Bag stripes: Tapestry Crochet Colorwork Generator

Stripes designed around a central panel

This eighteen-stitch, fourteen-row rectangle uses a broad rust center, two narrow navy separators and cream outer fields. It is a colorwork panel study for a separately constructed bag. The tool does not add a gusset, lining, handles or a load-tested strap. Its design question is whether three vertical regions remain balanced when their yarn supplies must be managed across every turned row.

Map the five bands before starting

Read the source from left to right as four cream columns, two navy columns, six rust columns, two navy columns and four cream columns. The widths total eighteen. Through fourteen rows they produce 112 cream stitches, fifty-six navy stitches and eighty-four rust stitches. Both cream margins have the same width, and each separator is deliberately narrower than either outer field. This arithmetic provides a check independent of how attractive the displayed palette looks.

Keep the sides suitable for assembly

Use yarn and hook appropriate to the fabric needed for the eventual bag and make the full study first. A dense carried-yarn fabric can be useful, but density does not establish strength or a safe carrying capacity. If a seam will consume the outermost stitch, the visible cream margin will be reduced. Reserve or redesign seam allowance in the complete bag plan rather than assuming invisible columns exist beyond the supplied graph.

Manage long vertical color fields

The bands repeat unchanged in every horizontal chart row. Their working order reverses whenever the crochet turns, even though the intended front view remains fixed. Separate yarn supplies for the two disconnected navy strips can prevent a long navy carry behind rust. Choose that approach after a sample, and keep the supplies labeled so the left and right cream areas do not become tangled. Change on the last pull-through before entering each new band.

Measure the finished panel

Complete fourteen rows without adding corner increases or an unlisted edging. Fasten and weave the ends, then finish the fabric as the intended bag will be cleaned. Measure its relaxed dimensions and count the usable seam edge. If eighteen stitches are too narrow, author a larger stripe layout with explicit band widths. Enlarging only the cream edges changes the visual balance, while enlarging all bands also changes yarn consumption and the number of carried stitches.

Practical questions and repairs

Is this a complete tote pattern?

No. It is the counted decorative fabric. Use a separate checked construction for panels, base, seams, closures and handles.

Why are the separators different widths?

Each must be two columns. Find the first boundary where a color change happened early or late, and undo there rather than moving the opposite boundary.

Can I estimate yarn from the color totals?

They count visible stitches only. Long carries, separate supplies and tails change consumption, so measure an actual representative sample.

Exact parameters and complete pattern

Set width 18 stitches and height 14 rows, with US terminology. The palette and visible stitch budgets are yarn 1 #EDE2CA: 112 stitches; yarn 2 #234E69: 56 stitches; yarn 3 #BB633A: 84 stitches. These totals exclude carried lengths and tails. All 252 cells are worked once. In UK terminology every US sc below is dc; changing terminology preserves the graph.

Download the exact original project JSON and restore it in the Tapestry Crochet Colorwork Generator. The chart shows the bottom row first in the working order, the separate foundation and alternating arrows. Read the stitch-chart guide when comparing chart coordinates with the written route. Finish after the final row by fastening off and weaving all yarn ends; no border is included.

