Vehículos / VehiclesA steam locomotive coming straight at you: the dark boiler with its rivets, the headlamp lit, 4014 on the plate, the handrails and rods in gold, and the red cowcatcher filling the front. Behind it, the smoke climbing in blue-greys and the red carriages trailing off into the curve. It is 177 x 254 stitches in 16 colors, about 32 by 46 centimetres on 14-count: a wall piece, and an upright one, which is rare in this collection. It is also the most demanding pattern here: the smoke and the metalwork are full of single stitches, so it asks for patience and good light.
Steam Locomotive
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The numbers
Size by fabric count
| Count | Stitches/cm | The design | In inches | Fabric to buy * |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11 ct | 4.3 | 40.9 x 58.7 cm | 16.1 x 23.1 in | 57 x 75 cm |
| 14 ct | 5.5 | 32.1 x 46.1 cm | 12.6 x 18.1 in | 48 x 62 cm |
| 16 ct | 6.3 | 28.1 x 40.3 cm | 11.1 x 15.9 in | 44 x 56 cm |
| 18 ct | 7.1 | 25.0 x 35.8 cm | 9.8 x 14.1 in | 41 x 52 cm |
| 20 ct | 7.9 | 22.5 x 32.3 cm | 8.9 x 12.7 in | 38 x 48 cm |
| 22 ct | 8.7 | 20.4 x 29.3 cm | 8.0 x 11.5 in | 36 x 45 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 | 8,074 | 23.9 % | 5 |
| DMC BLANC | 5,072 | 15.0 % | 3 |
| DMC 666 | 3,847 | 11.4 % | 3 |
| DMC 807 | 3,558 | 10.5 % | 3 |
| DMC 3765 | 2,837 | 8.4 % | 2 |
| DMC 317 | 2,231 | 6.6 % | 2 |
| DMC 972 | 1,303 | 3.9 % | 1 |
| DMC 3808 | 1,260 | 3.7 % | 1 |
| DMC 597 | 1,221 | 3.6 % | 1 |
| DMC 3799 | 1,152 | 3.4 % | 1 |
| DMC 321 | 892 | 2.6 % | 1 |
| DMC 444 | 630 | 1.9 % | 1 |
| DMC 825 | 494 | 1.5 % | 1 |
| DMC 312 | 492 | 1.5 % | 1 |
| DMC 518 | 464 | 1.4 % | 1 |
| DMC 517 | 280 | 0.8 % | 1 |
| 16 threads | 33,807 | 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 33,807 stitches are full cross stitch: no half stitches and no backstitch to follow.
It has 1,545 lone stitches, 4.6 % of the total, and 869 of those have no neighbour of their color at all. The more there are, the more the needle jumps.
