Abducted Cow

39 × 66 · 2,574 stitches · 16 colors · by NaredCraft

Tapestry crochet chart: Abducted Cow

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About this pattern

A night scene: a flying saucer beams up a very surprised cow while the farmhouse sleeps below. Sixteen colors, worked flat in single crochet colorwork with no shaping. Finishes around 24 by 41 cm (9.5 by 16 in), a tall panel that hangs well on a wall, fronts a tote bag or drops into a blanket as a square.

  • Full-color symbol chart, readable even printed in black and white
  • Written row-by-row pattern with color runs and RS/WS sides
  • Yarn color legend with stitch counts per color
  • Printable PDF, US Letter

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Import it in RoundCraft (v1.0.15+): Tools, then Tapestry, then Import. Follow the chart stitch by stitch with the built-in counter.

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Written pattern

39 stitches wide and 66 rows tall, 2,574 stitches in 16 colors.

Yarn

SymbolColorStitchesShare
X White #FFFFFF 404 16%
O Forest green #2C5B40 146 6%
+ Green #4C8A3F 83 3%
* Brown #6B4A2E 5 0%
/ Dark grey (medium shade) #2F6E6A 70 3%
\ Terracotta (light shade) #B5502F 14 1%
= Terracotta (dark shade) #C1462E 45 2%
# Black #26241F 23 1%
% Mustard #E9B83B 531 21%
@ Tan (dark shade) #DD7E4B 35 1%
& Dark grey (dark shade) #26455F 1,058 41%
< Off-white #EFEAE0 48 2%
> Tan (light shade) #D9898C 3 0%
? Dark grey (light shade) #5F5D55 21 1%
S Grey #98968D 27 1%
Z Light grey #C9C7BE 61 2%

Any yarn works as long as every color is the same weight. The names describe the shade, they are not a specific brand.

How to read it

Work flat in single crochet, from the bottom of the chart up. Chain 40 and work row 1 into the chain, starting in the second chain from the hook.

Row 1 is a right side (RS) row, worked from right to left. Turn, and row 2 is a wrong side (WS) row, worked from left to right. Keep alternating to the top.

Each entry is a run of one color: "12 X" means 12 single crochet in the color marked X. Carry the colors you are not using along the top of the row and crochet over them, and switch to the new color on the last yarn over of the stitch before it, so every stitch comes out clean.