1. In the first listed working color, ch 19. Start in the second chain from hook. Read right to left: #EDE2CA, #EDE2CA, #EDE2CA, #EDE2CA, #234E69, #234E69, #BB633A, #BB633A, #BB633A, #BB633A, #BB633A, #BB633A, #234E69, #234E69, #EDE2CA, #EDE2CA, #EDE2CA, #EDE2CA. Work one sc per cell; change color on final pull-through. Carry inactive yarn loosely. [18 stitches]
2. Ch 1, turn (does not count). Read left to right: #EDE2CA, #EDE2CA, #EDE2CA, #EDE2CA, #234E69, #234E69, #BB633A, #BB633A, #BB633A, #BB633A, #BB633A, #BB633A, #234E69, #234E69, #EDE2CA, #EDE2CA, #EDE2CA, #EDE2CA. Work one sc per cell; change color on final pull-through. Carry inactive yarn loosely. [18 stitches]
3. Ch 1, turn (does not count). Read right to left: #EDE2CA, #EDE2CA, #EDE2CA, #EDE2CA, #234E69, #234E69, #BB633A, #BB633A, #BB633A, #BB633A, #BB633A, #BB633A, #234E69, #234E69, #EDE2CA, #EDE2CA, #EDE2CA, #EDE2CA. Work one sc per cell; change color on final pull-through. Carry inactive yarn loosely. [18 stitches]
4. Ch 1, turn (does not count). Read left to right: #EDE2CA, #EDE2CA, #EDE2CA, #EDE2CA, #234E69, #234E69, #BB633A, #BB633A, #BB633A, #BB633A, #BB633A, #BB633A, #234E69, #234E69, #EDE2CA, #EDE2CA, #EDE2CA, #EDE2CA. Work one sc per cell; change color on final pull-through. Carry inactive yarn loosely. [18 stitches]
5. Ch 1, turn (does not count). Read right to left: #EDE2CA, #EDE2CA, #EDE2CA, #EDE2CA, #234E69, #234E69, #BB633A, #BB633A, #BB633A, #BB633A, #BB633A, #BB633A, #234E69, #234E69, #EDE2CA, #EDE2CA, #EDE2CA, #EDE2CA. Work one sc per cell; change color on final pull-through. Carry inactive yarn loosely. [18 stitches]
6. Ch 1, turn (does not count). Read left to right: #EDE2CA, #EDE2CA, #EDE2CA, #EDE2CA, #234E69, #234E69, #BB633A, #BB633A, #BB633A, #BB633A, #BB633A, #BB633A, #234E69, #234E69, #EDE2CA, #EDE2CA, #EDE2CA, #EDE2CA. Work one sc per cell; change color on final pull-through. Carry inactive yarn loosely. [18 stitches]
7. Ch 1, turn (does not count). Read right to left: #EDE2CA, #EDE2CA, #EDE2CA, #EDE2CA, #234E69, #234E69, #BB633A, #BB633A, #BB633A, #BB633A, #BB633A, #BB633A, #234E69, #234E69, #EDE2CA, #EDE2CA, #EDE2CA, #EDE2CA. Work one sc per cell; change color on final pull-through. Carry inactive yarn loosely. [18 stitches]
8. Ch 1, turn (does not count). Read left to right: #EDE2CA, #EDE2CA, #EDE2CA, #EDE2CA, #234E69, #234E69, #BB633A, #BB633A, #BB633A, #BB633A, #BB633A, #BB633A, #234E69, #234E69, #EDE2CA, #EDE2CA, #EDE2CA, #EDE2CA. Work one sc per cell; change color on final pull-through. Carry inactive yarn loosely. [18 stitches]
9. Ch 1, turn (does not count). Read right to left: #EDE2CA, #EDE2CA, #EDE2CA, #EDE2CA, #234E69, #234E69, #BB633A, #BB633A, #BB633A, #BB633A, #BB633A, #BB633A, #234E69, #234E69, #EDE2CA, #EDE2CA, #EDE2CA, #EDE2CA. Work one sc per cell; change color on final pull-through. Carry inactive yarn loosely. [18 stitches]
10. Ch 1, turn (does not count). Read left to right: #EDE2CA, #EDE2CA, #EDE2CA, #EDE2CA, #234E69, #234E69, #BB633A, #BB633A, #BB633A, #BB633A, #BB633A, #BB633A, #234E69, #234E69, #EDE2CA, #EDE2CA, #EDE2CA, #EDE2CA. Work one sc per cell; change color on final pull-through. Carry inactive yarn loosely. [18 stitches]
11. Ch 1, turn (does not count). Read right to left: #EDE2CA, #EDE2CA, #EDE2CA, #EDE2CA, #234E69, #234E69, #BB633A, #BB633A, #BB633A, #BB633A, #BB633A, #BB633A, #234E69, #234E69, #EDE2CA, #EDE2CA, #EDE2CA, #EDE2CA. Work one sc per cell; change color on final pull-through. Carry inactive yarn loosely. [18 stitches]
12. Ch 1, turn (does not count). Read left to right: #EDE2CA, #EDE2CA, #EDE2CA, #EDE2CA, #234E69, #234E69, #BB633A, #BB633A, #BB633A, #BB633A, #BB633A, #BB633A, #234E69, #234E69, #EDE2CA, #EDE2CA, #EDE2CA, #EDE2CA. Work one sc per cell; change color on final pull-through. Carry inactive yarn loosely. [18 stitches]
13. Ch 1, turn (does not count). Read right to left: #EDE2CA, #EDE2CA, #EDE2CA, #EDE2CA, #234E69, #234E69, #BB633A, #BB633A, #BB633A, #BB633A, #BB633A, #BB633A, #234E69, #234E69, #EDE2CA, #EDE2CA, #EDE2CA, #EDE2CA. Work one sc per cell; change color on final pull-through. Carry inactive yarn loosely. [18 stitches]
14. Ch 1, turn (does not count). Read left to right: #EDE2CA, #EDE2CA, #EDE2CA, #EDE2CA, #234E69, #234E69, #BB633A, #BB633A, #BB633A, #BB633A, #BB633A, #BB633A, #234E69, #234E69, #EDE2CA, #EDE2CA, #EDE2CA, #EDE2CA. Work one sc per cell; change color on final pull-through. Carry inactive yarn loosely. [18 stitches]