Animal silhouette: C2C Graphgan Generator

An original seated-cat silhouette

The twelve-by-fourteen picture uses two pointed ears, a rounded head, a larger seated body and a short curling tail. The saved drawing arranges simple geometric marks into a cat silhouette with two ears and a curling tail. A single dark yarn describes the complete figure against cream. The aim is to distinguish silhouette, background and rectangular crochet construction: the cat is a color area in a panel, not a shaped stuffed animal.

Inspect the identifying features

Before crocheting, locate the gap between the ears and the tail's one-block turns near the lower right of the drawing. The head and body overlap so the figure reads as one mass. The tail is intentionally asymmetric; mirroring the graph produces a different facing arrangement even though the block totals stay the same. Use the exact color totals below as a checksum, then compare the actual coordinates of the tail rather than relying on totals alone. The canvas has 168 blocks and twenty-five diagonals, representing 504 completed dc posts.

Prepare for narrow dark runs

A high-contrast, smooth pair of yarns makes a thin tail easier to inspect than two similarly valued textured yarns. Make a small connected-block trial and measure its finished proportions. A C2C block that is physically taller than it is wide can lengthen the figure, so do not promise a particular silhouette ratio from the square screen cells. Keep separate small supplies for isolated dark runs and avoid carrying a dark strand openly through cream, where it may show on the reverse or distort the fabric.

Work the entire background

The lower-left starting block can be cream even though the subject is dark. Follow every listed coordinate and work both colors as ordinary C2C blocks. There are no omitted background holes. At an edge where the route changes from increasing to decreasing, count the required blocks before beginning a tail segment. A mistake in the edge phase can shift an otherwise correct dark run by one position. Correct the route first rather than moving a feature to conceal the error.

Check recognition before assembly

Lay the completed panel flat and view it from the intended viewing direction. Check that both ears remain pointed, the head still joins the body, and the tail has not merged into an unintended solid corner. Fasten off after the final diagonal and weave tails without pulling the narrow color boundary tight. Use a separately measured seam or border if this picture becomes part of a bag or blanket; the silhouette graph does not provide either construction or load-bearing attachments.

Questions and repair strategies

Does this produce an amigurumi cat?

No. It produces a rectangular colorwork picture. A stuffed cat needs separate shaped parts, stuffing and an assembly design.

Why did the tail disappear?

Compare its small source coordinates and the actual yarn contrast. Undo a missing dark block; if the drawing itself is too coarse for your purpose, redesign a larger original grid.

Can I add facial stitches afterward?

That would be a separate embroidery decision. The supplied silhouette has no eye or mouth coordinates, so keep any additions documented separately from the portable graph.

Actual parameters and yarn budget

Use 12 blocks across and 14 high in US terms. The exact palette is yarn 1: #F4EBDD (88 blocks); yarn 2: #26313E (80 blocks). These block totals describe the saved drawing, not yarn meters. A compatible block swatch is needed before estimating physical dimensions or material consumption.

Exact source and complete working instructions

Download this original graph as JSON and restore it in the C2C Graphgan Generator. Start with ch 6 and dc in the fourth, fifth and sixth chains from the hook. Each later block uses the written chain space, ch 3 and 3 dc; follow its coordinate and edge phase. In UK terminology these dc posts are tr. Read the chart-reading guide if the displayed picture and working route are unfamiliar.

Reverse the working direction once between successive diagonals. For an increase start, turn before making the new chain-six block. For a decrease start, the listed instruction already includes the turn; do not turn a second time. Follow the starting-edge action even when successive diagonals have equal block counts.

