Here’s a little peek into the process here at CraftGossip (at least for the cross stitch site): I come up with a general idea of what kind of pattern roundups I want to write, whether that’s seasonal or something else fun. Then I add in designers I want to write about, often at random from people I’m seeing online or on Etsy. Then I fill in some educational stuff and call it a month.
Generally I’m not looking for patterns to share at the same time I’m picking designers to share, so it’s serendipitous that this week’s designer spotlight went to Mamida Pattern, which was also featured in the recent roundup of dog cross stitch patterns.
This Etsy shop does a lot more than stitching up funny dogs, though. It was actually their seasonal and holiday patterns that caught my eye. These projects are colorful, fun and mostly look pretty easy to knit. There are lots of animals, and since we’re allowed to talk about cats again, I wanted to highlight this super cute stained glass style cat cross stitch pattern (I am, after all, a cat person).
It calls for 13 colors and is 57 by 99 stitches, that comes out to 10.3 by 18 inches or 4.1 by 7.1 cm on 14 count fabric. You can really use any colors you want and make this a total stash-busting project if you like. I would love to have this one in my office.
As I mentioned there are a lot of holiday designs, including Christmas, Halloween and fall/Thanksgiving patterns. These designs are cute and cheerful, and even the Halloween ones are more cute than creepy.
The storefront has more than 300 patterns as of this writing, so it’s hard to classify them all, but you can go check them out at Mamaida Pattern. The shop also has a deal where if you buy two or more patterns at once you get 50 percent off, so go check it out!
[Photo: Mamaida Pattern]
