Hanukkah Cross Stitch Patterns

It feels like every year I find more Hanukkah cross stitch patterns to share, which I guess is true of every holiday! (Check out some past Hanukkah cross stitch patterns if you need even more inspiration. I almost shared the dreidel gnome again because I love him so much!)

I love of holiday pattern with a bit of snark so of course I had to share the Oy to the World cross stitch pattern from Dissent Stitch. If you’re in a family that celebrates both Christmas and Hanukkah this is a perfect one to make. It measures 4.9 by 7.6 inches (that’s about 12.5 by 19.3 cm) when stitched on 14 count fabric and it uses just two colors.

This lovely design from Diana Watters Handmade has the menorah candles looking a little bit like flowers or stalks of wheat. From what I can tell this pattern is only available as a kit, which includes the hoop, fabric, needle, pre-cut thread in all the colors you need, the pattern and instructions on how to cross stitch. The kit comes with the pretty blue fabric shown and the design fits in a 7-inch hoop.

The last couple of patterns I wanted to share are also menorah patterns, and they both happen to be from Cross Stitch Wow. I don’t usually share multiple patterns from the same designer at the same time, but I couldn’t possibly pick just one.

Of course that’s because there was a cat involved. This cap napping under the menorah pattern is super sweet for the cat lover in your life, and you can change up the colors to match a cat you know if you want. The design fits in a 5-inch hoop and measures 45 by 40 stitches. That’s 3.2 by 2.9 inches, or 8.1 by 7.2 cm. It calls for 8 colors.

The other one I wanted to share has more colorful candles but actually uses fewer colors at just 5. It also fits in a 5-inch hoop and includes the menorah and Stars of David. This one is 65 by 65 stitches, which comes out to 4.7 inches or 11.8 cm on each side.

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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