Black Cat

31 × 36 · 1,116 stitches · 2 colors · by NaredCraft

Tapestry crochet chart: Black Cat

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About this pattern

A black cat sitting with its tail curled, worked as a plain silhouette with no face. Two colors, worked flat in single crochet with no shaping, around three color changes a row. At 19 by 22 cm (7.5 by 8.5 in) it is a cushion front, a tote pocket or a framed square, and it suits Halloween without being only for October. Four cats share this chart: black, tabby, ginger and grey.

  • Two-color symbol chart, clear even printed in black and white
  • Row-by-row written pattern with color runs and RS/WS sides
  • Yarn legend with the stitch count for each color
  • Printable PDF, US Letter

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Written pattern

31 stitches wide and 36 rows tall, 1,116 stitches in 2 colors.

Yarn

SymbolColorStitchesShare
X Off-white #EFE7D6 635 57%
O Black #1C1A22 481 43%

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 32 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 31 X
  2. Row 2 WS, left to right 31 X
  3. Row 3 RS, right to left 5 X21 O5 X
  4. Row 4 WS, left to right 4 X23 O4 X
  5. Row 5 RS, right to left 3 X19 O3 X3 O3 X
  6. Row 6 WS, left to right 2 X3 O3 X21 O2 X
  7. Row 7 RS, right to left 2 X21 O4 X2 O2 X
  8. Row 8 WS, left to right 2 X2 O4 X21 O2 X
  9. Row 9 RS, right to left 2 X21 O4 X2 O2 X
  10. Row 10 WS, left to right 2 X2 O4 X21 O2 X
  11. Row 11 RS, right to left 3 X19 O5 X2 O2 X
  12. Row 12 WS, left to right 2 X2 O5 X19 O3 X
  13. Row 13 RS, right to left 4 X17 O4 X4 O2 X
  14. Row 14 WS, left to right 3 X3 O4 X17 O4 X
  15. Row 15 RS, right to left 4 X17 O10 X
  16. Row 16 WS, left to right 11 X15 O5 X
  17. Row 17 RS, right to left 5 X15 O11 X
  18. Row 18 WS, left to right 12 X13 O6 X
  19. Row 19 RS, right to left 6 X13 O12 X
  20. Row 20 WS, left to right 13 X11 O7 X
  21. Row 21 RS, right to left 8 X9 O14 X
  22. Row 22 WS, left to right 15 X7 O9 X
  23. Row 23 RS, right to left 7 X11 O13 X
  24. Row 24 WS, left to right 12 X13 O6 X
  25. Row 25 RS, right to left 6 X13 O12 X
  26. Row 26 WS, left to right 12 X13 O6 X
  27. Row 27 RS, right to left 6 X13 O12 X
  28. Row 28 WS, left to right 12 X13 O6 X
  29. Row 29 RS, right to left 7 X11 O13 X
  30. Row 30 WS, left to right 13 X11 O7 X
  31. Row 31 RS, right to left 8 X3 O3 X3 O14 X
  32. Row 32 WS, left to right 14 X3 O3 X3 O8 X
  33. Row 33 RS, right to left 8 X2 O5 X2 O14 X
  34. Row 34 WS, left to right 14 X1 O7 X1 O8 X
  35. Row 35 RS, right to left 31 X
  36. Row 36 WS, left to right 31 X

Counting 36 rows by hand? RoundCraft keeps your place stitch by stitch.

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