1. Diagonal 1: (1,1) color 1. Ch 6; dc in fourth, fifth and sixth chains from hook. Stop after 1 blocks; do not extend beyond the grid. Change yarn on the last pull-through before each new color. [1 blocks]
2. Diagonal 2: (2,1) color 1 → (1,2) color 1. Increase at the starting edge: ch 6, dc in fourth through sixth chains to make the first block. For each remaining listed block: sl st into the next ch-3 space, ch 3, 3 dc in that space. Stop after 2 blocks; do not extend beyond the grid. Change yarn on the last pull-through before each new color. [2 blocks]
3. Diagonal 3: (1,3) color 1 → (2,2) color 1 → (3,1) color 1. Increase at the starting edge: ch 6, dc in fourth through sixth chains to make the first block. For each remaining listed block: sl st into the next ch-3 space, ch 3, 3 dc in that space. Stop after 3 blocks; do not extend beyond the grid. Change yarn on the last pull-through before each new color. [3 blocks]
4. Diagonal 4: (4,1) color 1 → (3,2) color 1 → (2,3) color 1 → (1,4) color 1. Increase at the starting edge: ch 6, dc in fourth through sixth chains to make the first block. For each remaining listed block: sl st into the next ch-3 space, ch 3, 3 dc in that space. Stop after 4 blocks; do not extend beyond the grid. Change yarn on the last pull-through before each new color. [4 blocks]
5. Diagonal 5: (1,5) color 1 → (2,4) color 1 → (3,3) color 1 → (4,2) color 1 → (5,1) color 1. Increase at the starting edge: ch 6, dc in fourth through sixth chains to make the first block. For each remaining listed block: sl st into the next ch-3 space, ch 3, 3 dc in that space. Stop after 5 blocks; do not extend beyond the grid. Change yarn on the last pull-through before each new color. [5 blocks]
6. Diagonal 6: (6,1) color 1 → (5,2) color 2 → (4,3) color 2 → (3,4) color 1 → (2,5) color 1 → (1,6) color 1. Increase at the starting edge: ch 6, dc in fourth through sixth chains to make the first block. For each remaining listed block: sl st into the next ch-3 space, ch 3, 3 dc in that space. Stop after 6 blocks; do not extend beyond the grid. Change yarn on the last pull-through before each new color. [6 blocks]
7. Diagonal 7: (1,7) color 1 → (2,6) color 1 → (3,5) color 1 → (4,4) color 2 → (5,3) color 2 → (6,2) color 2 → (7,1) color 1. Increase at the starting edge: ch 6, dc in fourth through sixth chains to make the first block. For each remaining listed block: sl st into the next ch-3 space, ch 3, 3 dc in that space. Stop after 7 blocks; do not extend beyond the grid. Change yarn on the last pull-through before each new color. [7 blocks]
8. Diagonal 8: (8,1) color 2 → (7,2) color 2 → (6,3) color 2 → (5,4) color 2 → (4,5) color 2 → (3,6) color 1 → (2,7) color 1 → (1,8) color 1. Increase at the starting edge: ch 6, dc in fourth through sixth chains to make the first block. For each remaining listed block: sl st into the next ch-3 space, ch 3, 3 dc in that space. Stop after 8 blocks; do not extend beyond the grid. Change yarn on the last pull-through before each new color. [8 blocks]
9. Diagonal 9: (1,9) color 1 → (2,8) color 1 → (3,7) color 1 → (4,6) color 2 → (5,5) color 2 → (6,4) color 2 → (7,3) color 2 → (8,2) color 2 → (9,1) color 2. Increase at the starting edge: ch 6, dc in fourth through sixth chains to make the first block. For each remaining listed block: sl st into the next ch-3 space, ch 3, 3 dc in that space. Stop after 9 blocks; do not extend beyond the grid. Change yarn on the last pull-through before each new color. [9 blocks]
10. Diagonal 10: (10,1) color 2 → (9,2) color 1 → (8,3) color 2 → (7,4) color 2 → (6,5) color 2 → (5,6) color 2 → (4,7) color 2 → (3,8) color 1 → (2,9) color 1 → (1,10) color 1. Increase at the starting edge: ch 6, dc in fourth through sixth chains to make the first block. For each remaining listed block: sl st into the next ch-3 space, ch 3, 3 dc in that space. Stop after 10 blocks; do not extend beyond the grid. Change yarn on the last pull-through before each new color. [10 blocks]
