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An Egyptian sampler in a single thread: winged scarabs holding up the sun, sphinxes and griffins facing each other, two temple scenes between papyrus columns, and borders of Greek key and palm closing every band. It is meant for beige fabric and worked in a dark burgundy, like the old samplers it imitates. It is 273 x 311 stitches in one color, about 50 by 56 centimetres on 14-count: a big one, but not a hard one — you work band by band and never change thread.
Treasures of Ancient Egypt
This pattern is free: open it, change it however you like and publish your version in the gallery, under your name.
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The numbers
Size by fabric count
| Count | Stitches/cm | The design | In inches | Fabric to buy * |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11 ct | 4.3 | 63.0 x 71.8 cm | 24.8 x 28.3 in | 79 x 88 cm |
| 14 ct | 5.5 | 49.5 x 56.4 cm | 19.5 x 22.2 in | 66 x 72 cm |
| 16 ct | 6.3 | 43.3 x 49.4 cm | 17.1 x 19.4 in | 59 x 65 cm |
| 18 ct | 7.1 | 38.5 x 43.9 cm | 15.2 x 17.3 in | 55 x 60 cm |
| 20 ct | 7.9 | 34.7 x 39.5 cm | 13.7 x 15.6 in | 51 x 55 cm |
| 22 ct | 8.7 | 31.5 x 35.9 cm | 12.4 x 14.1 in | 48 x 52 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: beige.
The threads
| Thread | Stitches | Of the total | Skeins * |
|---|---|---|---|
| FINCA 2123 | 35,565 | 100.0 % | 21 |
| 1 threads | 35,565 | 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 35,565 stitches are full cross stitch: no half stitches and no backstitch to follow.
It has 831 lone stitches, 2.3 % of the total, and 0 of those have no neighbour of their color at all. The more there are, the more the needle jumps.
