This pattern is actually a complete introduction to the tapestry crochet technique. It begins with a full color tutorial on how to manage the different colored strands of yarn, how to read a tapestry crochet graph, and how to use bobbins.

Tapestry crochet is the technique of using more than color of yarn to create pictures and patterns in a crocheted piece. It is essentially the crochet equivalent of knitted intarsia. If you know how to single crochet (or half-double crochet in some patterns), you can do tapestry crochet.