Vehículos / VehiclesA 1926 Ford Model T seen at three quarters, its top folded back and the windscreen open — open enough to show the steering wheel inside and the ribbed seats. The body is red over black fenders with a bluish sheen, and the wheels keep their wooden spokes painted ochre, with rim and tyre in black. At the front, the radiator grille in grey with its cap on top, the two round headlamps with amber centres and the starting crank in red. The lettering «Ford Model T 1926» is stitched above, navy and red with a rule beneath: the sign comes with the pattern, nothing to add. It is 305 x 227 stitches in sixteen colours, 38,326 stitches in all, and not one half stitch or backstitch: whole crosses throughout, which is welcome in a piece this size. On 14-count it comes out at about 55 x 41 cm; on 18-count, 43 x 32.
Ford Model T 1926
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The numbers
Size by fabric count
| Count | Stitches/cm | The design | In inches | Fabric to buy * |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11 ct | 4.3 | 70.4 x 52.4 cm | 27.7 x 20.6 in | 86 x 68 cm |
| 14 ct | 5.5 | 55.3 x 41.2 cm | 21.8 x 16.2 in | 71 x 57 cm |
| 16 ct | 6.3 | 48.4 x 36.0 cm | 19.1 x 14.2 in | 64 x 52 cm |
| 18 ct | 7.1 | 43.0 x 32.0 cm | 16.9 x 12.6 in | 59 x 48 cm |
| 20 ct | 7.9 | 38.7 x 28.8 cm | 15.3 x 11.4 in | 55 x 45 cm |
| 22 ct | 8.7 | 35.2 x 26.2 cm | 13.9 x 10.3 in | 51 x 42 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 | 7,918 | 20.7 % | 5 |
| DMC 321 | 5,477 | 14.3 % | 4 |
| DMC 3799 | 3,332 | 8.7 % | 2 |
| DMC 820 | 2,835 | 7.4 % | 2 |
| DMC 939 | 2,712 | 7.1 % | 2 |
| DMC 414 | 2,617 | 6.8 % | 2 |
| DMC BLANC | 2,547 | 6.6 % | 2 |
| DMC 304 | 1,547 | 4.0 % | 1 |
| DMC 823 | 1,532 | 4.0 % | 1 |
| DMC 977 | 1,476 | 3.9 % | 1 |
| DMC 924 | 1,271 | 3.3 % | 1 |
| DMC 413 | 1,267 | 3.3 % | 1 |
| DMC 646 | 1,203 | 3.1 % | 1 |
| DMC 844 | 1,156 | 3.0 % | 1 |
| DMC 645 | 813 | 2.1 % | 1 |
| DMC 3847 | 623 | 1.6 % | 1 |
| 16 threads | 38,326 | 100 % | 28 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 38,326 stitches are full cross stitch: no half stitches and no backstitch to follow.
It has 1,714 lone stitches, 4.5 % of the total, and 1,034 of those have no neighbour of their color at all. The more there are, the more the needle jumps.
