Funny Jewish Cross Stitch Patterns

I was looking for some new Passover cross stitch patterns but I couldn’t find much I didn’t share in last year’s Passover cross stitch patterns post, but I did find some funny Jewish cross stitch patterns that would be fun to stitch any time of year.

This one is more whimsical than funny but it is super cute so I wanted to include it. This animal cross stitch alphabet from Mindy’s Cross Stitch shows the Hebrew alphabet shaped with different animals. This would be so cute to stitch up in whole for a child’s room, or just do the letters of their name or the family’s name or whatever other word you would like to spell out. The full design is 218 by 307 stitches, which comes out to 15.57 by 21.93 inches, or 39.55 by 55.7 cm on 14 count fabric.

If you’re super busy getting ready for the holiday, or, you know, Tuesday, you can probably relate to this design from Sew Perfectly Designed. The flowers are cross stitched while the words “functioning on caffeine and pure chutzpah” are worked in backstitch. It uses six colors and is 53 by 55 stitches. On 14 count fabric that comes to 3.79 by 3.93 inches, or about 9.5 by 10 cm.

The Kosher Stitcher has a lot of great snarky Jewish cross stitch patterns, but for this collection I chose this ode to ‘Shevitz, because maybe you need something to celebrate today? This one is 95 by 107 stitches and uses full stitches and back stitching. It uses 13 colors. On 14 count fabric it comes out to 6.8 by 7.6 inches, or 17.2 by 19.4 cm.

Another one the Kosher Stitcher has is “ain’t no challah back girl,” but that’s included in this set of Hanukkah (though a couple would work for other times of the year) cross stitch patterns from Whimsy Orchard so I include it here. I also love “this is how we Jew it,” which is appropriate for all seasons. They’re all roughly 71 by 94 stitches and to work the whole set you’ll need eight colors of thread.

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Rosh Hashanah is the Jewish New Year celebration, and it’s a time full of special symbols and meaningful happenings that are perfect for stitching. Anything with a bee or honeycomb, apple, pomegranate or challah on it would be a great choice for stitching this time of year.

Or how about a towel to cover your challah that includes all those other symbols? This pattern from Sew Perfectly Designed has bees, honeycomb, an apple and a pomegranate, as well as stars of David. (This is really a hand towel but you could also stitch the design on a tea towel to use on the table.) The original design includes some partial stitches but the designer says you can make them all full stitches and backstitch to get the proper effect on the lettering if you’d rather. It uses 15 colors and measures 178 by 24 stitches and is good for intermediate stitchers.

Speaking a challah covers, there’s also this design from Sew Marie Studio, worked in a single color. The pattern is 197 by 301 stitches, which comes out to 14 by 21.5 inches, or 35.7 by 55 cm, on 14 count fabric (sizes for other counts are given as well if you don’t need a cover that big). The designer recommends adding a fabric border as shown and includes instructions for how to do that.

This kit to make an apple and honey coaster would be a great project to make for the holiday. It comes from Siman Kriaa and the kit includes perforated paperboard for stitching, thread, a needle, the chart and instructions in English and Hebrew.

And because I love a good(?) pun, I couldn’t resist sharing this Shofar Sho Good pattern from The Kosher Stitcher. (The shofar is the ram’s horn that is blown through at Rosh Hashanah.) The deisgn uses five colors and measures 60 by 37 stitches, which comes out to 4.3 by 2.6 inches, or 10.9 by 6.7 cm on 14 count fabric.

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