Navidad / ChristmasThe three Kings standing side by side, with their jewelled crowns, their fur-trimmed robes and their gifts in their hands. It is 187 x 117 stitches in 13 colors, and one of the few pieces in the Collection wider than it is tall: on 14-count that comes out at roughly 34 by 21 centimetres, the size of a proper framed picture or a panel for the mantelpiece.
Notice that they stand apart, with no background joining them. That leaves the choice to you: stitch all three in a row, do them one at a time as you find the hours, or keep only the king in the green turban and make three small pieces instead of one big one. And since the pattern is free, changing the colour of a robe breaks nothing — they are yours the moment you open it.
The Three Kings
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 | 43.2 x 27.0 cm | 17.0 x 10.6 in | 59 x 43 cm |
| 14 ct | 5.5 | 33.9 x 21.2 cm | 13.4 x 8.4 in | 50 x 37 cm |
| 16 ct | 6.3 | 29.7 x 18.6 cm | 11.7 x 7.3 in | 46 x 35 cm |
| 18 ct | 7.1 | 26.4 x 16.5 cm | 10.4 x 6.5 in | 42 x 33 cm |
| 20 ct | 7.9 | 23.7 x 14.9 cm | 9.4 x 5.9 in | 40 x 31 cm |
| 22 ct | 8.7 | 21.6 x 13.5 cm | 8.5 x 5.3 in | 38 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 310 | 2,667 | 20.6 % | 2 |
| DMC 02 | 2,438 | 18.8 % | 2 |
| DMC 700 | 1,513 | 11.7 % | 1 |
| DMC BLANC | 1,476 | 11.4 % | 1 |
| DMC 972 | 1,454 | 11.2 % | 1 |
| DMC 995 | 948 | 7.3 % | 1 |
| DMC 666 | 785 | 6.1 % | 1 |
| DMC 967 | 540 | 4.2 % | 1 |
| DMC 3826 | 434 | 3.4 % | 1 |
| DMC 444 | 405 | 3.1 % | 1 |
| DMC 606 | 132 | 1.0 % | 1 |
| DMC 699 | 74 | 0.6 % | 1 |
| DMC 3824 | 72 | 0.6 % | 1 |
| 13 threads | 12,938 | 100 % | 15 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 12,938 stitches are full cross stitch: no half stitches and no backstitch to follow.
It has 255 lone stitches, 2.0 % of the total, and 10 of those have no neighbour of their color at all. The more there are, the more the needle jumps.
