90’s Slang Wall Hanging
Crochet Pattern
Tubular, dude! Get ready to bring a slice of the 90s into your home with this totally rad 90’s Slang Wall Hanging. This pattern features iconic 90s slang (like Trippin’, Phat, and 411) and is crafted using the Intarsia Method for a clean finish. Crochet in your favourite 90s-inspired colour palette and get ready to stitch some seriously tight phrases. This pattern is worked in single crochet and finished with a bobble border – includes graph and written instructions.
Our patterns are written a little differently with beginner and neurodivergent crafters in mind. The abbreviated instructions are followed by a breakdown in italics, making it easier to understand what you need to crochet in each round. If you’ve had trouble reading crochet patterns in the past, we hope that you’ll give ours a try!
The finished panel is approx. 43cm x 56cm after blocking
Pattern below 👇 and a free PDF and chart on Ravelry.
Materials
Aran weight acrylic yarn (SpotSaver USA) 260g (approx. 540m)
Yellow (Y) – used entire 200g skein
Pink (P)
Teal (T)
Blue (B)
4mm crochet hook (or size to suit your yarn)
16mm Wooden Dowel
Scissors
Tapestry needle
Stitch Markers (2)
Blocking Board or Mat with pins
Our patterns are written a little differently with beginner and neurodivergent crafters in mind. The abbreviated instructions are followed by a breakdown in italics, making it easier to understand what you need to crochet in each row / round. If you’ve had trouble reading crochet patterns in the past, we hope that you’ll give ours a try!
A PDF printer-friendly pattern is available on Ravelry and Etsy:
The Pattern
Please read the information below before starting the pattern:
Tapestry crochet can be worked in a number of different ways. For this example, we have used the Intarsia Method – single crochet and floating the colours on the wrong side.
We have changed colour in the last yarn over of the stitch BEFORE the new colour (i.e. with 2 chains left on the hook, yarn over and pull through with the new colour).
The yarn for each colour change is carried across the wrong side of the fabric as floats. When you change colour, simply drop the unused yarn to the back and pick up the new colour. On wrong side rows, pull the working yarn towards the front before completing the final yarn over with the new colour.
If you use the Intarsia method, be careful with the tension of your floats. If the floats are too tight, they will pull and warp the fabric. When the floats are over 4 stitches, it’s recommended to catch the floats as you crochet (there are videos on YouTube).
If you’re a beginner, you may find it easier to use the Tapestry method (crochet over the unused yarn) or the Cut and Tie Method.
You can follow the written pattern or the chart (available on Ravelry).
Written Pattern: Each colour is represented by a letter (e.g. Y = Yellow, P = Pink) with the number of stitches following it. Row 6 starts with Y60 (60 Yellow stitches).
Chart: Each little square represents 1 single crochet stitch. Right-handed crocheters start on the right side for Row 1 and the left side for Row 2 (vice versa for left-handers).
You can get creative and use the graph for cross-stitch, C2C Block Stitch, perler beads, etc.
Tip: Put a stitch marker in the first and last stitch of the row to help keep your edges straight.
Mark off the pattern as you go – it’s easy to lose your place!
Abbreviations (US terms)
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sc |
single crochet |
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st |
stitch |
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fasten off |
cut the yarn and pull through |
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(#) |
total number of blocks at the end of the row |
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* * |
repeat the instructions inside the asterisks |
Materials
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Aran weight acrylic yarn (SpotSaver USA) 260g (approx. 540m) – Yellow (Y) – used entire 200g skein – Pink (P) – Teal (T) – Blue (B) |
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4mm crochet hook (or size to suit your yarn) |
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16mm Wooden Dowel |
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Scissors |
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Tapestry needle |
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Stitch Markers (2) |
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Blocking Board or Mat with pins |
Gauge
Our gauge for the pattern is 17 stitches x 18 rows = 10 cm x 10 cm before blocking
It’s not important to meet gauge unless you want the finished tapestry to be the same size as ours. The most important thing is to match your yarn to your hook and tension. The fabric should be tight and stiff. We suggest using the same brand / type of yarn throughout.
