- 20 WS3 sc B4 sc A7 sc B4 sc A3 sc B7 sc A7 sc B4 sc A7 sc B5 sc A9 sc B
- 21 RS8 sc B5 sc A8 sc B4 sc A9 sc B6 sc A2 sc B4 sc A7 sc B4 sc A3 sc B
- 22 WS3 sc B4 sc A8 sc B9 sc A11 sc B3 sc A10 sc B5 sc A7 sc B
- 23 RS6 sc B5 sc A11 sc B4 sc A11 sc B8 sc A8 sc B4 sc A3 sc B
- 24 WS3 sc B4 sc A8 sc B7 sc A12 sc B4 sc A12 sc B4 sc A6 sc B
Show all 60 rows
- 25 RS5 sc B4 sc A14 sc B3 sc A13 sc B5 sc A9 sc B4 sc A3 sc B
- 26 WS4 sc B3 sc A9 sc B4 sc A14 sc B3 sc A14 sc B4 sc A5 sc B
- 27 RS4 sc B4 sc A15 sc B4 sc A13 sc B4 sc A8 sc B4 sc A4 sc B
- 28 WS4 sc B4 sc A7 sc B4 sc A14 sc B4 sc A7 sc B2 sc A6 sc B4 sc A4 sc B
- 29 RS4 sc B3 sc A6 sc B4 sc A6 sc B4 sc A14 sc B4 sc A6 sc B4 sc A5 sc B
- 30 WS5 sc B4 sc A6 sc B3 sc A15 sc B4 sc A6 sc B4 sc A6 sc B4 sc A3 sc B
- 31 RS3 sc B4 sc A6 sc B4 sc A6 sc B4 sc A15 sc B3 sc A6 sc B4 sc A5 sc B
- 32 WS5 sc B4 sc A6 sc B4 sc A14 sc B4 sc A7 sc B2 sc A7 sc B3 sc A4 sc B
- 33 RS4 sc B4 sc A15 sc B4 sc A14 sc B4 sc A7 sc B4 sc A4 sc B
- 34 WS4 sc B4 sc A8 sc B4 sc A13 sc B4 sc A15 sc B4 sc A4 sc B
- 35 RS5 sc B4 sc A14 sc B3 sc A14 sc B4 sc A9 sc B3 sc A4 sc B
- 36 WS3 sc B4 sc A9 sc B5 sc A13 sc B3 sc A14 sc B4 sc A5 sc B
- 37 RS6 sc B4 sc A12 sc B4 sc A12 sc B7 sc A8 sc B4 sc A3 sc B
- 38 WS3 sc B4 sc A8 sc B8 sc A11 sc B4 sc A11 sc B5 sc A6 sc B
- 39 RS7 sc B5 sc A10 sc B3 sc A11 sc B9 sc A8 sc B4 sc A3 sc B
- 40 WS3 sc B4 sc A7 sc B4 sc A2 sc B6 sc A9 sc B4 sc A8 sc B5 sc A8 sc B
- 41 RS9 sc B5 sc A7 sc B4 sc A7 sc B7 sc A3 sc B4 sc A7 sc B4 sc A3 sc B
- 42 WS3 sc B4 sc A6 sc B4 sc A6 sc B7 sc A6 sc B4 sc A4 sc B6 sc A10 sc B
- 43 RS11 sc B7 sc A1 sc B5 sc A3 sc B9 sc A7 sc B5 sc A5 sc B3 sc A4 sc B
- 44 WS4 sc B4 sc A2 sc B6 sc A8 sc B24 sc A12 sc B
- 45 RS14 sc B23 sc A8 sc B11 sc A4 sc B
- 46 WS4 sc B9 sc A10 sc B4 sc A3 sc B14 sc A16 sc B
- 47 RS18 sc B8 sc A8 sc B4 sc A10 sc B7 sc A5 sc B
- 48 WS6 sc B3 sc A13 sc B4 sc A12 sc B3 sc A19 sc B
- 49 RS19 sc B3 sc A13 sc B4 sc A21 sc B
- 50 WS20 sc B5 sc A12 sc B4 sc A19 sc B
- 51 RS19 sc B5 sc A12 sc B5 sc A19 sc B
- 52 WS19 sc B21 sc A20 sc B
- 53 RS21 sc B21 sc A18 sc B
- 54 WS19 sc B19 sc A22 sc B
- 55 RS60 sc B
- 56 WS60 sc B
- 57 RS60 sc B
- 58 WS60 sc B
- 59 RS60 sc B
- 60 WS60 sc B
Work the pattern · row tracker
Row tracker
Row 1 of 60 - 2% done
Row 1 (RS) ← 60 sc B
Progress saves on this device and in the link above — bookmark it, or paste it into your Ravelry project notes to pick up exactly where you stopped, on any device.
Pattern code · SLPN v1
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