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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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Crow Cross Stitch Patterns

In all my years writing about cross stitch, I don’t think I’ve ever had a post dedicated to crow cross stitch patterns. That’s a shame, because crows are cool, and they’re a great motif to use in the fall that has a bit of a Halloween/spooky vibe without necessarily being all pumpkins and ghosts (though we have some of that, too). 

Actually, these little crow cross stitch patterns from LaSelva Design could be up in the house year round, especially if you’ve made friends with crows or are trying to cultivate your own murder. This set of four patterns is each worked in four colors, and they’re shown in 3-inch hoops, though they vary in size a little bit. 

This Art Nouveau crow from Needle Lot Designs is stunning and reminds me a bit of a tarot card. It would be the perfect thing to stitch for a witchy friend. It measures 74 by 98 stitches, which comes out to 5.25 by 7 inches or 13.4 by 17.8 cm on 14 count fabric. It uses 14 colors and has no backstitching. 

Or keep it monochrome with PandoraXstitch‘s cross cross stitch pattern. I love how this one looks like a woodcut, and it shows you that even stitching in a single color you can make something really interesting. This design is 283 by 284 stitches, which is a little more than 20 inches or 51.5 cm not quite square on 14 count fabric. The pattern includes measurements for other counts if you want to make it a different size. 

The Book of Lost Keys design from Haunted Frames feels a little more Halloween, but it doesn’t have to be. It tells the story of a mama crow whose baby is locked in a cage, but the mama has the key. The design is shown worked on 18 count fabric and measures 109 by 79 stitches. That’s 6.1 by 4.4 inches, or about 15.5 by 11 cm. It uses four colors of regular floss as well as gold metallic floss. 

Speaking of more Halloween, I love this spooky cake stand featuring a crow and other characters from Ulysses Blue Stitching. You’ll find a creepy cake, eyeball in a jar, owl, ghosts and more haunting this house. It uses nine colors and measure 109 by 143 stitches. That’s 7.4 by 9.8 inches or 19.78 by 25.94 cm on 14 count fabric. 

I also like this kind of folk art crow (or raven as the pattern calls it) sitting on a pumpkin from MIYAstitch. This one measures a manageable 71 by 81 stitches and uses seven colors. On 14 count fabric it comes out to a little more than 5 by almost 6 inches (or 13 by 15 cm). 

Another pumpkin and crow pattern (this time with a witch hat) comes from My Lovely Embroidery MB. This dare I say cute design uses seven colors as well ans is 81 by 80 stitches. That measures 5.79 by 5.71 inches, or 14.7 by 14.51 cm, on 14 count fabric. This one uses full and three-quarter stitches as well as French knots.