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POPPI the chef, tall hat and wooden spoon, made to have a name stitched underneath. 64 x 105 stitches and only 7 colors, the same scale as the nurse: side by side, they read as a set.
She works beautifully on a tea towel, on an apron pocket or in a small frame for the kitchen wall. Pick a font from the Collection, type the name in Puntotek and place it under her feet: with the name of the person receiving it, she stops being a pattern and becomes theirs.
POPPI chef
This pattern is free: open it, change it however you like and publish your version in the gallery, under your name.
Files open with the Puntotek app.
The numbers
Size by fabric count
| Count | Stitches/cm | The design | In inches | Fabric to buy * |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11 ct | 4.3 | 14.8 x 24.2 cm | 5.8 x 9.5 in | 31 x 40 cm |
| 14 ct | 5.5 | 11.6 x 19.1 cm | 4.6 x 7.5 in | 28 x 35 cm |
| 16 ct | 6.3 | 10.2 x 16.7 cm | 4.0 x 6.6 in | 26 x 33 cm |
| 18 ct | 7.1 | 9.0 x 14.8 cm | 3.6 x 5.8 in | 25 x 31 cm |
| 20 ct | 7.9 | 8.1 x 13.3 cm | 3.2 x 5.3 in | 24 x 29 cm |
| 22 ct | 8.7 | 7.4 x 12.1 cm | 2.9 x 4.8 in | 23 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 BLANC | 1,630 | 41.5 % | 1 |
| DMC 310 | 881 | 22.4 % | 1 |
| DMC 921 | 553 | 14.1 % | 1 |
| DMC 606 | 547 | 13.9 % | 1 |
| DMC 967 | 285 | 7.3 % | 1 |
| DMC 814 | 22 | 0.6 % | 1 |
| DMC 321 | 9 | 0.2 % | 1 |
| 7 threads | 3,927 | 100 % | 7 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 3,927 stitches are full cross stitch: no half stitches and no backstitch to follow.
It has 91 lone stitches, 2.3 % of the total, and 0 of those have no neighbour of their color at all. The more there are, the more the needle jumps.
