Navidad / ChristmasThe whole nativity in a single band: on the right the stable, with Joseph, the Child in the manger and Mary kneeling under the star; and coming in from the left, the three Kings with their gifts, each in his own cloak — red, green and blue — and his crown. Behind them, the town among palm trees, and a sky scattered with stars. It is 321 x 117 stitches in 16 colors, about 58 by 21 centimetres on 14-count. It makes a pair with the Minimalist Nativity, almost the same size: that one is the stable on its own, this one adds the Kings arriving.
Nativity and Three Kings
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The numbers
Size by fabric count
| Count | Stitches/cm | The design | In inches | Fabric to buy * |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11 ct | 4.3 | 74.1 x 27.0 cm | 29.2 x 10.6 in | 90 x 43 cm |
| 14 ct | 5.5 | 58.2 x 21.2 cm | 22.9 x 8.4 in | 74 x 37 cm |
| 16 ct | 6.3 | 51.0 x 18.6 cm | 20.1 x 7.3 in | 67 x 35 cm |
| 18 ct | 7.1 | 45.3 x 16.5 cm | 17.8 x 6.5 in | 61 x 33 cm |
| 20 ct | 7.9 | 40.8 x 14.9 cm | 16.1 x 5.9 in | 57 x 31 cm |
| 22 ct | 8.7 | 37.1 x 13.5 cm | 14.6 x 5.3 in | 53 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 972 | 1,920 | 16.9 % | 2 |
| DMC 400 | 1,611 | 14.2 % | 1 |
| DMC 3826 | 1,363 | 12.0 % | 1 |
| DMC 666 | 1,109 | 9.8 % | 1 |
| DMC 995 | 1,058 | 9.3 % | 1 |
| DMC 746 | 976 | 8.6 % | 1 |
| DMC 909 | 886 | 7.8 % | 1 |
| DMC 951 | 760 | 6.7 % | 1 |
| DMC 938 | 425 | 3.7 % | 1 |
| DMC 921 | 343 | 3.0 % | 1 |
| DMC 3341 | 265 | 2.3 % | 1 |
| DMC 613 | 244 | 2.2 % | 1 |
| DMC 3844 | 126 | 1.1 % | 1 |
| DMC BLANC | 105 | 0.9 % | 1 |
| DMC 3853 | 86 | 0.8 % | 1 |
| DMC 743 | 58 | 0.5 % | 1 |
| 16 threads | 11,335 | 100 % | 17 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 11,335 stitches are full cross stitch: no half stitches and no backstitch to follow.
It has 156 lone stitches, 1.4 % of the total, and 61 of those have no neighbour of their color at all. The more there are, the more the needle jumps.
