| Size | 30 × 30 stitches |
|---|---|
| Colours | 6 · DMC |
| Total stitches | 900 |
| Difficulty | Easy (2/5) |
| Finished on 18-mesh | 1.7 × 1.7 in (4.2 × 4.2 cm) |
| Licence | CC BY-NC 4.0 — free for personal use with credit |
Materials
| Colour | Code | Name | Stitches | Share | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3078 | Golden Yellow Vy Lt | 216 | 24% | ~1.3 m · 1 skein (8 m) | |
| 3866 | Mocha Brn Ult Vy Lt | 208 | 23% | ~1.3 m · 1 skein (8 m) | |
| 3753 | Antique Blue Ult Vy Lt | 208 | 23% | ~1.3 m · 1 skein (8 m) | |
| 445 | Lemon Light | 112 | 12% | ~0.7 m · 1 skein (8 m) | |
| 444 | Lemon Dark | 84 | 9% | ~0.5 m · 1 skein (8 m) | |
| 307 | Lemon | 72 | 8% | ~0.4 m · 1 skein (8 m) |
About this design
A lemon slice is a perfect round motif for a coaster. The rind is a ring of bright lemon yellow, with a band of pale cream pith just inside it. The flesh is divided into eight segments by thin cream lines that radiate from a small cream centre, and each segment shades from a deeper yellow near the middle to a lighter yellow towards the rind, which gives the fruit a juicy, translucent look. Behind it, a checkerboard of pale blue-grey and cream squares, five stitches across, keeps the background fresh and summery.
How to stitch it
Every square of the chart is one tent stitch, and the whole canvas is covered, background included. At 30 × 30 stitches the design measures about 7.6 × 7.6 cm on 10-mesh canvas, 5.9 × 5.9 cm on 13-mesh and 4.2 × 4.2 cm on 18-mesh, so choose the mesh to suit the size you want and leave at least 5 cm (2 in) of bare canvas all round for finishing. The colour key uses DMC numbers: use stranded or pearl cotton on finer canvas, or match the shades in tapestry wool on 10-mesh, and stitch a small test patch to check the canvas threads are covered. Stitch the radiating pith lines first so the segments are easy to fill in between them.
Colour plan
DMC 3078 Golden Yellow Vy Lt does the most work, 24% of the 900 stitches, followed by DMC 3866 Mocha Brn Ult Vy Lt at 23%. Every colour is used at least 72 times, so there are no tiny one-off details to hunt for. Every square of the grid is filled.
Working notes
4 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 needlepoint editor.
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