Skull pattern - modified from the Domiknitrix chart

Please e-mail me for a copy of the chart I used to create this. It is modified from the Domiknitrix chart.

This pattern is worked in tapestry crochet, which is a method used for working with multiple colors easily allowing color changes.

To do a tapestry crochet pattern, you carry the unused color(s) along the top of the stitch row below, working your stitch around the unused yarn. When you wish to switch color, you simply complete the last stitch of the old color to the point of the last yarn over, then pull the new color up and yarn over with that, pulling it through your loops to complete the stitch. This is the same method you might use for a color change in more traditional crochet but with this method you do not have all the yarn tails to work in later.

This method has been well documented by crochet artist Carol Ventura on her web site and in her books and free online videos. She also has several free patterns available online at various sites if you enjoy this method and wish to do more with it. I will put her link in the footnotes of this pattern.

Here is an image of how this method looks when you are working it.

Abbreviations used for this pattern:

MC = Main Color
CC = Contrasting Color
SC = Single Crochet
CH = Chain Stitch
WS = Wrong Side facing row
RS = Right Side facing row
SL ST = Slip Stitch

This pattern is worked in single crochet.

With MC chain 50
Row 1~3 - MC 49
Row 4 - MC 23, CC 2, MC 24
Row 5 - MC 19, CC 6, MC 2, CC 2, MC 20
Row 6 - MC 19, CC 4, MC 2, CC 7, MC 19
Row 7 - MC 18. CC 16, MC 17
Row 8 - MC 15, CC 20, MC 14
Row 9 - MC 13, CC 22, MC 14
Row 10 - MC 13, CC 24, MC 12
Row 11 - MC 11, CC 26, MC 12
Mouth
Row 12 - MC 11, CC 13, MC 3, CC 12 MC 10
Row 13 - MC 9, CC 7, MC 17, CC 6, MC, 10

All rows are worked from the right side in this section work by fastening off each row and joining yarn on the opposite side to work pattern from right side again.

Row 14 - MC 10, CC 5, MC 3, CC 1, MC 1, CC 1, MC 1, CC 1, MC 2, CC 1, MC 1, CC 1, MC 1, CC 1, MC 1, CC 1, MC 3, CC 6, MC 8 (three teeth, space, four teeth) Fasten off

Row 15 - MC 9, CC 5, MC 2, CC 1, MC 1, CC 1, MC 1, CC1 , MC 1, CC 1, MC 2, CC 1, MC 1, CC 1, MC 1, CC 1, MC 1, CC 1, MC 3, CC 6, MC 8 – (four teeth, space, four teeth) Fasten off

Row 16 - MC 9, CC 5, MC 19, CC 1, MC 3, CC 5, MC 7, Fasten off

Row 17 - MC 8, CC 4, MC 8, CC 1, MC 1, CC 2, MC 1, CC 2, MC 1, CC 1, MC 5, CC 1, MC 2, CC 4, MC 7, Fasten off

Row 18 - MC 8, CC 4, MC 3, CC 1, MC 1, CC 1, MC 1, CC 1, MC 1,CC 1, MC 1, CC 2, MC 1, CC 2, MC 1, CC 1, MC 1, CC 1, MC 1, CC 1, MC 5, CC 4, MC 6, (4 small teeth, 2 big teeth, 3 small teeth) Fasten off

Row 19 - MC 8, CC 4, MC 1, CC 1, MC 1, CC 1, MC 1, CC 1, MC 1, CC 1, MC 11, CC 1, MC 1, CC 1, MC 1, CC 1, MC 1, CC 1, MC 1, CC 4, MC 6, (four teeth, space, four teeth) Fasten off

End of Special Mouth section. The rest of the pattern is worked in back and forth rows.