The finished panel is approx. 43cm x 56cm after blocking
Chain does NOT count as a stitch
TURN at the end of each row
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Instructions |
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Odd numbered rows are the RIGHT SIDE Even numbered rows are the WRONG SIDE Read the chart starting at 1 – right to left and then 2 – left to right, alternating sides as you crochet (Instructions will be opposite to the above if you’re left-handed) The stitch count for each row is 90
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Row 1: |
Using Yellow, Foundation Single Crochet 90 or Chain 91, starting in the 2nd chain from the hook, single crochet in the back bump of each chain across |
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Row 2 – 5: |
Y90 (4 Rows) |
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Row 6: |
Y60, P3, Y27 |
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Row 7: |
Y26, P2, Y1, P2, Y59 |
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Row 8: |
Y62, P2, Y26 |
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Row 9: |
Y10, P3, Y4, P2, Y2, P2, Y3, P4, Y3, P4, Y2, P4, Y3, P2, Y4, P2, Y7, B2, Y4, B2, Y6, B2, Y13 |
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Row 10: |
Y13, B2, Y6, B2, Y4, B2, Y7, P2, Y4, P3, Y2, P2, Y1, P1, Y2, P2, Y1, P1, Y2, P6, Y2, P2, Y2, P2, Y3, P2, Y2, P1, Y9 |
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Row 11: |
Y12, P2, Y3, P2, Y2, P2, Y2, P2, Y2, P2, Y4, P2, Y4, P2, Y2, P3, Y3, P2, Y8, B2, Y4, B2, Y4, B8, Y9 |
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Row 12: |
Y9, B8, Y4, B2, Y4, B2, Y8, P2, Y3, P2, Y3, P2, Y4, P2, Y4, P2, Y2, P2, Y2, P3, Y1, P2, Y3, P2, Y12 |
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Row 13: |
Y12, P2, Y3, P5, Y3, P2, Y2, P2, Y4, P2, Y4, P2, Y3, P7, Y8, B2, Y4, B2, Y6, B2, Y2, B2, Y9 |
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Row 14: |
Y10, B2, Y1, B2, Y6, B2, Y4, B2, Y9, P2, Y2, P2, Y4, P1, Y5, P1, Y4, P6, Y3, P5, Y2, P4, Y11 |
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Row 15: |
Y12, P2, Y6, P2, Y4, P4, Y4, P2, Y4, P2, Y4, P2, Y1, P2, Y10, B2, Y4, B2, Y6, B5, Y10 |
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Row 16: |
Y11, B4, Y4, B4, Y2, B4, Y10, P2, Y1, P2, Y24, P2, Y6, P2, Y12 |
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Row 17: |
Y20, P2, Y12, P2, Y4, P2, Y4, P4, Y11, B3, Y3, B3, Y5, B3, Y12 |
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Row 18: |
Y13, B2, Y6, B2, Y4, B2, Y12, P2, Y5, P2, Y4, P2, Y12, P2, Y20 Fasten off Pink and Blue and weave in ends on the wrong side |
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Row 19 – 22: |
Y90 (4 Rows) |
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Row 23: |
Y60, P2, Y28, |
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Row 24: |
Y28, P2, Y60 |
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Row 25: |
Y60, P2, Y28 |
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Row 26: |
Y28, P2, Y60 |
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Row 27: |
Y8, T3, Y4, T2, Y1, T3, Y3, T2, Y2, T2, Y7, T2, Y11, P2, Y4, P6, Y2, P6, Y4, P5, Y11 |
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Row 28: |
Y10, P7, Y2, P6, Y3, P7, Y3, P2, Y11, T2, Y7, T2, Y2, T2, Y2, T8, Y2, T2, Y2, T1, Y7 |
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Row 29: |
Y10, T2, Y2, T1, Y1, T2, Y2, T2, Y2, T2, Y2, T2, Y7, T2, Y16, P2, Y2, P2, Y4, P2, Y2, P2, Y3, P2, Y2, P2, Y10 |
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Row 30: |
Y13, P3, Y3, P2, Y2, P2, Y4, P2, Y2, P2, Y3, P2, Y11, T6, Y3, T3, Y1, T2, Y2, T2, Y2, T2, Y4, T2, Y10 |
