Emblemas / EmblemsThe flag of Fort Worth, Texas, the city's official flag since 2004: FORT WORTH in blue Western lettering and, underneath, a longhorn's head with its horns spread almost edge to edge. The longhorn stands for Cowtown, the nickname the city earned when the railroads turned it into a major cattle-shipping centre. It is 260 x 122 stitches in 2 colors, about 47 by 22 centimetres on 14-count.
It is one of the easiest patterns in the Collection: two threads, solid blocks and not a single isolated stitch. And the white field of the flag is not stitched at all — the fabric provides it, so on white fabric it looks just like the real thing. If you would rather have your own town's name than Fort Worth, change the lettering: the pattern is free.
Flag of Fort Worth, Texas
This pattern is free: open it, change it however you like and publish your version in the gallery, under your name.
Files open with the Puntotek app.
The numbers
Size by fabric count
| Count | Stitches/cm | The design | In inches | Fabric to buy * |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11 ct | 4.3 | 60.0 x 28.2 cm | 23.6 x 11.1 in | 76 x 44 cm |
| 14 ct | 5.5 | 47.2 x 22.1 cm | 18.6 x 8.7 in | 63 x 38 cm |
| 16 ct | 6.3 | 41.3 x 19.4 cm | 16.3 x 7.6 in | 57 x 35 cm |
| 18 ct | 7.1 | 36.7 x 17.2 cm | 14.4 x 6.8 in | 53 x 33 cm |
| 20 ct | 7.9 | 33.0 x 15.5 cm | 13.0 x 6.1 in | 49 x 31 cm |
| 22 ct | 8.7 | 30.0 x 14.1 cm | 11.8 x 5.5 in | 46 x 30 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 995 | 4,974 | 59.0 % | 3 |
| DMC 919 | 3,462 | 41.0 % | 3 |
| 2 threads | 8,436 | 100 % | 6 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 8,436 stitches are full cross stitch: no half stitches and no backstitch to follow.
It has 0 lone stitches, 0.0 % of the total, and 0 of those have no neighbour of their color at all. The more there are, the more the needle jumps.
