| Size | 17 × 41 stitches |
|---|---|
| Colours | 7 · DMC |
| Total stitches | 257 |
| Difficulty | Beginner (1/5) |
| Finished on 14-count | 1.2 × 2.9 in (3.1 × 7.4 cm) |
| Finished on 16-count | 1.1 × 2.6 in (2.7 × 6.5 cm) |
| Finished on 18-count | 0.9 × 2.3 in (2.4 × 5.8 cm) |
| Licence | CC BY-NC 4.0 — free for personal use with credit |
Materials
About this design
This is a narrow design meant for a bookmark: three stems of lavender gathered into a bunch and tied with a dusty pink bow. Each flower spike is built from little whorls of buds in three blue-violets (333, 3746 and 340), with short gaps of green stem between the lower whorls, the way real lavender grows. The stems curve in from either side to meet at the bow and then run straight down together, which gives the bookmark a neat bottom edge.
How to work it
Work the three flower spikes first. They all follow the same repeat (a dark centre stitch flanked by mid and light violet), so after the first spike the other two go quickly. Stitch the diagonal stems next. They are single stitches touching corner to corner, so take care to bring the needle up in the right hole each time. The bow covers the point where the stems meet. Stitch it last, in 3731 with 3733 in the loops, and add the dark centre stem below.
Finishing ideas
At 17 × 41 stitches the design measures about 1.2 × 2.9 inches on 14-count. For a bookmark, stitch it on a pre-finished Aida band or on a strip of fabric about 2.5 × 7 inches, then back it with felt. On 11-count it becomes 1.5 × 3.7 inches, which leaves room to stitch a name or a date below the bow.
Colour plan
DMC 3746 Blue Violet Dark does the most work, 31% of the 257 stitches, followed by DMC 3052 Green Gray Md at 21%. DMC 3051 Green Gray Dk (9) and DMC 3733 Dusty Rose (6) are used only a little: small details worth marking on the chart so you don't miss them. 63% of the grid is left empty.
Working notes
57 squares stand alone in their colour, with no same-coloured neighbour along a side; stitch those as you pass rather than starting a new thread for each. The busiest row changes colour 14 times.
Anchor equivalents
The nearest Anchor colour for each DMC colour in this pattern, measured as ΔE 2000: up to 3 is very close, up to 6 close, up to 10 approximate.
This is an original CraftPatterns design, licensed CC BY-NC 4.0: stitch it, share it and gift what you make — please credit craftpatterns.app and don't sell the pattern itself. Want to change it? Open it in the cross stitch editor.
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