11. Diagonal 11: (1,11) color 1 → (2,10) color 1 → (3,9) color 1 → (4,8) color 1 → (5,7) color 2 → (6,6) color 2 → (7,5) color 2 → (8,4) color 2 → (9,3) color 2 → (10,2) color 1 → (11,1) color 1. Increase at the starting edge: ch 6, dc in fourth through sixth chains to make the first block. For each remaining listed block: sl st into the next ch-3 space, ch 3, 3 dc in that space. Stop after 11 blocks; do not extend beyond the grid. Change yarn on the last pull-through before each new color. [11 blocks]
12. Diagonal 12: (12,1) color 1 → (11,2) color 2 → (10,3) color 1 → (9,4) color 2 → (8,5) color 2 → (7,6) color 2 → (6,7) color 2 → (5,8) color 2 → (4,9) color 2 → (3,10) color 1 → (2,11) color 1 → (1,12) color 1. Increase at the starting edge: ch 6, dc in fourth through sixth chains to make the first block. For each remaining listed block: sl st into the next ch-3 space, ch 3, 3 dc in that space. Stop after 12 blocks; do not extend beyond the grid. Change yarn on the last pull-through before each new color. [12 blocks]
13. Diagonal 13: (1,13) color 1 → (2,12) color 1 → (3,11) color 2 → (4,10) color 2 → (5,9) color 2 → (6,8) color 2 → (7,7) color 2 → (8,6) color 2 → (9,5) color 2 → (10,4) color 1 → (11,3) color 2 → (12,2) color 1. Increase at the starting edge: ch 6, dc in fourth through sixth chains to make the first block. For each remaining listed block: sl st into the next ch-3 space, ch 3, 3 dc in that space. Stop after 12 blocks; do not extend beyond the grid. Change yarn on the last pull-through before each new color. [12 blocks]
14. Diagonal 14: (12,3) color 1 → (11,4) color 2 → (10,5) color 2 → (9,6) color 2 → (8,7) color 2 → (7,8) color 2 → (6,9) color 2 → (5,10) color 2 → (4,11) color 2 → (3,12) color 2 → (2,13) color 1 → (1,14) color 1. Decrease at the starting edge: turn, slip stitch across 3 dc and into the ch-3 space; ch 3 and 3 dc in that space for the first block. For each remaining listed block: sl st into the next ch-3 space, ch 3, 3 dc in that space. Stop after 12 blocks; do not extend beyond the grid. Change yarn on the last pull-through before each new color. [12 blocks]
15. Diagonal 15: (2,14) color 1 → (3,13) color 2 → (4,12) color 2 → (5,11) color 2 → (6,10) color 2 → (7,9) color 2 → (8,8) color 2 → (9,7) color 2 → (10,6) color 1 → (11,5) color 2 → (12,4) color 1. Decrease at the starting edge: turn, slip stitch across 3 dc and into the ch-3 space; ch 3 and 3 dc in that space for the first block. For each remaining listed block: sl st into the next ch-3 space, ch 3, 3 dc in that space. Stop after 11 blocks; do not extend beyond the grid. Change yarn on the last pull-through before each new color. [11 blocks]
16. Diagonal 16: (12,5) color 1 → (11,6) color 1 → (10,7) color 1 → (9,8) color 1 → (8,9) color 2 → (7,10) color 2 → (6,11) color 2 → (5,12) color 2 → (4,13) color 2 → (3,14) color 2. Decrease at the starting edge: turn, slip stitch across 3 dc and into the ch-3 space; ch 3 and 3 dc in that space for the first block. For each remaining listed block: sl st into the next ch-3 space, ch 3, 3 dc in that space. Stop after 10 blocks; do not extend beyond the grid. Change yarn on the last pull-through before each new color. [10 blocks]
17. Diagonal 17: (4,14) color 1 → (5,13) color 1 → (6,12) color 2 → (7,11) color 2 → (8,10) color 2 → (9,9) color 2 → (10,8) color 1 → (11,7) color 1 → (12,6) color 1. Decrease at the starting edge: turn, slip stitch across 3 dc and into the ch-3 space; ch 3 and 3 dc in that space for the first block. For each remaining listed block: sl st into the next ch-3 space, ch 3, 3 dc in that space. Stop after 9 blocks; do not extend beyond the grid. Change yarn on the last pull-through before each new color. [9 blocks]
