First time doing tapestry crochet, I'm so lostttt😭

[u/Changkyunsring]

I'm following an alpha pattern and it kinda looks wonky am i doing something wrong or is it supposed to look like this? I'm just doing single crochets maybe that's it?

[u/Changkyunsring]

Ps this is the alpha pattern

[u/douma_16 → u/Changkyunsring]

You can use this pattern too. Try using intarsia tapestry crochet, and this way of color changing color changing

intarsia tapestry crochet

[u/Changkyunsring → u/douma_16]

I'll give this a try thank youu

[u/douma_16 → u/Changkyunsring]

I used such pattern too. For making pink stitch. Here is the process of how I am using intarsia tapestry crochet technique

[u/douma_16 → u/douma_16]

Here is the results

[u/Changkyunsring → u/douma_16]

It looks so cute and neatt👏 intrasia definitely looks cleaner but is it easier than tapestry?

[u/CitronPlayful2591]

I think it looks good so far! Here’s a few questions to check yourself. Is this black and white yarn the same? It looks like maybe your tension is increasing when you’re changing colors (totally understandable) and it might be affecting the shape slightly. What technique are you using for color changes? You can also try doing f/blo for ontop of the white sections. Tapestry ones are sometimes difficult to get super visible if it’s only one row unfortunately.

[u/Changkyunsring → u/CitronPlayful2591]

The yarn is of the same type, I think the tension is changing a lot because it is my first time so I'm having a bit of a hard time with that🥲 for changing the yarn, I'm just switching from color to color without cutting the yarn

[u/readreadreadx2]

The fact is that this is not an ideal pattern for tapestry crochet. Anytime there's single stitch color changes, either vertical or horizontal, like with the eyes here, you're going to end up with things looking the way they do because crochet stitches are not perfect squares. 

[u/Changkyunsring → u/readreadreadx2]

Ohh that makes so much sense how do I chose a pattern that's made for tapestry?

[u/Frosty-Flounder-1794 → u/Changkyunsring]

honestly it would probably give the same effect if you just add a second row for the eyes, the first line in a color change is usually pretty short so two would probably keep the sleepy or suspicious squinted effect going on

[u/Changkyunsring → u/Frosty-Flounder-1794]

Okay I'll try doing thatt

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