Crochet Tiger Chart or Graph! Two Versions!

Tiger, tiger, burning bright
In the forests of the night,
What immortal hand or eye
Dare frame thy fearful symmetry?

... William Blake

The Bengal tiger is a large, striped cat from India, Bangladesh, Nepal, Bhutan, and Burma. It lives in a variety of habitats, including rain forests and dense grasslands. The Bengal tiger can live to about 18 years in captivity, and probably a few years less in the wild. Bengal tigers are mostly solitary, but sometimes travel in groups of 3 or 4. These tigers are in danger of extinction due to over-hunting by poachers.
Male Bengal tigers are up to 10 ft long; females are up to 9 ft long. The tail is about 3 feet long. The fur is usually orange-brown with black stripes. The fur on the belly is white with black stripes. White Bengal tigers (with white fur and black stripes) are very rare in the wild. You usually see them in Las Vegas acts. Tigers have long, sharp teeth in powerful jaws.

I had two requests from my friends over at Crochetville for a graph of a tiger. I designed one to be very realistic and the other as more of a line drawing for an easier chart.

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I divided the realistic tiger graph into two sections for ease in use and printing. The chart is 140 squares high x 120 squares wide. If you are using sc to make this, chain 121, sc in 2nd ch from the hook and in each remaining chain. You will have 120 sc in the first row. This chart is recommended for advanced color workers or if you want to challenge yourself. There are only 4 colors involved.

The next chart is 110 squares high by 100 squares wide. In sc, chain 101, sc in the 2nd chain from the hook and in each remaining chain. You will have 100 sc in the row.

These charts can also be found on the Original Patterns Links on Crochetville.
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Lemony Bear Filet Crochet Baby Afghan

I designed this filet piece as a project you could get done in a week-end. I used Bernat Softee that I doubled. If you wanted to, a single strand of a soft worsted would make be a good substitute. I do like how the 2 strands of baby yarn feel, though. I have given my own directions for the extended double crochet in my own words. If you would like to make the bear in double crochet, go right ahead! It will just be a little squat but still charming. Feel free to weave a ribbon through the holes of his bow tie.

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Lemony Bear Filet Baby Afghan

Finished Size = 36 inches x 38 inches

Materials:

Bernat Baby Softee light (worsted #3) (5 oz/455 yds/140g per skein)

3 skeins #2003 Lemon, 1 skein #2000 White

Size J/5.00mm and size I/9/5.5mm crochet hooks

Scissors

Yarn needle

Gauge: 6 edc =2 inches 2 rows = 2 inches.

Notes:

Solid Block = (4 edc) the last dc is also the 1st dc in the next block or space.

Example:2 blocks= 7 edc, 5 blocks = 16 edc
Space (open block) = (edc, ch 2, skip 2 sts, edc in next st)

Yarn is worked double throughout

Special Stitches:

Extended double crochet (edc): Extended double crochet (edc): yo hook, insert hook into stitch, pull up a loop, yo, draw through one loop one hook only-3 loops on hook remaining, yo, draw through 2 loops on hoop, yo, draw through rem 2 loops on hook.

V st= (dc, ch 2, dc) in same st.

Instructions:

Row 1: With 2 strands of Yellow, and J hook, ch 90, switch to I hook, edc in 4^th ch from the hook and in each rem ch. Turn,( 87 edc)

Row 2: Ch 3, (counts as the first edc now and throughout), edc in each of next 3 edc,

(ch 2, skip next 2 sts, edc in next st) 26 times, ch 2, skip next 2 sts, edc in each rem 4 edc. Turn (1 block, 27 sp, 1 block)

Row 3-39: Following chart, work rem of pattern. At end of row 39, ch 1; turn.

Begin Border:

Rnd 40: 2 sc in first st, sc in each st across to last st, 3 sc in last st, working down edge and working around the post of the ch-3 or the edc, 3 sc around each end of row, working across bottom chain, sc in each rem ch sp to last ch, 3 sc in last ch sp, working up the side, 3 sc around each end of row, sc in the st where the first 2 sc were worked, insert hook into first sc, drop yellow, pull up white, leaving a long beginning tail. Cut yellow leaving a long length to weave in.

Rnd 41: Ch 1, 2 sc in same st, 2 sc in same st, (sc in each sc, working 3 sc in center sc of each corner) around to end sc, sc in same st where first 2 sc were worked, sl st in first sc.

Rnd 42: Ch 5, dc in same sp (counts as first V-st), (skip 2 sts, V- st in next st) around making sure you work the corner V-st in the center sc of each corner. Join with a sl st to beg ch 3.

Rnd 43: Sl st to center of beg V-st, (ch 3, dc, ch 2, 2dc) in same sp, in each center of V-st, work (2 dc, ch 2, 2 dc) around. Join with a sl st to top of beg ch 3.

Rnd 44: Sl st across to center sp, (ch 3, 2 dc, ch 2, 3 dc) in same sp, in each center ch 2, work (3 dc, ch 2, 3 dc) around. Join with a sl st to first ch-3.

Rnd 45: Sc in same st, sc in each of next 2 dc, in ch 2 sp work (sc, ch 3, sc in 3^rd ch from the hook, sc), * sc in each of next 3 dc, in ch 2 sp, work (sc, ch 3, sc in 3^rd ch from the hook, sc), sc in each of next 3 dc*, rep bet the *’s around. Join with a sl st to first sc. Fasten off. Weave in yarn tails.

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