18. Diagonal 18: (12,7) color 1 → (11,8) color 1 → (10,9) color 1 → (9,10) color 2 → (8,11) color 2 → (7,12) color 2 → (6,13) color 1 → (5,14) color 1. Decrease at the starting edge: turn, slip stitch across 3 dc and into the ch-3 space; ch 3 and 3 dc in that space for the first block. For each remaining listed block: sl st into the next ch-3 space, ch 3, 3 dc in that space. Stop after 8 blocks; do not extend beyond the grid. Change yarn on the last pull-through before each new color. [8 blocks]
19. Diagonal 19: (6,14) color 1 → (7,13) color 1 → (8,12) color 2 → (9,11) color 2 → (10,10) color 1 → (11,9) color 1 → (12,8) color 1. Decrease at the starting edge: turn, slip stitch across 3 dc and into the ch-3 space; ch 3 and 3 dc in that space for the first block. For each remaining listed block: sl st into the next ch-3 space, ch 3, 3 dc in that space. Stop after 7 blocks; do not extend beyond the grid. Change yarn on the last pull-through before each new color. [7 blocks]
20. Diagonal 20: (12,9) color 1 → (11,10) color 1 → (10,11) color 2 → (9,12) color 2 → (8,13) color 1 → (7,14) color 1. Decrease at the starting edge: turn, slip stitch across 3 dc and into the ch-3 space; ch 3 and 3 dc in that space for the first block. For each remaining listed block: sl st into the next ch-3 space, ch 3, 3 dc in that space. Stop after 6 blocks; do not extend beyond the grid. Change yarn on the last pull-through before each new color. [6 blocks]
21. Diagonal 21: (8,14) color 1 → (9,13) color 2 → (10,12) color 2 → (11,11) color 1 → (12,10) color 1. Decrease at the starting edge: turn, slip stitch across 3 dc and into the ch-3 space; ch 3 and 3 dc in that space for the first block. For each remaining listed block: sl st into the next ch-3 space, ch 3, 3 dc in that space. Stop after 5 blocks; do not extend beyond the grid. Change yarn on the last pull-through before each new color. [5 blocks]
22. Diagonal 22: (12,11) color 1 → (11,12) color 1 → (10,13) color 2 → (9,14) color 1. Decrease at the starting edge: turn, slip stitch across 3 dc and into the ch-3 space; ch 3 and 3 dc in that space for the first block. For each remaining listed block: sl st into the next ch-3 space, ch 3, 3 dc in that space. Stop after 4 blocks; do not extend beyond the grid. Change yarn on the last pull-through before each new color. [4 blocks]
23. Diagonal 23: (10,14) color 2 → (11,13) color 1 → (12,12) color 1. Decrease at the starting edge: turn, slip stitch across 3 dc and into the ch-3 space; ch 3 and 3 dc in that space for the first block. For each remaining listed block: sl st into the next ch-3 space, ch 3, 3 dc in that space. Stop after 3 blocks; do not extend beyond the grid. Change yarn on the last pull-through before each new color. [3 blocks]
24. Diagonal 24: (12,13) color 1 → (11,14) color 1. Decrease at the starting edge: turn, slip stitch across 3 dc and into the ch-3 space; ch 3 and 3 dc in that space for the first block. For each remaining listed block: sl st into the next ch-3 space, ch 3, 3 dc in that space. Stop after 2 blocks; do not extend beyond the grid. Change yarn on the last pull-through before each new color. [2 blocks]
25. Diagonal 25: (12,14) color 1. Decrease at the starting edge: turn, slip stitch across 3 dc and into the ch-3 space; ch 3 and 3 dc in that space for the first block. For each remaining listed block: sl st into the next ch-3 space, ch 3, 3 dc in that space. Stop after 1 blocks; do not extend beyond the grid. Change yarn on the last pull-through before each new color. [1 blocks]