The Stitch Pattern / Premade patterns
Snowflake
An eight-armed snowflake in two blues, worked on bare fabric. Two colours, no counting past the centre — the symmetry does the rest.
Open this pattern Free — chart, floss list and printable PDF
The chart
- 45 × 45 stitches, 221 of them worked, the other 1,804 left as bare fabric.
- 2 DMC colours, about 2 skeins in total.
- Whole cross stitches only — no backstitch, no fractional stitches, nothing to unpick at midnight.
Finished size
| Fabric | Inches | Centimetres |
|---|---|---|
| 11-count Aida | 4.1 × 4.1 in | 10 × 10 cm |
| 14-count Aida | 3.2 × 3.2 in | 8 × 8 cm |
| 16-count Aida | 2.8 × 2.8 in | 7 × 7 cm |
| 18-count Aida | 2.5 × 2.5 in | 6 × 6 cm |
Add three inches all round for hooping and framing: on 14-count that means cutting about 10 × 10 inches.
Floss list
| Colour | Name | Stitches | Skeins |
|---|---|---|---|
| DMC 3325 | Baby Blue, Light | 185 | 1 |
| DMC 334 | Baby Blue, Medium | 36 | 1 |
Skein counts include a 20% margin, because running out of a dye lot halfway through is the one mistake you cannot stitch your way out of.
Make it yours
Open the pattern and every square is editable: repaint any stitch, swap a shade for one of the other 455 on the DMC card, or erase parts back to bare fabric. The printable PDF is built from whatever is on screen when you download it.