RUBY DIAMOND - free tapestry crochet pattern

Hello everyone!

I know I've been a little bit absent of the virtual world, but I really needed some time to refocus and enjoy crocheting again! I was getting caught by the stress of social media performance, which was putting me into a creative rut, making me loose sight of why I started crocheting in the first place and taking the fun out of it all.

I started learning tapestry crochet because it appeared to me as a beautiful, intricate and challenging crochet technique. I immediatly fell in love with it, with all the creative possibilities, like a whole new world in front of me. I hoped that with my work I would be able to bring more peolple into trying and loving tapestry crochet. Now, I'm slowly getting my crojo back and one of my resolutions is to create some FREE PATTERNS. That way I can really share with you my journey and what I've learned and still am learning!

Blue Ombré Pattern

I've wanted for a while to do some ombré pattern. I love the gradient effect and I think that the tapestry technique is ideal for it. I had a lot of different shades of blue, cause let's face it, it's my favourite color, so I decided it was just perfect for the design.

I didn't wanted to do a basic stripe gradient even if I love them, specially in blankets. As usual, I needed to spice it up and create somethig a bit more intricate (as if tapestry crochet isn't challenging enough) and came up with spikes that makes me think of mountains in the horizon.

Always loyal to Katia's Mississippi 3 yarn with 3 shades of blue plus off white and a simple white zipper for the closure with no lining.

This pouch is approximately H - 15 cm/5,9 inches; W - 21 cm/8,2 inches.

You can use it as you want. As a clutch, as a cosmetic bag that you can use at home or to carry with you in your daily purse. 

If you love to craft and crochet, this pouch can carry a lot of hooks, needles and other crafting materials!

I think that this one would look so beautiful with any color but I really want to make another one (sometime in the future) with a black/gray/white gradient!

If you'd like to give this pattern a try, it's available at my Etsy Shop. 

The PDF has a total of 10 pages, including the cover, where you'll find a beginner friendly english tutorial with instructions and pictures that will walk you through the making of the pouch. Nonetheless, you NEED to know the basics of crocheting.

If you are a more experienced crocheter you'll be able to go directly to the written pattern and tapestry chart.

You can also follow me on Facebook, Instagram (@thestoryofamulberry) and Pinterest to see beautiful crochet goodies, sneak peeks of my work in progress, giveaways and hopefully be inspired.

See you soon,

The Story of a Mulberry

Tapestry Crochet Cosmetic Bag Patterns

When I started to design the pattern for the "Make up" pouch all I knew was that I wanted a bag that would measure between 18 to 20 cm W with a 3mm crochet hook. My first question was "How am I going to design the letters? How am I going to determine the number of stitches for each letters for the word to fit this specific size?"  I looked online for patterns of letters for cross stitch projects and I found quite a few but none that would meet my needs. So I use those patterns as a starting point and I had to adapt them. Once I managed to figure it out and made the pouch, I was so in love with it that I thought why not do more cosmetic pouches with different words now that I know how to design the letters? That's how this collection was born. I made 4 pouches so far and I'm intending to do some more in the future. I just miss doing my 6 colour tapestry crochet clutches!

To know more and see more details about each of the pouches, just click the titles below.

The Mascara Crochet Cosmetic Pouch

I finally managed to write down the pattern of the "Mascara" tapestry crochet cosmetic pouch. It's the last tapestry design of my "writings" collection! Well, the last one for now! I'm surely gonna make some more in a near future and grow the collection! I really fell in love with crocheting letters and words and I love the designs I created! It was a crochet project adventure with a happy ending! I can't wait to do more different projects with all kinds of writings and why not crocheting sentences and not just words?!

The "Lipstick" Crochet Cosmetic Bag

For this third cosmetic bag made for the "WRITINGS" collection I chose the word "lipstick". After the "Make Up" and the "Beauty Stuff" designs I decided to go with some more specific words of the cosmetic world and "lipstick" seemed to be the perfect one. 

Cosmetic Pouch Tapestry Crochet PATTERN

This is the second pattern I designed for the "Writing" colection of modern crochet cosmetic pouches. I chose a burgundy tone colour cause I love them and it's a happy coincidence that it's a very trendy colour at the moment!

The "MAKE UP" Crochet Cosmetic Pouch

A while ago I took a different road on my #tapestrycrochet adventure and decided to do some modern cosmetic pouches. I've been a little more interested in make up than usual and bought some new beauty stuff but didn't really had a cosmetic bag for my make up. So I grabbed my pencil, doodled some designs and came up with this pattern.

Woven Artsy Wall Crochet Clutch

It seems that colorful tapestry crochet clutches are here to stay. This is my third one after the Rainbow Mountain Pikes [see here] and the Diamond Forest [see here] and I'm already thinking about the next one! All the designs and color possibilities make tapestry crochet very interesting, challenging and appealing, at least to me. You're sure to never be bored with it, maybe frustrated sometimes but never bored!