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Horror Movie Cross Stitch Patterns

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After sharing some cute Halloween patterns the other day, let’s go in the other direction with some cross stitch patterns inspired by horror movies.

You can stitch up an actually still kind of cute Ghostface from Scream with this pattern from Red Splatter Designs. It looks like it uses about five colors, and has a stitch area of 4.07 by 6.57 inches, or 10.3 by 16.7 cm. It would be perfect in an 8-inch hoop.

This mini Freddy Kruger from Night Sky Studio Dee is another fun one, and looks great on black fabric. He fits in a 4 to 6 inch hoop and would be great to hang in your TV room.

The Shining is about as scary as I can take, so I wanted to add in this Shining sampler from By Meg C. It includes all the highlights, from creepy twins to weird carpet, Danny’s tricycle and Jack’s typewriter. It’s 200 by 200 stitches and when you stitch it on 18 count fabric it fits in a 12-inch hoop.

If you can’t narrow down which horror movie is your favorite, you might want to stitch one of these projects instead. It’s horror movie time includes eight classic horror movie characters (don’t ask me to name them, I’m missing a couple) and is sold by Vikycialp. It only uses two colors and is 245 by 309 stitches. On 14 count fabric that comes out to 17.5 by 22 inches, or 44.4 by 56 cm.

The Friend horror cross stitch pattern from Leila Stitch is incredibly detailed and would be awesome for a horror lover with a dedicated movie room. It uses 18 colors (I really thought it would be more!) and measures 200 by 120 stitches. That’s 14.29 by 8.57 inches, or 36.3 by 21.77 cm, if you use 14 count fabric.

And if you like a little cute with your horror, I’m a horroraholic features mini versions of all your favorite slashers. (The pattern page doesn’t show it stitched on fabric but you get the idea from the photo.) This one is from Shimmering Pine Studio and comes out to about 21.5 by 17.5 inches, or 54.6 by 44.5 cm, on 14 count fabric.

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Cross Stitch Sheep Projects

As a knitter, I love a good sheep motif, so let’s take a look at some cute sheep cross stitch patterns. 

If you want to stitch a little sheep, this mini square from Good Dog Needleworks is a nice choice. It uses just three colors and measures 32 by 32 stitches. That’s 2.2 inches or about 5.5 cm square if you stitch it on 14 count fabric. 

I also love these two little sheep, which you can stitch together or in individual hoops and shown. The designs are form Threadbound Art and use six colors. They are slightly different in size, with one being 21 by 17 stitches and the other 21 by 20. They fit in four inch frames if you work them on 14 count fabric. 

You can stitch a sweet sheep bookmark with this design from Kits by SA Stitch. This is not for the person who doesn’t like back stitch, because there’s a lot of that here, but it is really cute. It measures 30 by 91 stitches and uses 10 colors. That will make your bookmark about 2.4 by 6.5 inches, or 6 by 16.5 cm on 14 count fabric. 

Stitch a pretty scene of sheep in a meadow with this design from Motok Nytok. It uses 21 colors and the design is 99 by 73 stitches. On 14 count fabric that makes it about 7.07 by 5.21 inches, or 17.96 by 13.24 cm. 

This yarn full of cross stitch sheep has a bit of a knitting twist because the sheep all look like they have sweaters on. The design is from Soda Stitch Design and it measures 179 by 216 stitches. The full design uses 27 colors. On 14 count fabric it will work out to 12.78 by 15.42 inches, or 32.48 by 39.19 cm. 

Another great one with a knitting theme is this one where the wool is coming off the sheep and straight onto the needles. This one is from Happy Cross Stitchers and uses 12 colors. The pattern is 137 by 137 stitches, which comes out to 9.7 inches or 24.86 cm square on 14 count fabric. This would be a fun one to stitch for the knitter in your life (even if that is you). 

Or you can stitch the field of sheep of a knitter’s dreams with the Happy Sheep chart from Charts and Stuff. These per-colored sheep can be stitched as shown or worked in any colors you like. The eyes are French knots but you can just stitch them in white if you’d rather.