Yin Yang Cat Paws

16 × 30 · 480 stitches · 2 colors · by NaredCraft

Tapestry crochet chart: Yin Yang Cat Paws

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About this pattern

Two cat paws curled into a yin yang, each one in the color of the opposite half, with the background flipping alongside them so the circle stays readable. Two colors and about three color changes per row, worked flat in single crochet with no shaping. Small and quick at 10 by 19 cm (4 by 7.5 in): it covers the front of a zip pouch in an evening. Adapted from a pixel art design whose author we could not identify.

  • 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

16 stitches wide and 30 rows tall, 480 stitches in 2 colors.

Yarn

SymbolColorStitchesShare
X White #F7F7F7 241 50%
O Dark brown #383838 239 50%

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 17 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 16 X
  2. Row 2 WS, left to right 5 X6 O5 X
  3. Row 3 RS, right to left 3 X10 O3 X
  4. Row 4 WS, left to right 2 X13 O1 X
  5. Row 5 RS, right to left 5 O2 X1 O2 X4 O2 X
  6. Row 6 WS, left to right 1 X5 O2 X1 O2 X5 O
  7. Row 7 RS, right to left 10 O2 X3 O1 X
  8. Row 8 WS, left to right 1 X3 O2 X1 O5 X4 O
  9. Row 9 RS, right to left 3 O6 X6 O1 X
  10. Row 10 WS, left to right 1 X3 O2 X1 O6 X3 O
  11. Row 11 RS, right to left 5 O4 X1 O2 X2 O2 X
  12. Row 12 WS, left to right 2 X5 O3 X6 O
  13. Row 13 RS, right to left 6 O2 X5 O3 X
  14. Row 14 WS, left to right 4 X12 O
  15. Row 15 RS, right to left 10 O6 X
  16. Row 16 WS, left to right 10 X6 O
  17. Row 17 RS, right to left 4 O12 X
  18. Row 18 WS, left to right 6 X2 O5 X3 O
  19. Row 19 RS, right to left 2 O5 X3 O6 X
  20. Row 20 WS, left to right 5 X4 O1 X2 O2 X2 O
  21. Row 21 RS, right to left 1 O3 X2 O1 X6 O3 X
  22. Row 22 WS, left to right 3 X6 O6 X1 O
  23. Row 23 RS, right to left 1 O3 X2 O2 X4 O4 X
  24. Row 24 WS, left to right 10 X2 O3 X1 O
  25. Row 25 RS, right to left 1 O5 X2 O1 X2 O5 X
  26. Row 26 WS, left to right 5 X2 O1 X2 O4 X2 O
  27. Row 27 RS, right to left 2 O13 X1 O
  28. Row 28 WS, left to right 3 O10 X3 O
  29. Row 29 RS, right to left 5 O6 X5 O
  30. Row 30 WS, left to right 16 O

Counting 30 rows by hand? RoundCraft keeps your place stitch by stitch.

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