Black Cat Cross Stitch Patterns for Halloween

Black cats are a well-known symbol of spooky season, but they’re also great companions throughout the year. (Written as a person who has a black cat and a tuxedo cat!)

Whether you’re looking for black cat cross stitch patterns to add to your Halloween decor just because they’re spooky, or because you own a black cat, this collection should provide some fun options.

The design that made me want to write a post about black cat cross stitch patterns was this one, the Autumn Cat 3D design from Cotton Pixels on Etsy. I am probably going to have to make this one because it is just so cute and I think it would be great to display on a shelf throughout the year or with my collection of knit and crocheted pumpkins in the fall.

Speaking of Halloween-themed black cat cross stitch patterns, The Starlight Stitchery has a lot of them on offer, but a couple that jumped out to me were the Boo Whoo pattern from Luminous Fiber Arts and Broom Black Cat from Stitch-N-Needs. (The first is a printed pattern and I think the second is a PDF but I’m not sure.)

This gorgeous stained glass black cat design from Luthien ART Shop on Etsy definitely has a Halloween vibe but to be honest I think I’d display it all year. It uses 36 colors and is based on a 200 by 200 stitch grid, which comes out to 14.3 inches square on 14 count fabric. This might be one you can start now and have finished in time for next Halloween!

DMC has a fun free occult black cat cross stitch pattern, where the cat is decorated with creepy images like a spider and web, ghost, bat and more. It uses 10 colors and you can download the pattern for free with login.

And while this one isn’t strictly Halloween, the cat in the bottle makes me think it’s been cursed by a witch (but being in a bottle full of books doesn’t sound too bad! You can get this one from Etsy seller Catstitch21.

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The other day I shared some cross stitch patterns with ornaments on them, so this time around I wanted to share cross stitch patterns that you can use as ornaments. It would be fun to do a whole tree in your craft room with cross stitch ornaments, or just add a few to your tree or give them as gifts.

These little quilt inspired cross stitch patterns from Flamingo Toes look like ornaments and fit in 3-inch hoops, which are perfect for hanging on the tree or using to decorate a gift. I love the pastel colors on these but you can use more traditional Christmas colors if you like.

This cute Christmas tree from Lagodargetoshop uses a single color and fits in a 4-inch hoop, but you could make it smaller if you wanted by trimming the last ornaments and gifts from the sides, or just stitch the tree without any other embellishments. Either way it’s a cute addition to your holiday tree.

Stitched Modern has a super cute collection of retro Christmas ornament cross stitch patterns from designer Gera. This is a printed pattern that will be shipped to you. Each pattern is about 40 by 56 stitches, or 2.9 by 4 inches/7.4 by 10 cm on 14 count fabric. To work the whole set you’ll need 20 colors of floss.

These snowflake ornaments from Our Little Handmade Home are each about 2.5 inches/6.4 cm when stitched on 14 count fabric, and they use a single color of floss. They are pretty in red but you could also do white on a blue or black background, or whatever suits your other Christmas tree decorations!

From the description it sounds like this set of vintage style cross stitch characters is presented as one large chart, but the photo from Sampler Antique Stitch shows each of them stitched up as their own little ornament, so it gets included here. You’ll find Santa and snowmen in different poses in this cute collection.

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