Row 20 - MC 8, CC 4, MC 9, CC 8, MC 10, CC 4, MC 6 Do Not Fasten off!
Row 21 - MC 6, CC 3, MC 3, CC 23, MC 2, CC 4, MC 8
Row 22 - MC 8, CC 3, MC 2, CC 25. MC 2. CC 3, MC 6
Row 23 - MC 6, CC 2, MC 2, CC 11, MC 5, CC 11, MC 3, CC 1, MC 8
Row 24 - MC 11, CC 11, MC 7, CC 4, MC 1, CC 6, MC 2, CC 1, MC 6
Row 25 - MC 8, CC 3, MC 1, CC 1, MC 3, CC 4, MC 7, CC 14, MC 8
Row 26 - MC 7, CC 15, MC 7, CC 5, MC 5, CC 3, MC 7
Row 27 - MC 6, CC 8, MC 1, CC 6, MC 5, CC 16, MC 7
Row 28 - MC 6, CC 17, MC 5, CC 15, MC 6
Row 29 - MC 5, CC 16, MC 4, CC 18, MC 6
Row 30 - MC 6, CC 6, MC 5, CC 7, MC 3, CC 6, MC 4, CC 7, MC 5
Row 31 - MC 5, CC 6, MC 7, CC 4, MC 2, CC 6, MC 8, CC 5, MC 6
Row 32 - MC 7, CC 3, MC 10, CC 5, MC 1, CC 4, MC 9, CC 5, MC 5
Row 33 - MC 6, CC 3, MC 11, CC 8, MC 10, CC 4, MC 1, CC 1, MC 5
Row 34 - MC 5, CC 1, MC 1, CC 3, MC 11, CC 8, MC 11, CC 2, MC 7
Row 35 - MC 5, CC 1, MC 1, CC 2, MC 11, CC 8, MC 11, CC 3, MC 1, CC 2, MC 4
Row 36 - MC 4, CC 2, MC 2, CC 3, MC 10, CC 8, MC 10, CC 2, MC 2, CC 2, MC 4
Row 37 - MC 4, CC 3, MC 1, CC 3, MC 8, CC 10, MC 8, CC 3, MC 3, CC 2, MC 4
Row 38 - MC 4, CC 3, MC 2, CC 2, MC 1, CC 1, MC 6, CC 12, MC 6, CC 3, MC 2, CC 3, MC 4
Row 39 - MC 4, CC 2, MC 5, CC 2, MC 3, CC 16, MC 5, CC 3, MC 1, CC 4, MC 4
Row 40 - MC 3, CC 5, MC 1, CC 28, MC 2, CC 2, MC 1, CC 4, MC 3
Row 41 - MC 3, CC 4, MC 3, CC 30, MC 1 CC 5, MC 3
Row 42 - MC 3, CC 3, MC 3, CC 31, MC 1, CC 5, MC 3
Row 43 - MC 3, CC 4, MC 2, CC 33, MC 1, CC 3, MC 3
Row 44 - MC 3, CC 36, MC 2, CC 5, MC 3
Row 45 - MC 4, CC 41, MC 4
Row 46 - MC 4, CC 41, MC 4
Row 47 - MC 4, CC 41, MC 4
Row 48 - MC 5, CC 40, MC 4
Row 49 - MC 5, CC 39, MC 5
Row 50 - MC 6, CC 38, MC 5
Row 51 - MC 6, CC 36, MC 7
Row 52 - MC 7, CC 36, MC 6
Row 53 - MC 7, CC 33, MC 9
Row 54 - MC 9, CC 33, MC 7
Row 55 - MC 8, CC 31, MC 10
Row 56 - MC 12, CC 27, MC 10
Row 57 - MC 12, CC 24, MC 13
Row 58 - MC 15, CC 20, MC 14
Row 59 - MC 17, CC 15, MC 17
Row 60 - MC 20, CC 10, MC 19
Row 61~64 MC 49

The chart only shows 3 rows here above the skull but I have added a fourth to allow for a fastener to be attached easily.

Fasten off.


Links for this bag
Carol Ventura – Tapestry Crochet
http://www.tapestrycrochet.com/

Changing color
http://www.stitchdiva.com/custom.aspx?id=129

How to work from a chart or graph
http://www.crochetnmore.com/chartcrochet.htm
http://www.crochetcabana.com/specialty/working-from-a-graph.htm