Diwali Cross Stitch Patterns

I’ve shared a few Diwali cross stitch patterns over the years, including hands holding a diya lamp and some pretty lanterns.

I wanted to look for some more patterns for Diwali this year, and here’s what I found.

I love this design from Cutara that features a bunch of diya oil lamps in a circular design. It’s especially pretty on dark colored fabric, but would be nice on white or cream colored fabric instead. (I have some dark blue fabric I think would be lovely with this design, too.) The design is 200 by 200 stitches and uses 17 colors.

This watercolor diya cross stitch from Sonya Cross Stitch is also a great option. While it’s a little bit smaller, and 136 by 131 stitches, but it uses a lot more colors, at 32. On 14 count fabric this one measures 9.7 by 9.4 inches, or 24.67 by 23.77 cm.

This sweet candle and lotus pattern from Ludicrous Threads would be great for Diwali, or if you change the colors a bit it would look nice for Christmas, too. It’s recommended that you stitch it on 14 count fabric and the design fits in an 8-inch hoop, at about 7.5 inches or 19 cm square.

Or if you want to try something super fancy and dramatic looking, check out this design from Peppermint Purple. It combines regular cross stitch with blackwork, which is the design in the background at the edges of the rangoli, as well as some on the diya.

This pattern is fun because you get three charts in one. One is as shown with the rangoli and diya together, and then there are charts of each of them separate so you can work them individually if you’d rather. Together the pattern is 150 by 150, which is 10.72 inches or 27.22 cm square.

The rangoli by itself is the same size, and the diya by itself measures 74 by 75 stitches, which is a great size for a greeting card. That comes out to 5.29 by 5.36 inches or 13.43 by 13.61 cm. The full pattern uses 11 colors.

Hanukkah is a great reason to pull out your cross stitch fabric and thread and stitch up some fun seasonal cross stitch patterns.

If you have trouble spelling Hanukkah (I know I do!) you’ll want to stitch up the How Do You Spell… project from SKB Cross Stitch Design. This one includes a bunch of different ways to spell the holiday, along with some symbols like a dreidel and menorah. (Technically I think all the ways to spell it are “correct.”) The pattern includes full, fractional and bask titches, and measures 8.5 by 7 inches, or 21.6 by 17.8 cm. It has the date for 2004/5785 but you can easily change the year or leave that part off.

Another project with some fun word play is the Words to Live By chart from Sam Brie Stitches. This one includes Hanukkah related symbols and word presented crossword puzzle style, which is fun to stitch and to display. The design uses 10 colors and measures 74 by 103 stitches. It’s shown worked on 18 count fabric.

I may have shared these before, but the Hanukkah patterns from the Frosted Pumpkin Stitchery are so cute they’re definitely worth sharing again. Happy Hanukkah features a menorah, dreidels, gelt, stars and candles, and it fits in a 6-inch hoop. At 75 by 75 stitches, it comes out to 5.4 inches/13.4 cm on 14 count Aida or 28 count linen. They also have this cute little dreidel stamp cross stitch pattern, which is 39 by 49 stitches, or 2.8 by 3.5 inches (about 7 by 9 cm) on 14 count Aida or 28 count linen.

Works By ABC has a lot of great patterns for Hanukkah, but here are just a couple to get you started. The Rules for Dreidel design is fun for kids and adults and shows the different sides of the dreidel and what it means when you land on them. The stitch count is 62 by 94 and its shown worked on 32 count linen. It calls for three colors. I also like this menorah one, which measures 44 by 49 stitches and uses two colors along with coordinating seed beads. On 32 count linen as shown (equivalent to 16 count Aida) it measures 2.75 by 3.1 inches, or almost 7 by 7.8 cm.

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