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Bernie Sanders Cross-Stitch Patterns

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Bernie Sanders — and the mittens he wore to the inauguration — are having a moment, with knitters re-creating the mitts and using the colorwork pattern to inspire other knit garments, from hats to socks to sweaters, and crocheters stitching up Bernie himself, as well as mitts and hats.

Of course cross-stitchers are also getting in on this fibery meme. Here’s a quick run through of the Bernie Sanders cross-stitch patterns I found on Etsy.

Faber Cross Stitch designed this inauguration Bernie pattern with nine colors and 40 x 87 stitches. That’s about 3.75 by 6.125 inches on 14-count fabric.

Bernie is looking pretty grumpy in this design from Stitch Penny, but I think that’s appropriate. As a knitter I particularly love the mittens on this one! It uses 13 colors and is 35 x 72 stitches.

Berlin Auslander Craft has another great pattern with excellent mittens. Or try this one from That Stitch Shop, which has a rather pixelated quality.

Modern Cross Stitcher has this Bernie pattern that uses 11 colors and measures 40 x 85 stitches, or 2.75 by 6 inches on 14-count fabric.

If you’d like a full kit when you stitch your Bernie cross stitch, check out this one from 4 Stitches and Giggles, which includes the fabric and thread along with the pattern (though it does look like Bernie’s mask isn’t covering his nose in this one!).

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  1. It’s always impressive to see the different crafter interpretations on trends like this one. I’m also loving seeing the big donations to charities that are happening with patterns and finished pieces, super amazing positive stuff going out into the world!

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Toy Story Cross Stitch Patterns

I’m going to go ahead and admit that I totally missed Toy Story 4, so it took my by surprise when Toy Story 5 came out, but let’s celebrate with some Toy Story cross stitch patterns. 

This sweet design including Woody, Buzz and Jessie is from The Xstitch Shop, and they actually have a few different Toy Story options. This one says it is for intermediate stitches, probably because of the size and number of colors, but the sales page doesn’t say how big it is or how many colors it uses. It’s still cute, though!

If you’ve got a fan of Jessie in your household, this collection of Jessie themed icons is super cute to stitch. The design is from Mercury Stitches and it measures 97 by 144 stitches. that comes out to 6.9 by 10.3 inches, or 17.6 by 26.1 cm, and uses 11 colors. It has full and half cross stitches, as well as back stitching and French knots. 

Share the love of friendship with this sweet Woody and Buzz heart hands cross stitch pattern from Pixell Patterns. This design uses eight colors and is shown worked on 14 count fabric, but the notes don’t indicate how bit is is (based on a finished project photo, though, it looks pretty big). 

And for the Buzz Lightyear fans, of course we have to have a “To infinity and beyond” pattern, so here’s one from Silver Lake Stitches. This design is super cute on blue fabric, but use whatever you have. It measures 78 by 92 stitches, which comes out to 5.6 by 6.6 inches, or 14.2 by 16.7 cm, on 14 count fabric. It calls for 14 colors. 

Or if you want to go beyond the core three main character toys, check out this project from ThreeOOne Patterns, which includes our main toys as well as Bo Peep and her sheep, Bullseye the horse, the Slinky dog, Rex, Ham, the Potato Heads and an alien. The design is 310 by 80 stitches, which comes out to 21.14 by 3.5 inches, or 53.7 by 8.9 cm, when worked on 14 count fabric. It uses 65 colors. Or pick out your favorite characters to make a smaller project. 

All those characters and a few more are found on the mini Toy Story character sampler from Knotalot UK (only part of which is shown above). This one uses 31 colors and measures 134 by 108 stitches. It includes whole and fractional stitches, as well as back stitching. On 14 count fabric stitching the whole thing would make a project that’s 9.57 by 7.71 inches, or 24.31 by 19.59 cm.