Impossible Triangle

43 × 43 · 1,849 stitches · 4 colors · by NaredCraft

Tapestry crochet chart: Impossible Triangle

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About this pattern

An impossible triangle: three beams, each one passing in front of the next, which no solid object can do. Four colors and around four color changes a row, so it is far more approachable than it looks. Square at 27 by 27 cm (10.5 by 10.5 in), for a cushion front, a framed panel or a tote.

  • Four-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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Written pattern

43 stitches wide and 43 rows tall, 1,849 stitches in 4 colors.

Yarn

SymbolColorStitchesShare
X Off-white #F2EDE2 1,244 67%
O Mustard #E8B04B 233 13%
+ Terracotta #C2762E 142 8%
* Brown #7E4320 230 12%

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 44 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 43 X
  2. Row 2 WS, left to right 43 X
  3. Row 3 RS, right to left 2 X35 +4 O2 X
  4. Row 4 WS, left to right 2 X5 O34 +2 X
  5. Row 5 RS, right to left 2 X31 *3 +4 O3 X
  6. Row 6 WS, left to right 3 X5 O3 +29 *3 X
  7. Row 7 RS, right to left 3 X28 *4 +4 O4 X
  8. Row 8 WS, left to right 4 X5 O3 +19 X3 O5 *4 X
  9. Row 9 RS, right to left 4 X5 *3 O19 X3 +4 O5 X
  10. Row 10 WS, left to right 5 X5 O3 +17 X3 O5 *5 X
  11. Row 11 RS, right to left 5 X5 *3 O17 X3 +4 O6 X
  12. Row 12 WS, left to right 6 X5 O3 +15 X3 O5 *6 X
  13. Row 13 RS, right to left 6 X5 *3 O15 X3 +4 O7 X
  14. Row 14 WS, left to right 7 X5 O3 +13 X3 O5 *7 X
  15. Row 15 RS, right to left 8 X4 *3 O13 X3 +4 O8 X
  16. Row 16 WS, left to right 8 X5 O3 +11 X3 O5 *8 X
  17. Row 17 RS, right to left 9 X4 *3 O11 X3 +4 O9 X
  18. Row 18 WS, left to right 9 X5 O3 +9 X3 O5 *9 X
  19. Row 19 RS, right to left 10 X4 *3 O9 X3 +4 O10 X
  20. Row 20 WS, left to right 10 X5 O3 +7 X3 O5 *10 X
  21. Row 21 RS, right to left 11 X4 *3 O7 X3 +4 O11 X
  22. Row 22 WS, left to right 11 X5 O3 +5 X3 O5 *11 X
  23. Row 23 RS, right to left 12 X4 *3 O5 X3 +4 O12 X
  24. Row 24 WS, left to right 12 X5 O3 +3 X3 O5 *12 X
  25. Row 25 RS, right to left 13 X4 *3 O3 X3 +4 O13 X
  26. Row 26 WS, left to right 13 X5 O3 +1 X3 O5 *13 X
  27. Row 27 RS, right to left 14 X4 *4 O3 +4 O14 X
  28. Row 28 WS, left to right 14 X5 O2 +3 O5 *14 X
  29. Row 29 RS, right to left 15 X4 *4 O1 +4 O15 X
  30. Row 30 WS, left to right 15 X8 O5 *15 X
  31. Row 31 RS, right to left 16 X4 *7 O16 X
  32. Row 32 WS, left to right 16 X6 O5 *16 X
  33. Row 33 RS, right to left 17 X4 *5 O17 X
  34. Row 34 WS, left to right 17 X5 O4 *17 X
  35. Row 35 RS, right to left 18 X3 *4 O18 X
  36. Row 36 WS, left to right 18 X3 O4 *18 X
  37. Row 37 RS, right to left 19 X3 *2 O19 X
  38. Row 38 WS, left to right 19 X2 O3 *19 X
  39. Row 39 RS, right to left 20 X2 *1 O20 X
  40. Row 40 WS, left to right 20 X1 O2 *20 X
  41. Row 41 RS, right to left 21 X1 *21 X
  42. Row 42 WS, left to right 43 X
  43. Row 43 RS, right to left 43 X

Counting 43 rows by hand? RoundCraft keeps your place stitch by stitch.

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