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POPPI the scientist, in her white coat, with a bubbling flask and an atom stitched on her hat, made to have a name stitched underneath. She is 65 x 112 stitches in 9 colors: a little taller than the cook and the nurse, and two threads richer — they go almost entirely into the coat and the green of the flask.
She looks lovely on a lab coat pocket, on a tote bag or in a small frame for a study desk. Pick a font from the Collection, type the name in Puntotek and set it under her feet: once she carries the name of the person receiving her, she stops being a pattern and becomes theirs.
POPPI scientist
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 | 15.0 x 25.9 cm | 5.9 x 10.2 in | 31 x 42 cm |
| 14 ct | 5.5 | 11.8 x 20.3 cm | 4.6 x 8.0 in | 28 x 36 cm |
| 16 ct | 6.3 | 10.3 x 17.8 cm | 4.1 x 7.0 in | 26 x 34 cm |
| 18 ct | 7.1 | 9.2 x 15.8 cm | 3.6 x 6.2 in | 25 x 32 cm |
| 20 ct | 7.9 | 8.3 x 14.2 cm | 3.3 x 5.6 in | 24 x 30 cm |
| 22 ct | 8.7 | 7.5 x 12.9 cm | 3.0 x 5.1 in | 24 x 29 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 3846 | 1,248 | 32.1 % | 1 |
| DMC 310 | 828 | 21.3 % | 1 |
| DMC BLANC | 625 | 16.1 % | 1 |
| DMC 720 | 357 | 9.2 % | 1 |
| DMC 967 | 342 | 8.8 % | 1 |
| DMC 321 | 250 | 6.4 % | 1 |
| DMC 907 | 146 | 3.8 % | 1 |
| DMC 648 | 52 | 1.3 % | 1 |
| DMC 606 | 45 | 1.2 % | 1 |
| 9 threads | 3,893 | 100 % | 9 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 3,893 stitches are full cross stitch: no half stitches and no backstitch to follow.
It has 132 lone stitches, 3.4 % of the total, and 6 of those have no neighbour of their color at all. The more there are, the more the needle jumps.
