Emblemas / EmblemsKorea on a single sheet: the red and blue circle from the South Korean flag, the taegeuk, set like a sun behind the mountains; a pine with twisting branches, a palace pavilion with its curved roof and painted woodwork, a stone pagoda and, to one side, the pink flowers of the mugunghwa. Underneath, KOREA between swirling blue clouds. It is 110 x 134 stitches in 11 colors, about 20 by 24 centimetres on 14-count.
The mugunghwa, the Rose of Sharon, is South Korea's national flower, and the painted woodwork on the pavilion has a name of its own, dancheong: the colourful decoration of Korean palaces and temples. That is where the most absorbing part of the pattern lies, in the eaves, with plenty of colour changes in a small space; the rest is large, clean patches. A very welcome gift for anyone who follows K-pop or Korean dramas.
Essential Korea
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The numbers
Size by fabric count
| Count | Stitches/cm | The design | In inches | Fabric to buy * |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11 ct | 4.3 | 25.4 x 30.9 cm | 10.0 x 12.2 in | 41 x 47 cm |
| 14 ct | 5.5 | 20.0 x 24.3 cm | 7.9 x 9.6 in | 36 x 40 cm |
| 16 ct | 6.3 | 17.5 x 21.3 cm | 6.9 x 8.4 in | 33 x 37 cm |
| 18 ct | 7.1 | 15.5 x 18.9 cm | 6.1 x 7.4 in | 32 x 35 cm |
| 20 ct | 7.9 | 14.0 x 17.0 cm | 5.5 x 6.7 in | 30 x 33 cm |
| 22 ct | 8.7 | 12.7 x 15.5 cm | 5.0 x 6.1 in | 29 x 31 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 | 2,211 | 26.4 % | 2 |
| DMC 909 | 1,931 | 23.0 % | 2 |
| DMC 3801 | 1,098 | 13.1 % | 1 |
| DMC 07 | 740 | 8.8 % | 1 |
| DMC 02 | 598 | 7.1 % | 1 |
| DMC 824 | 426 | 5.1 % | 1 |
| DMC 906 | 403 | 4.8 % | 1 |
| DMC 605 | 399 | 4.8 % | 1 |
| DMC 433 | 290 | 3.5 % | 1 |
| DMC 444 | 159 | 1.9 % | 1 |
| DMC BLANC | 131 | 1.6 % | 1 |
| 11 threads | 8,386 | 100 % | 13 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 8,386 stitches are full cross stitch: no half stitches and no backstitch to follow.
It has 71 lone stitches, 0.8 % of the total, and 39 of those have no neighbour of their color at all. The more there are, the more the needle jumps.
