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1. **Design Strategy**: - User requested a "life-like wolf standing on all fours amigurumi crochet pattern" but the system requirements specify MACHINE-KNITTING with RC values, carriage positions, and tension dials - There is a fundamental conflict: amigurumi is a CROCHET technique worked in continuous rounds with single crochet stitches, while the requirements demand machine-knitting specifications - Amigurumi cannot be replicated on a standard knitting machine because it requires: * Continuous spiral rounds (no seaming) * Extremely tight single crochet gauge that holds stuffing * Magic ring starts * Working in the round on small circumferences (6-24 stitches) - Machine knitting produces flat fabric or large-circumference circular knitting, incompatible with small 3D amigurumi construction 2. **Construction Plan**: - CONFLICT IDENTIFIED: Cannot proceed with machine-knitting pattern for amigurumi - The template provided is explicitly for CROCHET amigurumi animals - Machine-knitting terminology (RC, COL/COR, tension dials, carriage, needles, ribber) does not apply to crochet work - A wolf amigurumi would require: head, body, 4 legs, tail, 2 ears, muzzle - all worked in crochet 3. **Quality Assurance**: - CRITICAL ERROR: The system is asking for mutually exclusive requirements - User wants: Crochet amigurumi (hand-craft technique) - System demands: Machine-knitting specifications with RC values and carriage positions - This cannot be reconciled - must clarify the correct approach 4. **Final Calculations**: - Cannot proceed with calculations until the fundamental technique conflict is resolved

[PRE-FLIGHT CHECKS] **CRITICAL FAILURE DETECTED** 1. **Completeness**: ❌ CONFLICT - Template is for crochet amigurumi, but system requirements demand machine-knitting specifications 2. **Consistency**: ❌ IMPOSSIBLE - Cannot include RC values, carriage positions, and tension dials in a crochet pattern 3. **Constraints**: ❌ CONTRADICTORY - User requests crochet amigurumi; system requires machine-knitting terminology 4. **Safety**: ❌ CANNOT VERIFY - The two techniques are incompatible **ISSUE IDENTIFICATION:** - Amigurumi is exclusively a CROCHET technique using hooks and spiral rounds - Machine knitting uses flat-bed knitting machines with carriages, needles in work, and row counters - These are completely different crafts with different tools, techniques, and outputs - The terminology profile requests "row counter (RC) checkpoints, carriage position (COL/COR), and tension dial settings" which DO NOT EXIST in crochet **CANNOT PROCEED** with pattern generation until clarification is provided on whether this should be: A) A CROCHET amigurumi wolf pattern (matching user request and template) B) A MACHINE-KNIT flat-piece wolf toy pattern (matching system requirements but not amigurumi)