HalloweenEight gnomes with no shame whatsoever: hats with stars, stripes and tartan, and a few gestures you would not teach a child. One brings the bottle, another the candy cane, and the rest are busy with their own business. 291 x 204 stitches and 16 colors, in two rows of four, so you can stitch the whole lot or pick out whichever one suits the person you have in mind.
Cheeky 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 | 67.2 x 47.1 cm | 26.5 x 18.5 in | 83 x 63 cm |
| 14 ct | 5.5 | 52.8 x 37.0 cm | 20.8 x 14.6 in | 69 x 53 cm |
| 16 ct | 6.3 | 46.2 x 32.4 cm | 18.2 x 12.8 in | 62 x 48 cm |
| 18 ct | 7.1 | 41.1 x 28.8 cm | 16.2 x 11.3 in | 57 x 45 cm |
| 20 ct | 7.9 | 37.0 x 25.9 cm | 14.6 x 10.2 in | 53 x 42 cm |
| 22 ct | 8.7 | 33.6 x 23.6 cm | 13.2 x 9.3 in | 50 x 40 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 10 | 6,617 | 25.3 % | 4 |
| DMC 310 | 3,945 | 15.1 % | 3 |
| DMC 905 | 3,217 | 12.3 % | 2 |
| DMC 606 | 2,855 | 10.9 % | 2 |
| DMC 353 | 2,054 | 7.9 % | 2 |
| DMC 891 | 1,451 | 5.6 % | 1 |
| DMC 155 | 1,292 | 4.9 % | 1 |
| DMC B5200 | 922 | 3.5 % | 1 |
| DMC 972 | 791 | 3.0 % | 1 |
| DMC 666 | 755 | 2.9 % | 1 |
| DMC 957 | 745 | 2.9 % | 1 |
| DMC 986 | 451 | 1.7 % | 1 |
| DMC 498 | 304 | 1.2 % | 1 |
| DMC 444 | 271 | 1.0 % | 1 |
| DMC 906 | 271 | 1.0 % | 1 |
| DMC 890 | 181 | 0.7 % | 1 |
| 16 threads | 26,122 | 100 % | 24 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 26,122 stitches are full cross stitch: no half stitches and no backstitch to follow.
It has 182 lone stitches, 0.7 % of the total, and 71 of those have no neighbour of their color at all. The more there are, the more the needle jumps.
