Ant

23 × 27 · 621 stitches · 2 colors · by NaredCraft

Tapestry crochet chart: Ant

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About this pattern

An ant seen from above, three segments with a pinch between each one, six legs and two antennae. Two colors, worked flat in single crochet with no shaping. Small at 14 by 17 cm (5.5 by 6.5 in): an evening's work, a coaster, or a patch for a tote.

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

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Pattern file for the app (.rcpattern)

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Written pattern

23 stitches wide and 27 rows tall, 621 stitches in 2 colors.

Yarn

SymbolColorStitchesShare
X Off-white #DCE6E8 446 72%
O Black #2B2621 175 28%

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 24 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 23 X
  2. Row 2 WS, left to right 23 X
  3. Row 3 RS, right to left 9 X5 O9 X
  4. Row 4 WS, left to right 8 X7 O8 X
  5. Row 5 RS, right to left 2 X1 O5 X7 O5 X1 O2 X
  6. Row 6 WS, left to right 3 X1 O3 X9 O3 X1 O3 X
  7. Row 7 RS, right to left 3 X1 O3 X9 O3 X1 O3 X
  8. Row 8 WS, left to right 3 X1 O3 X9 O3 X1 O3 X
  9. Row 9 RS, right to left 4 X1 O2 X9 O2 X1 O4 X
  10. Row 10 WS, left to right 5 X1 O2 X7 O2 X1 O5 X
  11. Row 11 RS, right to left 6 X1 O1 X7 O1 X1 O6 X
  12. Row 12 WS, left to right 7 X1 O1 X5 O1 X1 O7 X
  13. Row 13 RS, right to left 23 X
  14. Row 14 WS, left to right 7 X1 O1 X5 O1 X1 O7 X
  15. Row 15 RS, right to left 6 X1 O1 X7 O1 X1 O6 X
  16. Row 16 WS, left to right 5 X1 O2 X7 O2 X1 O5 X
  17. Row 17 RS, right to left 2 X3 O3 X7 O3 X3 O2 X
  18. Row 18 WS, left to right 9 X5 O9 X
  19. Row 19 RS, right to left 7 X1 O7 X1 O7 X
  20. Row 20 WS, left to right 6 X1 O2 X5 O2 X1 O6 X
  21. Row 21 RS, right to left 5 X1 O2 X7 O2 X1 O5 X
  22. Row 22 WS, left to right 4 X1 O3 X7 O3 X1 O4 X
  23. Row 23 RS, right to left 3 X1 O5 X5 O5 X1 O3 X
  24. Row 24 WS, left to right 3 X1 O4 X1 O5 X1 O4 X1 O3 X
  25. Row 25 RS, right to left 2 X1 O6 X1 O3 X1 O6 X1 O2 X
  26. Row 26 WS, left to right 23 X
  27. Row 27 RS, right to left 23 X

Counting 27 rows by hand? RoundCraft keeps your place stitch by stitch.

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