Navidad / ChristmasSix gnomes in two rows of three, with the hat down over their eyes, the beard down to their feet and curled elf shoes. The only thing that changes from one to the next is what they are holding: the gift, the candy cane, the tree with its star, the lantern, the snowman and the holly wreath. It is 224 x 202 stitches in only eleven colors, because all six are the same gnome in a different hat. On 14-count it comes out at roughly 41 by 37 centimetres.
They are six separate drawings, each in its own space. You can stitch the whole panel, take it on as a habit and do one a year until you have them all, or turn them into six small ornaments for the tree. And since the pattern is free, if one of them does nothing for you, just leave it out — nobody will ever know it was there.
Christmas gnomes
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 | 51.7 x 46.6 cm | 20.4 x 18.4 in | 68 x 63 cm |
| 14 ct | 5.5 | 40.6 x 36.6 cm | 16.0 x 14.4 in | 57 x 53 cm |
| 16 ct | 6.3 | 35.6 x 32.1 cm | 14.0 x 12.6 in | 52 x 48 cm |
| 18 ct | 7.1 | 31.6 x 28.5 cm | 12.4 x 11.2 in | 48 x 45 cm |
| 20 ct | 7.9 | 28.4 x 25.7 cm | 11.2 x 10.1 in | 44 x 42 cm |
| 22 ct | 8.7 | 25.9 x 23.3 cm | 10.2 x 9.2 in | 42 x 39 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 762 | 6,270 | 31.2 % | 4 |
| DMC 310 | 2,672 | 13.3 % | 2 |
| DMC 906 | 2,237 | 11.1 % | 2 |
| DMC 608 | 2,145 | 10.7 % | 2 |
| DMC 905 | 2,013 | 10.0 % | 2 |
| DMC 666 | 1,628 | 8.1 % | 1 |
| DMC 754 | 1,188 | 5.9 % | 1 |
| DMC BLANC | 883 | 4.4 % | 1 |
| DMC 444 | 530 | 2.6 % | 1 |
| DMC 972 | 351 | 1.7 % | 1 |
| DMC 3770 | 169 | 0.8 % | 1 |
| 11 threads | 20,086 | 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 20,086 stitches are full cross stitch: no half stitches and no backstitch to follow.
It has 105 lone stitches, 0.5 % of the total, and 8 of those have no neighbour of their color at all. The more there are, the more the needle jumps.