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Row 31: |
Y10, T2, Y4, T2, Y2, T2, Y2, T5, Y3, T2, Y2, T2, Y11, P2, Y4, P2, Y1, P3, Y4, P2, Y2, P2, Y4, P3, Y12 |
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Row 32: |
Y11, P3, Y5, P2, Y2, P2, Y4, P6, Y5, P2, Y10, T2, Y2, T2, Y3, T5, Y3, T5, Y3, T4, Y9 |
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Row 33: |
Y10, T2, Y4, T4, Y7, T2, Y3, T2, Y2, T2, Y1, T1, Y7, P2, Y2, P2, Y3, P4, Y5, P2, Y2, P2, Y2, P2, Y2, P3, Y2, P1, Y7 |
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Row 34: |
Y6, P2, Y2, P2, Y3, P2, Y20, P2, Y2, P2, Y6, T2, Y1, T2, Y2, T2, Y3, T2, Y15, T2, Y10 |
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Row 35: |
Y27, T2, Y3, T9, Y6, P6, Y20, P2, Y3, P2, Y2, P2, Y6 |
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Row 36: |
Y6, P2, Y3, P5, Y22, P4, Y8, T7, Y4, T2, Y27 Fasten off Pink and Teal and weave in ends on the wrong side |
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Row 37 – 40: |
Y90 (4 Rows) |
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Row 41: |
Y39, B2, Y7, B2, Y40 |
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Row 42: |
Y40, B2, Y7, B2, Y39 |
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Row 43: |
Y39, B2, Y7, B2, Y40 |
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Row 44: |
Y40, B2, Y7, B2, Y39 |
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Row 45: |
Y19, B3, Y2, B2, Y2, B4, Y3, B6, Y3, B6, Y2, B4, Y6, B2, Y7, B2, Y17 |
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Row 46: |
Y17, B2, Y7, B2, Y6, B2, Y1, B1, Y2, B7, Y2, B7, Y2, B2, Y1, B1, Y2, B2, Y2, B2, Y20 |
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Row 47: |
Y20, B2, Y2, B2, Y4, B2, Y2, B2, Y2, B2, Y3, B2, Y2, B2, Y5, B2, Y6, B2, Y7, B2, Y17 |
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Row 48: |
Y17, B2, Y7, B2, Y6, B2, Y5, B2, Y2, B2, Y3, B2, Y2, B2, Y2, B2, Y4, B2, Y2, B2, Y20 |
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Row 49: |
Y20, B2, Y2, B2, Y4, B2, Y2, B2, Y1, B3, Y3, B2, Y1, B3, Y5, B2, Y2, B2, Y2, B2, Y6, B2, Y18 |
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Row 50: |
Y18, B2, Y6, B6, Y3, B1, Y5, B6, Y3, B6, Y3, B1, Y4, B6, Y20 |
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Row 51: |
Y16, B1, Y6, B3, Y3, B2, Y4, B4, Y5, B4, Y5, B2, Y4, B2, Y1, B2, Y6, B2, Y18 |
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Row 52: |
Y14, B2, Y2, B2, Y52, B2, Y16 |
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Row 53: |
Y16, B2, Y11, B2, Y22, B2, Y11, B3, Y1, B2, Y2, B2, Y14 |
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Row 54: |
Y15, B9, Y11, B2, Y22, B2, Y11, B2, Y16 Fasten off Blue and weave in ends on the wrong side |
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Row 55 – 60: |
Y90 (6 Rows) |
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Row 61: |
Y14, T2, Y7, T5, Y4, T2, Y3, T2, Y12, P2, Y4, P3, Y5, P5, Y3, P2, Y4, P2, Y9 |
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Row 62: |
Y9, P2, Y4, P3, Y2, P2, Y2, P2, Y4, P3, Y4, P2, Y12, T2, Y2, T3, Y3, T3, Y1, T3, Y6, T2, Y14 |
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Row 63: |
Y14, T2, Y6, T2, Y3, T2, Y3, T3, Y2, T2, Y12, P2, Y4, P3, Y4, P3, Y5, P3, Y3, P2, Y10 |
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Row 64: |
Y10, P2, Y3, P2, Y4, P4, Y6, P2, Y4, P2, Y12, T2, Y2, T3, Y3, T2, Y4, T2, Y5, T2, Y14 |
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Row 65: |
Y13, T2, Y6, T2, Y4, T2, Y3, T1, Y1, T2, Y1, T2, Y12, P2, Y4, P2, Y9, P2, Y3, P7, Y10 |
