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Hanukkah Cross Stitch Patterns

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Every year I share Hanukkah cross stitch patterns, but it seems especially important this year to take a moment to reflect on the season of light and hope that Hanukkah is.

Stitch People has a cute Hanukkah freebie you can get when signing up for emails. It features a Star of David, menorah and dreidel.

The Hanukkah minis from Craftigurumi on Etsy were stitched on plastic canvas, making them perfect to turn into pins or magnets. But you could also stitch them on regular Aida cloth or even on cloth napkins or other linen for the holiday table. Patterns include a dreidel, menorah, Star of David, I’m guessing a piece of gelt, a jelly doughnut and a torah scroll.

More mini designs can be found on this sampler style word art cross stitch pattern from Etsy seller Little Apple Stitchery. The full piece is 133 by 133 stitches, or 9.5 inches square on 14 count cloth. It uses 11 colors.

Or there’s this Hanukkah symbols sampler from Cross Stitch Wow on Etsy, which has gifts and a dove and some other symbols we haven’t seen in other projects. It uses five colors and comes out at 5 inches square on 14 count fabric, with a stitch count of 70 by 70.

I love this Hanukkah word art pattern from Oh My Stitches Shop on Etsy. It looks really modern and pretty, especially on the dark fabric, but you could stitch the words in a different color and use a lighter background fabric color if you wanted. As is it uses six colors and measures 164 by 118 stitches, or 11.4 by 8.26 inches on 14 count fabric. 

And finally I could not resist sharing this fun dreidel-spinning gnome from Demented Stitches on Etsy. This one is 67 by 69 stitches, or just a little less than 5 inches square when stitched up. I love it in traditional Hanukkah colors but you can make yours in whatever colors you like.

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How to Add Text to a Cross Stitch Project

One of the easiest ways to make a cross stitch project more personal is to add text to it. Whether you’re adding the names of people getting married to a generic floral cross stitch design, birth information to a project on theme with the new baby’s room or just adding a word or phrase that’s meaningful to you, adding words to cross stitch projects make them that much more special. 

But if you’re not working with a project that already has text built in, or you want to change the text that’s there, that can feel a little daunting. 

Caterpillar Cross Stitch has a great guide to adding names and words (as well as numbers) to projects, which talks you through what to consider and how to actually go about adding text to a cross stitch project successfully. 

You’ll need to think about what kind of font you want to use and if you’re using back stitched letters or larger filled letters, how much space you need and how the letters work together in the text you’re planning to make sure it’s readable. 

Their post includes common pitfalls such as running out a space or ending up with text that’s off center and how to avoid them (spoiler: chart out your text before you stitch!). 

The whole post is really helpful if you’ve never added lettering to a project before and don’t know where to start. I like to use block letters in back stitch when learning how to add text to cross stitch, but of course there are tons of lettering options. Check out this collection of cross stitch fonts if you want to see some different things you can try. 

And head over to Caterpillar Cross Stitch to get more tips for how to successfully add lettering to your cross stitch projects. They also have their own alphabet and number charts you can buy to add text to your stitching. 

Have you ever added text to a cross stitch project? I’d love to hear how it went!

[Photo: Caterpillar Cross Stitch]