Trailing Vines Stitch: Tapestry Crochet Stitch Pattern Tutorial

Bring a big of jungle foliage to your crochet, with the Trailing Vines stitch! This tapestry crochet stitch pattern creates the style of hanging vines in crochet. By using just single crochet stitches and post double crochet stitches, you’ll be able to add a splash of greenery to any project. In this step by step crochet tutorial, you’ll find a crochet graph and written pattern that will walk you through changing colors for the stitch. Plus, there’s a crochet stitch youtube video tutorial for this as well!

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New to Tapestry Crochet or Crochet Color Work?

When I was first learning how to do crochet color work, I often felt so lost having to learn how to do color changes and reading crochet graphs. It can seem so intimidating to learn a new crochet skill! If you’re new to tapestry crochet or color work, then I’ve got just the resource for you.

Here on my blog, I’ve got a two free crochet tutorial for how to do tapestry crochet and intarsia crochet, which are the two most common crochet color work techniques. They’ll walk you through what each technique is, how to read crochet graphs, how to change colors in crochet, and a bunch of other tips I have for color work! You can find them here on my blog at:

– The Beginner’s Guide to Tapestry Crochet: (This technique is used when you would like to carry your yarn, and the color work is close together. I used this technique for the Trailing Vines Stitch.)

– The Beginner’s Guide to Intarsia Crochet:This technique is used when you don’t want to carry your yarn, and instead would like to use yarn bobbins.)

I’ve also created a step by step video tutorial for this stitch that walks you through how to do it! You can find it on my blog at: Trailing Vines Stitch Video Tutorial.

Stitch Exploration Event

This crochet stitch pattern is a part of the Stitch Exploration Event with Joy of Motion, Knitting With Chopsticks, and I! Throughout the month of June, we have put together 30 crochet stitches, with one releasing each day. They are all designed to help you grow your crochet skills, and range from lace stitches, to simple, to color work ones! You can find the post with all of the stitches at: Stitch Exploration Crochet Stitch Event.

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Supplies:

• Worsted Weight Yarn in 3 colors
  • Main Color (MC)
  • Green for leaf (Contrast Color – CC)
• US Size J (6mm) crochet hook
• Yarn needle for weaving in ends

Abbreviations:

• Ch = chain
• Sc = Single Crochet
• FPDC = Front Post Double Crochet
• BPDC = Back Post Double Crochet
• RS = Right Side
• WS = Wrong Side

Pattern Notes:

• This pattern is made using US crochet terminology.
• Ch 1 at beginning of row does not count as a stitch.
• The pattern involves color changes using tapestry or intarsia crochet. Experience with color work is recommended, but if you’re a beginner to tapestry crochet than you can totally do it! For a tutorial on how to do tapestry crochet, check out my Beginner’s Guide to Tapestry Crochet. For the tutorial for how to do intarsia crochet, check out my Beginner’s Guide to Intarsia Crochet.
• Want to avoid crochet mistakes while crocheting this pattern? Learn how to avoid them with my post on my blog: 10 Mistakes Common Mistakes Crocheters Make and How to Avoid Them.
• Color changes happen in the middle of the rows in this pattern. The color changes are indicated in the written pattern by a new color in parentheses (for example: (MC) sc 1, (SC) sc 2

Chart Notes:

• Each square on the chart represents 1 stitch.
• The chart is read starting from right to left, and alternating starting on each side of the chart.
• All odd numbered rows are right side rows, and all even rows are wrong side rows.

Trailing Vines Stitch Video Tutorial:

Trailing Vines Crochet Stitch Pattern:

Starting with the Main Color (MC).

Row 1 [WS]: (MC) ch 26, starting in second ch from hook, sc 25

Row 2-3 [RS-WS]: ch 1, turn, sc 25

Row 4 [RS]: (MC) sc 6, (CC) FPDC 1 around the post of the next stitch from the previous row, (MC) sc 11, (CC) FPDC 1 around the post of the next stitch from the previous row, (MC) sc 6

Row 5 [WS]: (MC) sc 2, (CC) sc 3, (MC) sc 1, (CC) BPDC 1 around the post of the FPDC you did in the previous row, (MC) sc 1, (CC) sc 3, (MC) sc 3, (CC) sc 3, (MC) sc 1, (CC) BPDC 1 around the post of the FPDC you did in the previous row, (MC) sc 1, (CC) sc 3, (MC) sc 2

Row 6 [RS]: (MC) sc 2, (CC) sc 3, (MC) sc 1, (CC) FPDC 1 around the post of the BPDC you did in the previous row, (MC) sc 1, (CC) sc 3, (MC) sc 3, (CC) sc 3, (MC) sc 1, (CC) FPDC 1 around the post of the BPDC you did in the previous row, (MC) sc 1, (CC) sc 3, (MC) sc 2

Row 7 [WS]: (MC) sc 2, (CC) sc 4, (CC) BPDC 1 around the post of the FPDC you did in the previous row, (CC) sc 4, (MC) sc 2, (CC) sc 4, (CC) BPDC 1 around the post of the FPDC you did in the previous row, (CC) sc 4, (MC) sc 2

Row 8 [RS]: (MC) sc 4, (CC) sc 2, (CC) FPDC 1 around the post of the BPDC you did in the previous row, (CC) sc 2, (MC) sc 7, (CC) sc 2, (CC) FPDC 1 around the post of the BPDC you did in the previous row, (CC) sc 2, (MC) sc 4

Row 9 [WS]: (MC) sc 6, (CC) BPDC 1 around the post of the FPDC you did in the previous row, (MC) sc 11, (CC) BPDC 1 around the post of the FPDC you did in the previous row, (MC) sc 6

Repeat Rows 2-9 till your swatch reaches the desired length. I repeated it a total of 3 times, plus 3 rows of sc in the main color. Once your swatch has reached the size you want it to be, fasten off and weave in your ends.

I hope that you love getting to use this crochet trailing vines stitch pattern! If you create anything with this stitch pattern, be sure to tag me on social media, @eclairemakery and use #eclairemakery so that I can share your projects. I can’t wait to see what you make!

Happy stitching,

Claire

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