| Size | 28 × 34 stitches |
|---|---|
| Colours | 7 · DMC |
| Total stitches | 952 |
| Difficulty | Beginner (1/5) |
| Finished on 18-mesh | 1.6 × 1.9 in (4 × 4.8 cm) |
| Licence | CC BY-NC 4.0 — free for personal use with credit |
Materials
| Colour | Code | Name | Stitches | Share | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 823 | Navy Blue Dark | 572 | 60% | ~3.4 m · 1 skein (8 m) | |
| 729 | Old Gold Medium | 120 | 13% | ~0.7 m · 1 skein (8 m) | |
| 3820 | Straw Dark | 104 | 11% | ~0.6 m · 1 skein (8 m) | |
| 3801 | Melon Very Dark | 46 | 5% | ~0.3 m · 1 skein (8 m) | |
| 498 | Red Dark | 46 | 5% | ~0.3 m · 1 skein (8 m) | |
| 3347 | Yellow Green Med | 38 | 4% | ~0.2 m · 1 skein (8 m) | |
| 3346 | Hunter Green | 26 | 3% | ~0.2 m · 1 skein (8 m) |
About this design
This little ornament is a good first needlepoint. The tulip bloom is a simple cup shape with a notched top, worked in two reds: a lighter coral red on the left and a deeper red on the right, which makes the flower look rounded and lit from one side. A straight dark green stem rises from the bottom, with two lighter green leaves angling out from it. The background is deep navy so the red glows, and a frame of old gold, navy and straw-yellow lines runs around the edge, ready to finish as an ornament with a cord or to slip into a small frame.
How to stitch it
Every square of the chart is one tent stitch, and the whole canvas is covered, background included. At 28 × 34 stitches the design measures about 7.1 × 8.6 cm on 10-mesh canvas, 5.5 × 6.6 cm on 13-mesh and 4 × 4.8 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. For an ornament, trim the canvas, back it with felt and whip-stitch a twisted cord around the edge.
Colour plan
DMC 823 Navy Blue Dark does the most work, 60% of the 952 stitches, followed by DMC 729 Old Gold Medium at 13%. Every colour is used at least 26 times, so there are no tiny one-off details to hunt for. Every square of the grid is filled.
Working notes
No square stands alone in its colour, so every colour works up in solid blocks. 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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