Gorgeous Mushroom Cross Stitch Patterns

I don’t know why I feel like mushrooms may be the motif of fall this year. Don’t get me wrong; I love pumpkins, but I have made so many of them I think I at least am ready to move on to something else. And that thing might just be mushrooms. So let’s peruse some lovely mushroom knitting patterns.

I love this set of mini mushroom cross stitch patterns from Stitchin Madness. They’re great for beginners because they’re so small, and each individual pattern doesn’t use a ton of colors. Six of the 17 designs are shown above, but there’s a range including fly agaric, morel, chanterelle, honey mushrooms and more. Each pattern is 30 by 35 stitches, which comes out to about 2.1 by 2.5 inches or 5.4 by 6.3 cm on 14 count fabric. The designs range from using 7 to 13 colors.

Another great set of little mushroom cross stitch patterns comes from Teeny Weeny X Stitch, which has this collection of 24 patterns. Stitch up one or some, individually or in a group like is shown here. Each individual pattern is less and 40 by 40 stitches, or smaller than 3 inches/7.6 cm when stitched on 14 count fabric. The number of colors used depends on the design but ranges from 5 to 16 colors per shroom.

This set from SamXstitch has kind of a ’70s vibe to it (don’t ask me why; must be all the browns and yellows). I love it as one big pieces but you could also separate out your favorite fungi to stitch if you prefer. The full deisgn is 153 by 153 stitches, or 10.93 inches/27.75 cm square on 14 count fabric. It uses 16 colors.

The collection of mushrooms from Thread Nova Studios measures 200 by 200, which is a little more than 14 inches or 36.3 cm square on 14 count fabric. The individual mushrooms look pretty small so they’d be nice to add to a cloth napkin or a bookmark if you want to stitch something other than a big hoop of mushrooms (not that there’s anything wrong with that!).

Happy Little Mouse has a great, colorful rt of mushrooms of all sorts, with additional touches like butterflies, bugs, other animals, the moon or even little houses tucked into the scene. These are more whimsical that some of the others, but that’s definitely part of the charm. The full set is eight designs; one is shown here.

And be sure to check out this post for more mushroom cross stitch patterns!

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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