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Row 66: |
Y11, P2, Y2, P2, Y3, P2, Y9, P2, Y3, P5, Y10, T5, Y1, T2, Y2, T2, Y4, T2, Y6, T2, Y13 |
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Row 67: |
Y13, T2, Y6, T2, Y4, T2, Y2, T2, Y2, T3, Y13, P2, Y4, P2, Y6, P4, Y4, P2, Y1, P2, Y12 |
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Row 68: |
Y12, P2, Y1, P2, Y11, P2, Y1, P2, Y4, P2, Y10, T2, Y1, T3, Y2, T2, Y3, T2, Y3, T2, Y2, T2, Y2, T2, Y13 |
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Row 69: |
Y9, T3, Y1, T2, Y2, T2, Y2, T2, Y2, T3, Y3, T2, Y2, T3, Y1, T2, Y8, P1, Y1, P2, Y4, P2, Y1, P2, Y11, P4, Y13 |
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Row 70: |
Y14, P2, Y13, P4, Y5, P3, Y9, T5, Y2, T2, Y4, T5, Y4, T9, Y9 |
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Row 71 – 75*: |
Y90 (5 Rows) *In last stitch of Row 75, change to Blue Fasten off Yellow |
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Border: In Blue – Chain 1, single crochet evenly down the left side of the panel (75 sc), chain 2 (corner), single crochet across the bottom of the panel (90 sc), chain 2 (corner), single crochet evenly up the right-hand side of the panel (75 sc) Change to Teal in the last single crochet of Row 1 Fasten off Blue |
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TURN (do NOT chain), In Teal – Single crochet in the first stitch, single crochet in the front loop only for the rest of the stitches on the side of the panel, (corner: [single crochet, chain 2, single crochet] in the chain 2 of the previous row), single crochet front loop only across the bottom, (corner: [single crochet, chain 2, single crochet] in the chain 2 of the previous row), single crochet in the front loop only to the last stitch on the other side, single crochet in the final stitch through both loops, slip stitch in the same stitch Fasten off Teal |
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Bobble Border: With wrong side facing, attach Pink to the corner chain on the right-hand side (opposite side for lefties) of the bottom of the panel Chain 1, single crochet in the chain 2 space, Bobble: *Chain 5, Puff Stitch in the 3rd chain from the hook, chain 3, Puff Stitch in the top of the first Puff, Slip stitch to the bottom of the first Puff to join the two together to form the Bobble, Chain 2, Skip 2 stitches, single crochet in the next stitch* Repeat the steps between the * * until there is 1 stitch remaining Make a Bobble, single crochet into the chain 2 corner space, slip stitch into the same space Fasten of Pink Weave in all ends on the wrong side of the panel (we have used the Blue and Teal tails to sew onto the wooden dowel) |
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We have blocked the panel by lightly wetting with a spray bottle and pulling into shape with a blocking mat / pins |
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Assembly: 1. Measure across the top of the piece 2. Add approx. 10 – 15cm to the measurement and cut a 16mm wooden dowel to this size 3. Using a Whip Stitch and a long piece of Yellow yarn, sew the dowel to the top of the wall hanging (make sure your stitches aren’t too tight or too loose) – we have used Blue and Teal tails of the border to attach to the top of the dowel 4. Make a tight chain roughly the length of the dowel and attach to the outside of the panel on the top dowel to use as a hanger 5. Weave in all the remaining ends on the back of the panel Don’t have a cow, man! Your 90’s slang wall hanging is finished. |
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