HalloweenRed cape, purple shirt and two tiny fangs that would not frighten the house mouse. 100 x 118 stitches and 15 colors. He completes the trio of Halloween cats alongside the wizard and the pumpkin one, and he is the one that carries the most red if you are only stitching one.
Dracula cat
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 | 23.1 x 27.2 cm | 9.1 x 10.7 in | 39 x 43 cm |
| 14 ct | 5.5 | 18.1 x 21.4 cm | 7.1 x 8.4 in | 34 x 37 cm |
| 16 ct | 6.3 | 15.9 x 18.7 cm | 6.3 x 7.4 in | 32 x 35 cm |
| 18 ct | 7.1 | 14.1 x 16.7 cm | 5.6 x 6.6 in | 30 x 33 cm |
| 20 ct | 7.9 | 12.7 x 15.0 cm | 5.0 x 5.9 in | 29 x 31 cm |
| 22 ct | 8.7 | 11.5 x 13.6 cm | 4.5 x 5.4 in | 28 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 437 | 1,994 | 24.6 % | 2 |
| DMC 436 | 1,380 | 17.0 % | 1 |
| DMC 310 | 885 | 10.9 % | 1 |
| DMC 208 | 853 | 10.5 % | 1 |
| DMC 817 | 590 | 7.3 % | 1 |
| DMC 3828 | 560 | 6.9 % | 1 |
| DMC 946 | 477 | 5.9 % | 1 |
| DMC 666 | 343 | 4.2 % | 1 |
| DMC 972 | 299 | 3.7 % | 1 |
| DMC 3834 | 274 | 3.4 % | 1 |
| DMC 19 | 185 | 2.3 % | 1 |
| DMC 3078 | 130 | 1.6 % | 1 |
| DMC 320 | 77 | 1.0 % | 1 |
| DMC 741 | 31 | 0.4 % | 1 |
| DMC 740 | 18 | 0.2 % | 1 |
| 15 threads | 8,096 | 100 % | 16 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 8,096 stitches are full cross stitch: no half stitches and no backstitch to follow.
It has 287 lone stitches, 3.5 % of the total, and 34 of those have no neighbour of their color at all. The more there are, the more the needle jumps.
