Introduction

• According to Dr. Carol Ventura, art professor at Tennessee Technological University, tapestry crochet technique resembles single crochet stitch technique. The key difference is the carried yarn that is worked into the single crochet of the project.
  
  

Location of the Second Yarn Color

• Tapestry crochet is fashioned into the single crochet stitch by working a continuous, extra color of yarn just below the topmost loops of a row of single crochet. The second yarn color is hidden within the single crochet stitch. Until the second color is used, it will not be visible on either side of the project.
  
  

Carrying a Color: Adding a Second Yarn Color into the Stitches

• Insert the crochet hook into one of the top loops of a row of single crochet while holding the second yarn color horizontally along and between the top row's two already completed horizontal loops. Allow an inch of the second color of yarn to hang out in the back of the work; it may be trimmed when the project is finished. Continue single crocheting under and over the second yarn color, while aligning the second yarn color's strand within the single crochet stitches. A horizontal line of the second yarn color will be securely fashioned into the row of single crochet stitches.
  
  

Tapestry Crochet Stitch

• To begin a tapestry crochet stitch, start with a new single crochet stitch in the original color. The hook will already have a loop in the original color when starting the new single crochet stitch. Pull through one loop of the single crochet stitch in the original color, so that there are two loops on the crochet hook. Pick up a loop of the new yarn color on the end of the hook and pull it through both loops of the original yarn color. Continue making single crochets with the new color, while carrying the original color between the new row of stitches.
  
  

Avoiding Reverse Stitches After Turns

• If the project calls for continuous stitches with no turns, such as for a round crocheted item, no turns are needed. If the project requires back and forth stitch rows instead, the stitches must be reversed because crochet always has a right side and a wrong side.
  
  Back-and-forth stitch rows that look identical may be achieved two ways: either crochet alternate rows right-handed and then left-handed or pull each single crochet stitch through from back to front on one row, followed by a row of stitches pulled from front to back.
  
  

More Yarn Changes

• Each time that the project's pattern calls for a new color, make a tapestry crochet stitch in the new color and continue with single crochet stitches, carrying the yarn color or colors that need to be hidden in the project. The carried yarns give the finished project greater strength and thickness.