Animal silhouette: Tapestry Crochet Colorwork Generator

An original seated owl silhouette

The fifteen-by-fifteen square uses dark yarn for an owl-like figure with two ear tufts, a broad head, a rounded body and a slightly extended lower side. Its drawing is an original arrangement of filled cells. The saved chart defines the ear tufts, head, body and lower side extension as filled cells. The design goal is recognizing a subject from its outer boundary while practicing long dark runs against light carried fabric.

Inspect the silhouette rather than inventing details

The picture contains no eye, beak or feather colors. Two isolated upper tufts join into the wider head in later source rows, and the lower body widens before narrowing again. The left and right outlines are almost balanced but not identical near the lower edge. Compare those actual cells before interpreting an intentional extension as a counting error. All 225 positions are fabric; the cream outside the figure is not an instruction to cut around it.

Choose the public face of the panel

Turned single crochet may show color changes differently on its two faces. Make a small trial and decide which face will be presented before adding embroidery or attaching the piece. Use similar yarn weights and a clear contrast between the figure and background. A dark strand carried through light fabric can show between stitches; examine that in ordinary light and consider separate supplies for disconnected regions when the sample warrants them.

Work from the lower background

The first row is the bottom cream edge. Chain sixteen and work fifteen single crochet, starting in the second chain from the hook. Later rows turn with one chain that is excluded from the count. Follow each actual color sequence and complete changes on the last pull-through before the new yarn. Do not begin at a tuft or crochet around the animal's outline; that would abandon the flat row construction.

Keep the broad body relaxed

The wide dark section encloses a longer unused cream strand than the narrow tufts. Spread the stitches to their natural width before continuing the carry, and compare the panel with its earlier cream edge. Tight carries can pinch the body inward without changing the saved matrix. After all fifteen rows, fasten off, weave matching tails and finish the piece flat. Check the tufts and the lower side extension against the graph before using the patch elsewhere.

FAQ and practical corrections

Does this create a stuffed owl?

No. It is a rectangular picture. A stuffed animal needs its own shaped components, stuffing and assembly.

Can I embroider eyes afterward?

Yes, as a separate documented design decision. No eye placement is implied by this two-color graph.

Why is one tuft smaller?

Compare its exact coordinates and the row's direction first. If the stitches match, inspect tension and contrast before changing the source drawing.

Exact parameters and complete pattern

Set width 15 stitches and height 15 rows, with US terminology. The palette and visible stitch budgets are yarn 1 #EEE5D2: 117 stitches; yarn 2 #3A414A: 108 stitches. These totals exclude carried lengths and tails. All 225 cells are worked once. In UK terminology every US sc below is dc; changing terminology preserves the graph.

Download the exact original project JSON and restore it in the Tapestry Crochet Colorwork Generator. The chart shows the bottom row first in the working order, the separate foundation and alternating arrows. Read the stitch-chart guide when comparing chart coordinates with the written route. Finish after the final row by fastening off and weaving all yarn ends; no border is included.

