HalloweenSix proper old-fashioned gnomes: no face, all beard and pointed hat. Each one turns up with his bit of Halloween — the bubbling cauldron, the pumpkin, the broom, the black cat, the little lantern and a lollipop — and not one of them frightens anybody. 200 x 163 stitches and 14 colors, the smallest of the family, so they suit a first project or scattered around a tablecloth.
Halloween gnomes
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The numbers
Size by fabric count
| Count | Stitches/cm | The design | In inches | Fabric to buy * |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11 ct | 4.3 | 46.2 x 37.6 cm | 18.2 x 14.8 in | 62 x 54 cm |
| 14 ct | 5.5 | 36.3 x 29.6 cm | 14.3 x 11.6 in | 52 x 46 cm |
| 16 ct | 6.3 | 31.8 x 25.9 cm | 12.5 x 10.2 in | 48 x 42 cm |
| 18 ct | 7.1 | 28.2 x 23.0 cm | 11.1 x 9.1 in | 44 x 39 cm |
| 20 ct | 7.9 | 25.4 x 20.7 cm | 10.0 x 8.2 in | 41 x 37 cm |
| 22 ct | 8.7 | 23.1 x 18.8 cm | 9.1 x 7.4 in | 39 x 35 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 3072 | 4,264 | 30.4 % | 3 |
| DMC 310 | 4,214 | 30.1 % | 3 |
| DMC 740 | 1,509 | 10.8 % | 1 |
| DMC 34 | 799 | 5.7 % | 1 |
| DMC 948 | 770 | 5.5 % | 1 |
| DMC 444 | 689 | 4.9 % | 1 |
| DMC 33 | 501 | 3.6 % | 1 |
| DMC 972 | 426 | 3.0 % | 1 |
| DMC 907 | 310 | 2.2 % | 1 |
| DMC 741 | 202 | 1.4 % | 1 |
| DMC BLANC | 171 | 1.2 % | 1 |
| DMC 300 | 62 | 0.4 % | 1 |
| DMC 906 | 57 | 0.4 % | 1 |
| DMC 3770 | 42 | 0.3 % | 1 |
| 14 threads | 14,016 | 100 % | 18 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 14,016 stitches are full cross stitch: no half stitches and no backstitch to follow.
It has 86 lone stitches, 0.6 % of the total, and 22 of those have no neighbour of their color at all. The more there are, the more the needle jumps.
