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Free tapestry crochet pattern
Shield
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. 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
- 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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Knit Picks · Brava Worsted · Fjord
461 stitches · ~154g · 2 skeins
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Bernat · Super Value · White
2,039 stitches · ~680g · 4 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
- 5
- Color changes
- 168
- Ends · intarsia
- 6
- Ends · tapestry
- 4
- Up to 5 strands will be active in a single row — wind one bobbin per strand before you start to avoid tangles.
Written instructions
- AKnit Picks Fjord
- 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 RS24 sc B2 sc A24 sc B
- 4 WS21 sc B8 sc A21 sc B
- 5 RS19 sc B12 sc A19 sc B
- 6 WS17 sc B16 sc A17 sc B
- 7 RS15 sc B9 sc A2 sc B8 sc A16 sc B
- 8 WS14 sc B7 sc A8 sc B7 sc A14 sc B
- 9 RS13 sc B6 sc A12 sc B6 sc A13 sc B
- 10 WS12 sc B6 sc A14 sc B6 sc A12 sc B
- 11 RS11 sc B5 sc A18 sc B5 sc A11 sc B
- 12 WS10 sc B5 sc A20 sc B5 sc A10 sc B
- 13 RS9 sc B5 sc A22 sc B5 sc A9 sc B
- 14 WS9 sc B4 sc A24 sc B4 sc A9 sc B
- 15 RS8 sc B5 sc A24 sc B5 sc A8 sc B
- 16 WS8 sc B4 sc A26 sc B4 sc A8 sc B
- 17 RS7 sc B4 sc A28 sc B4 sc A7 sc B
- 18 WS7 sc B4 sc A28 sc B4 sc A7 sc B
- 19 RS7 sc B4 sc A28 sc B4 sc A7 sc B
- 20 WS7 sc B4 sc A28 sc B4 sc A7 sc B
- 21 RS7 sc B3 sc A30 sc B3 sc A7 sc B
- 22 WS7 sc B3 sc A30 sc B3 sc A7 sc B
- 23 RS6 sc B4 sc A30 sc B4 sc A6 sc B
- 24 WS6 sc B4 sc A30 sc B4 sc A6 sc B
Show all 50 rows
- 25 RS6 sc B4 sc A30 sc B4 sc A6 sc B
- 26 WS6 sc B4 sc A30 sc B4 sc A6 sc B
- 27 RS6 sc B4 sc A30 sc B4 sc A6 sc B
- 28 WS6 sc B4 sc A30 sc B4 sc A6 sc B
- 29 RS6 sc B4 sc A30 sc B4 sc A6 sc B
- 30 WS6 sc B4 sc A30 sc B4 sc A6 sc B
- 31 RS6 sc B4 sc A30 sc B4 sc A6 sc B
- 32 WS6 sc B4 sc A30 sc B4 sc A6 sc B
- 33 RS6 sc B4 sc A30 sc B4 sc A6 sc B
- 34 WS6 sc B4 sc A30 sc B4 sc A6 sc B
- 35 RS6 sc B4 sc A30 sc B4 sc A6 sc B
- 36 WS6 sc B4 sc A30 sc B4 sc A6 sc B
- 37 RS6 sc B4 sc A30 sc B4 sc A6 sc B
- 38 WS6 sc B4 sc A30 sc B4 sc A6 sc B
- 39 RS7 sc B8 sc A20 sc B8 sc A7 sc B
- 40 WS7 sc B11 sc A14 sc B11 sc A7 sc B
- 41 RS8 sc B12 sc A10 sc B12 sc A8 sc B
- 42 WS11 sc B10 sc A8 sc B10 sc A11 sc B
- 43 RS15 sc B8 sc A4 sc B8 sc A15 sc B
- 44 WS17 sc B7 sc A2 sc B7 sc A17 sc B
- 45 RS19 sc B12 sc A19 sc B
- 46 WS21 sc B8 sc A21 sc B
- 47 RS22 sc B6 sc A22 sc B
- 48 WS24 sc B2 sc A24 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
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