1. In the first listed working color, ch 16. Start in the second chain from hook. Read right to left: #EEE5D2, #EEE5D2, #EEE5D2, #EEE5D2, #EEE5D2, #EEE5D2, #EEE5D2, #EEE5D2, #EEE5D2, #EEE5D2, #EEE5D2, #EEE5D2, #EEE5D2, #EEE5D2, #EEE5D2. Work one sc per cell; change color on final pull-through. Carry inactive yarn loosely. [15 stitches]
2. Ch 1, turn (does not count). Read left to right: #EEE5D2, #EEE5D2, #EEE5D2, #EEE5D2, #3A414A, #3A414A, #3A414A, #3A414A, #3A414A, #3A414A, #3A414A, #3A414A, #3A414A, #EEE5D2, #EEE5D2. Work one sc per cell; change color on final pull-through. Carry inactive yarn loosely. [15 stitches]
3. Ch 1, turn (does not count). Read right to left: #EEE5D2, #3A414A, #3A414A, #3A414A, #3A414A, #3A414A, #3A414A, #3A414A, #3A414A, #3A414A, #3A414A, #3A414A, #EEE5D2, #EEE5D2, #EEE5D2. Work one sc per cell; change color on final pull-through. Carry inactive yarn loosely. [15 stitches]
4. Ch 1, turn (does not count). Read left to right: #EEE5D2, #EEE5D2, #3A414A, #3A414A, #3A414A, #3A414A, #3A414A, #3A414A, #3A414A, #3A414A, #3A414A, #3A414A, #3A414A, #3A414A, #EEE5D2. Work one sc per cell; change color on final pull-through. Carry inactive yarn loosely. [15 stitches]
5. Ch 1, turn (does not count). Read right to left: #EEE5D2, #EEE5D2, #3A414A, #3A414A, #3A414A, #3A414A, #3A414A, #3A414A, #3A414A, #3A414A, #3A414A, #3A414A, #3A414A, #EEE5D2, #EEE5D2. Work one sc per cell; change color on final pull-through. Carry inactive yarn loosely. [15 stitches]
6. Ch 1, turn (does not count). Read left to right: #EEE5D2, #EEE5D2, #3A414A, #3A414A, #3A414A, #3A414A, #3A414A, #3A414A, #3A414A, #3A414A, #3A414A, #3A414A, #3A414A, #EEE5D2, #EEE5D2. Work one sc per cell; change color on final pull-through. Carry inactive yarn loosely. [15 stitches]
7. Ch 1, turn (does not count). Read right to left: #EEE5D2, #EEE5D2, #EEE5D2, #3A414A, #3A414A, #3A414A, #3A414A, #3A414A, #3A414A, #3A414A, #3A414A, #3A414A, #EEE5D2, #EEE5D2, #EEE5D2. Work one sc per cell; change color on final pull-through. Carry inactive yarn loosely. [15 stitches]
8. Ch 1, turn (does not count). Read left to right: #EEE5D2, #EEE5D2, #EEE5D2, #EEE5D2, #3A414A, #3A414A, #3A414A, #3A414A, #3A414A, #3A414A, #3A414A, #EEE5D2, #EEE5D2, #EEE5D2, #EEE5D2. Work one sc per cell; change color on final pull-through. Carry inactive yarn loosely. [15 stitches]
9. Ch 1, turn (does not count). Read right to left: #EEE5D2, #EEE5D2, #EEE5D2, #EEE5D2, #3A414A, #3A414A, #3A414A, #3A414A, #3A414A, #3A414A, #3A414A, #EEE5D2, #EEE5D2, #EEE5D2, #EEE5D2. Work one sc per cell; change color on final pull-through. Carry inactive yarn loosely. [15 stitches]
10. Ch 1, turn (does not count). Read left to right: #EEE5D2, #EEE5D2, #EEE5D2, #3A414A, #3A414A, #3A414A, #3A414A, #3A414A, #3A414A, #3A414A, #3A414A, #3A414A, #EEE5D2, #EEE5D2, #EEE5D2. Work one sc per cell; change color on final pull-through. Carry inactive yarn loosely. [15 stitches]
11. Ch 1, turn (does not count). Read right to left: #EEE5D2, #EEE5D2, #EEE5D2, #3A414A, #3A414A, #3A414A, #3A414A, #3A414A, #3A414A, #3A414A, #3A414A, #3A414A, #EEE5D2, #EEE5D2, #EEE5D2. Work one sc per cell; change color on final pull-through. Carry inactive yarn loosely. [15 stitches]
12. Ch 1, turn (does not count). Read left to right: #EEE5D2, #EEE5D2, #EEE5D2, #EEE5D2, #3A414A, #3A414A, #3A414A, #3A414A, #3A414A, #3A414A, #3A414A, #EEE5D2, #EEE5D2, #EEE5D2, #EEE5D2. Work one sc per cell; change color on final pull-through. Carry inactive yarn loosely. [15 stitches]
13. Ch 1, turn (does not count). Read right to left: #EEE5D2, #EEE5D2, #EEE5D2, #EEE5D2, #3A414A, #3A414A, #EEE5D2, #EEE5D2, #EEE5D2, #3A414A, #3A414A, #EEE5D2, #EEE5D2, #EEE5D2, #EEE5D2. Work one sc per cell; change color on final pull-through. Carry inactive yarn loosely. [15 stitches]
14. Ch 1, turn (does not count). Read left to right: #EEE5D2, #EEE5D2, #EEE5D2, #EEE5D2, #3A414A, #EEE5D2, #EEE5D2, #EEE5D2, #EEE5D2, #EEE5D2, #3A414A, #EEE5D2, #EEE5D2, #EEE5D2, #EEE5D2. Work one sc per cell; change color on final pull-through. Carry inactive yarn loosely. [15 stitches]
15. Ch 1, turn (does not count). Read right to left: #EEE5D2, #EEE5D2, #EEE5D2, #EEE5D2, #EEE5D2, #EEE5D2, #EEE5D2, #EEE5D2, #EEE5D2, #EEE5D2, #EEE5D2, #EEE5D2, #EEE5D2, #EEE5D2, #EEE5D2. Work one sc per cell; change color on final pull-through. Carry inactive yarn loosely. [15 stitches]