Navidad / ChristmasThe nativity in a long band: the palm tree, the ox lying down, Mary and Joseph beside the manger, the donkey and, in the distance, the town of Bethlehem under the star. Flat figures in solid colors with a clean outline, and no shading to keep track of. It is 302 x 107 stitches in 15 colors, about 55 by 19 centimetres on 14-count, and two thirds of the chart is bare fabric: a band for the edge of a shelf, to run across a piece of furniture or along the hem of a tablecloth.
Minimalist Nativity
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 | 69.7 x 24.7 cm | 27.5 x 9.7 in | 86 x 41 cm |
| 14 ct | 5.5 | 54.8 x 19.4 cm | 21.6 x 7.6 in | 71 x 35 cm |
| 16 ct | 6.3 | 47.9 x 17.0 cm | 18.9 x 6.7 in | 64 x 33 cm |
| 18 ct | 7.1 | 42.6 x 15.1 cm | 16.8 x 5.9 in | 59 x 31 cm |
| 20 ct | 7.9 | 38.4 x 13.6 cm | 15.1 x 5.4 in | 54 x 30 cm |
| 22 ct | 8.7 | 34.9 x 12.4 cm | 13.7 x 4.9 in | 51 x 28 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 782 | 2,158 | 19.9 % | 2 |
| DMC 3826 | 1,584 | 14.6 % | 1 |
| DMC 905 | 1,294 | 12.0 % | 1 |
| DMC 648 | 1,256 | 11.6 % | 1 |
| DMC 400 | 1,036 | 9.6 % | 1 |
| DMC 972 | 723 | 6.7 % | 1 |
| DMC 3844 | 694 | 6.4 % | 1 |
| DMC 945 | 551 | 5.1 % | 1 |
| DMC 350 | 440 | 4.1 % | 1 |
| DMC BLANC | 290 | 2.7 % | 1 |
| DMC 986 | 252 | 2.3 % | 1 |
| DMC 3825 | 214 | 2.0 % | 1 |
| DMC 444 | 149 | 1.4 % | 1 |
| DMC 3822 | 95 | 0.9 % | 1 |
| DMC 414 | 86 | 0.8 % | 1 |
| 15 threads | 10,822 | 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 10,822 stitches are full cross stitch: no half stitches and no backstitch to follow.
It has 62 lone stitches, 0.6 % of the total, and 4 of those have no neighbour of their color at all. The more there are, the more the needle jumps.
