Cat With a Knife

41 × 38 · 1,558 stitches · 2 colors · by NaredCraft

Tapestry crochet chart: Cat With a Knife

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About this pattern

A cat sitting with a knife held at its side, traced from a street stencil. Two colors, worked flat in single crochet with no shaping and around three color changes a row. Finishes about 26 by 24 cm (10 by 9.5 in), which fronts a cushion, hangs by a kitchen door or goes in a frame. Adapted from a stencil by an unidentified street artist.

  • 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

41 stitches wide and 38 rows tall, 1,558 stitches in 2 colors.

Yarn

SymbolColorStitchesShare
X Off-white #E8E2D4 971 62%
O Black #1A1A1C 587 38%

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 42 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 41 X
  2. Row 2 WS, left to right 41 X
  3. Row 3 RS, right to left 2 X1 O38 X
  4. Row 4 WS, left to right 37 X2 O2 X
  5. Row 5 RS, right to left 2 X3 O36 X
  6. Row 6 WS, left to right 13 X16 O7 X3 O2 X
  7. Row 7 RS, right to left 2 X4 O5 X18 O12 X
  8. Row 8 WS, left to right 12 X19 O4 X4 O2 X
  9. Row 9 RS, right to left 2 X4 O4 X20 O11 X
  10. Row 10 WS, left to right 10 X21 O3 X5 O2 X
  11. Row 11 RS, right to left 2 X5 O3 X22 O9 X
  12. Row 12 WS, left to right 7 X24 O3 X5 O2 X
  13. Row 13 RS, right to left 3 X5 O2 X25 O6 X
  14. Row 14 WS, left to right 4 X6 O2 X19 O2 X5 O3 X
  15. Row 15 RS, right to left 3 X5 O2 X19 O3 X6 O3 X
  16. Row 16 WS, left to right 2 X5 O5 X19 O2 X5 O3 X
  17. Row 17 RS, right to left 3 X5 O2 X19 O7 X3 O2 X
  18. Row 18 WS, left to right 12 X19 O2 X5 O3 X
  19. Row 19 RS, right to left 4 X3 O2 X19 O13 X
  20. Row 20 WS, left to right 13 X24 O4 X
  21. Row 21 RS, right to left 4 X24 O13 X
  22. Row 22 WS, left to right 14 X16 O2 X4 O5 X
  23. Row 23 RS, right to left 5 X3 O3 X15 O15 X
  24. Row 24 WS, left to right 16 X14 O3 X3 O5 X
  25. Row 25 RS, right to left 6 X2 O3 X12 O18 X
  26. Row 26 WS, left to right 19 X11 O2 X3 O6 X
  27. Row 27 RS, right to left 6 X3 O2 X10 O20 X
  28. Row 28 WS, left to right 20 X10 O2 X3 O6 X
  29. Row 29 RS, right to left 11 X10 O20 X
  30. Row 30 WS, left to right 20 X10 O11 X
  31. Row 31 RS, right to left 11 X10 O20 X
  32. Row 32 WS, left to right 20 X10 O11 X
  33. Row 33 RS, right to left 11 X10 O20 X
  34. Row 34 WS, left to right 20 X3 O4 X3 O11 X
  35. Row 35 RS, right to left 11 X2 O6 X2 O20 X
  36. Row 36 WS, left to right 20 X1 O8 X1 O11 X
  37. Row 37 RS, right to left 41 X
  38. Row 38 WS, left to right 41 X

Counting 38 rows by hand? RoundCraft keeps your place stitch by stitch.

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