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A grandmother with more attitude than most: white hair, oversized cat-eye glasses and a black leather jacket, sitting on the floor like someone with nothing left to prove. 198 x 186 stitches and 18 colors, mostly greys and blacks, with red at the earrings and the cheeks to finish it off. Framed-portrait size, for whoever just came to mind.
Adorable and elderly Grandmother
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The numbers
Size by fabric count
| Count | Stitches/cm | The design | In inches | Fabric to buy * |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11 ct | 4.3 | 45.7 x 42.9 cm | 18.0 x 16.9 in | 62 x 59 cm |
| 14 ct | 5.5 | 35.9 x 33.7 cm | 14.1 x 13.3 in | 52 x 50 cm |
| 16 ct | 6.3 | 31.4 x 29.5 cm | 12.4 x 11.6 in | 47 x 46 cm |
| 18 ct | 7.1 | 27.9 x 26.2 cm | 11.0 x 10.3 in | 44 x 42 cm |
| 20 ct | 7.9 | 25.1 x 23.6 cm | 9.9 x 9.3 in | 41 x 40 cm |
| 22 ct | 8.7 | 22.9 x 21.5 cm | 9.0 x 8.5 in | 39 x 37 cm |
* The fabric to buy allows 8 cm on each side for the hoop and the frame. The highlighted row is 14-count, the most common: the pattern has the same number of stitches on every fabric, what changes is how big each one is.
Suggested fabric: white.
The threads
| Thread | Stitches | Of the total | Skeins * |
|---|---|---|---|
| DMC 310 | 4,911 | 24.2 % | 3 |
| DMC 09 | 2,328 | 11.5 % | 2 |
| DMC 168 | 1,632 | 8.0 % | 1 |
| DMC 648 | 1,486 | 7.3 % | 1 |
| DMC 938 | 1,282 | 6.3 % | 1 |
| DMC 169 | 1,065 | 5.2 % | 1 |
| DMC 3770 | 1,054 | 5.2 % | 1 |
| DMC 349 | 879 | 4.3 % | 1 |
| DMC 02 | 691 | 3.4 % | 1 |
| DMC 436 | 690 | 3.4 % | 1 |
| DMC 3072 | 673 | 3.3 % | 1 |
| DMC 720 | 653 | 3.2 % | 1 |
| DMC 3856 | 524 | 2.6 % | 1 |
| DMC 945 | 506 | 2.5 % | 1 |
| DMC 814 | 504 | 2.5 % | 1 |
| DMC 951 | 484 | 2.4 % | 1 |
| DMC 437 | 479 | 2.4 % | 1 |
| DMC 3799 | 462 | 2.3 % | 1 |
| 18 threads | 20,303 | 100 % | 21 skeins |
* The skeins are a guide: they assume about 1,700 stitches per skein with two strands on 14-count, rounded up. Finer thread goes further, doubled thread goes less far.
What this one asks of you
All 20,303 stitches are full cross stitch: no half stitches and no backstitch to follow.
It has 2,134 lone stitches, 10.5 % of the total, and 868 of those have no neighbour of their color at all. The more there are, the more the needle jumps.