Row by row

  1. Row 1 RS, right to left 39 X
  2. Row 2 WS, left to right 39 X
  3. Row 3 RS, right to left 2 X2 +7 O11 +15 O2 X
  4. Row 4 WS, left to right 2 X18 O4 +8 O5 +2 X
  5. Row 5 RS, right to left 2 X16 +3 O1 +4 O11 +2 X
  6. Row 6 WS, left to right 2 X23 +1 *5 +1 *5 +2 X
  7. Row 7 RS, right to left 2 X5 /1 *5 %1 *11 %2 =2 #3 =4 \1 /2 X
  8. Row 8 WS, left to right 2 X1 /1 \1 #2 \3 =2 #2 =8 %7 O2 %1 *5 /2 X
  9. Row 9 RS, right to left 2 X1 /14 O8 %2 =2 #3 =2 \1 #1 \1 /2 X
  10. Row 10 WS, left to right 2 X1 /4 \7 =9 %13 O1 /2 X
  11. Row 11 RS, right to left 2 X2 /12 O8 %1 @7 =5 @2 X
  12. Row 12 WS, left to right 2 X1 /5 @5 =1 @10 %3 O1 %7 O2 /2 X
  13. Row 13 RS, right to left 2 X2 /7 O1 %3 O11 %1 @3 =5 @2 /2 X
  14. Row 14 WS, left to right 2 X3 /5 @1 =1 @13 %1 O2 %6 O3 /2 X
  15. Row 15 RS, right to left 2 X3 /5 O3 %1 O14 %5 @4 /2 X
  16. Row 16 WS, left to right 2 X6 /21 %4 O4 /2 X
  17. Row 17 RS, right to left 2 X4 /3 O21 %7 /2 X
  18. Row 18 WS, left to right 2 X7 /21 %3 O4 /2 X
  19. Row 19 RS, right to left 2 X5 &1 O2 &19 %8 &2 X
  20. Row 20 WS, left to right 2 X8 &19 %2 &1 O5 &2 X
  21. Row 21 RS, right to left 2 X8 &19 %8 &2 X
  22. Row 22 WS, left to right 2 X8 &19 %8 &2 X
  23. Row 23 RS, right to left 2 X9 &17 %9 &2 X
  24. Row 24 WS, left to right 2 X9 &17 %9 &2 X
  25. Row 25 RS, right to left 2 X9 &17 %9 &2 X
  26. Row 26 WS, left to right 2 X7 &1 %1 &17 %9 &2 X
  27. Row 27 RS, right to left 2 X10 &5 %1 #9 %10 &2 X
  28. Row 28 WS, left to right 2 X10 &9 %1 <2 %1 #2 %5 &1 %4 &2 X
  29. Row 29 RS, right to left 2 X10 &2 %1 <1 %2 <1 >8 %7 &1 %2 &2 X
  30. Row 30 WS, left to right 2 X10 &4 %1 #2 %2 >2 <1 %1 <2 %10 &2 X
  31. Row 31 RS, right to left 2 X11 &2 %1 <2 #2 <1 #2 <3 %11 &2 X
  32. Row 32 WS, left to right 2 X11 &4 %3 <3 #3 %11 &2 X
  33. Row 33 RS, right to left 2 X2 &1 %8 &4 %2 #3 <4 %11 &2 X
  34. Row 34 WS, left to right 2 X11 &2 %2 <2 #7 %11 &2 X
  35. Row 35 RS, right to left 2 X12 &6 %1 #2 <2 %12 &2 X
  36. Row 36 WS, left to right 2 X12 &3 %1 #7 %12 &2 X
  37. Row 37 RS, right to left 2 X12 &11 %12 &2 X
  38. Row 38 WS, left to right 2 X3 &1 %8 &11 %5 &1 %6 &2 X
  39. Row 39 RS, right to left 2 X5 &3 %5 &9 %13 &2 X
  40. Row 40 WS, left to right 2 X13 &9 %6 &1 %6 &2 X
  41. Row 41 RS, right to left 2 X13 &9 %13 &2 X
  42. Row 42 WS, left to right 2 X7 &1 %5 &9 %13 &2 X
  43. Row 43 RS, right to left 2 X14 &7 %5 &3 %6 &2 X
  44. Row 44 WS, left to right 2 X7 &1 %6 &7 %14 &2 X
  45. Row 45 RS, right to left 2 X14 &7 %14 &2 X
  46. Row 46 WS, left to right 2 X14 &7 %10 &1 %3 &2 X
  47. Row 47 RS, right to left 2 X7 &21 ?7 &2 X
  48. Row 48 WS, left to right 2 X4 &27 S4 &2 X
  49. Row 49 RS, right to left 2 X6 &23 Z6 &2 X
  50. Row 50 WS, left to right 2 X3 &1 %7 &3 @7 =3 @11 &2 X
  51. Row 51 RS, right to left 2 X11 &13 Z6 &3 %2 &2 X
  52. Row 52 WS, left to right 2 X3 &1 %8 &11 Z8 &1 %3 &2 X
  53. Row 53 RS, right to left 2 X2 &3 %8 &9 Z13 &2 X
  54. Row 54 WS, left to right 2 X15 &5 Z11 &1 %3 &2 X
  55. Row 55 RS, right to left 2 X28 &4 <3 &2 X
  56. Row 56 WS, left to right 2 X2 &3 <9 &1 %11 &1 %8 &2 X
  57. Row 57 RS, right to left 2 X19 &3 %9 &3 <1 &2 X
  58. Row 58 WS, left to right 2 X1 &3 <10 &1 %20 &2 X
  59. Row 59 RS, right to left 2 X31 &3 <1 &2 X
  60. Row 60 WS, left to right 2 X1 &4 <4 &1 %12 &1 %12 &2 X
  61. Row 61 RS, right to left 2 X11 &3 %16 &3 <2 &2 X
  62. Row 62 WS, left to right 2 X3 &3 <16 &1 %12 &2 X
  63. Row 63 RS, right to left 2 X35 &2 X
  64. Row 64 WS, left to right 2 X35 &2 X
  65. Row 65 RS, right to left 39 X
  66. Row 66 WS, left to right 39 X

Counting 66 rows by hand? RoundCraft keeps your place stitch by stitch.

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