Designer Spotlight: Lady Stitchicorn Wedding Llamas

Lady Stitchicorn is the Etsy shop for you if you’re a feminist, like the zodiac (Chinese and Western), occult hobbies and llamas.

Yes, llamas.

This shop’s biggest category by far is for llama cross stitch patterns. You’ll find them for all seasons and there’s even a llama-themed calendar. There’s a zombie llama, a llama in pajamas and a llama in a Christmas sweater. There’s a llamacorn with a rainbow blanket, a Bahama llama in a Hawaiian shirt and Count Dracu-llama.

And there are a few variations of wedding llamas like these. The pattern is 60 by 43 stitches, which comes out to 4.3 by 3.1 inches, or 10.9 by 7.8 cm, when worked on 14 count fabric. It uses 11 colors. You could also add text if you want to make this as a wedding or anniversary gift, and you can change up the colors to suit the couple involved.

The next biggest category is zodiac, which includes images with outlines of the constellations for each sign as well as a cute animal to go with them (Virgo is a cat, for example, which tracks). There are also red designs for each of the Chinese zodiac animals, which you can buy individually or as a set of all 12.

Next up is cute and small patterns, which includes lots of animals as well as an avocado and a cactus. You’ll find some snark here (the narwhal is feeling stabby, for example) but you can leave off the sentiments if you like the animals on their own.

Other categories you’ll find here include nature, different hobbies represented as tarot cards with an occult twist (such as the crocheter making a pentagram), feminist patterns, Halloween designs, Murderino quotes, Christmas patterns and a couple inspired by Drag Race and The X Files.

So while I won’t say there’s something for everyone here there’s still a fun range of stuff for pop culture and zodiac fans who don’t mind a bit of snark. Check out all their offerings at Lady Stitchicorn.

[Photo: Lady Stitchicorn]

Free Art Nouveau Wedding Cross Stitch [Cross-Stitch]

Modern Wedding Cross Stitch Pattern [Cross-Stitch]

I was recently approached by Alyssa, the cross stitcher behind the Etsy shop Stitchonomy, to take a look at her cross stitch pattern subscription club, known as The Pattern Club.

I took a look around and there’s a lot of cute stuff and fun options you’ll want to check out, especially if you love themed patterns that are small, easy to stitch and fun to combine.

The Pattern Club combines cross stitching with a social network. When you open the site you’ll see a news feed and have the ability to share updates much like you would on Facebook. You can see who is online, have buddies and post your own updates and photos. The community aspect is a little sparse right now but that should only grow.

The stitch along hub is the place to find the most recent patterns and information on the current stitchalong. As of this writing the Book Lover’s stitchalong was happening, with little designs like Peter Rabbit, a skull for Hamlet and keys for Jane Eyre as well as authors including Arthur Conan Doyle, Charles Dickens and Jane Austen.

Other pattern collections include European designs, Halloween, ocean life, an allotment garden and more. Alyssa tells me there’s a new theme every month that either she picks or members in the community suggest. You can stitch just the patterns you want or put them together to make a larger collage.

The Stitchanomini vault gives you access to all of the previous patterns, and new patterns are released daily through the stitchalong. You can download individual patterns (most of them are 19 by 19 stitches) as PDFs or Pattern Keeper files. The PDFs include a color and black and white chart as well as a floss list.

Another cool thing you can do is build your own pattern collages from all of the squares that have been released. The collage configurator allows you to add patterns of your choosing to a grid ranging from 2×2 patterns up to 4×4. You can scroll through all the current patterns or search by theme and size to make a project that suits your needs. (Above is an example I made kind of at random but you get the idea.)

If you want to check it out, you can grab a three-day free trial and see all the pattern options. Membership is $7.99 a month, or if you pay for a year at a time you’ll get two months free. In addition to the patterns in the club, members receive discounts on patterns and supplies purchased through the shop within the club. Annual members get access to three paid/retired stitchalongs and lifetime members receive all retired patterns.

If you check it out I’d love to hear what you think!

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