Hot Cocoa Cross Stitch Patterns

Because I live in the Northern Hemisphere, this time of year all I want to do is sit somewhere with a warm beverage and craft. Maybe we can actually craft something inspired by a warm beverage? With that in mind, let’s take a look at some hot chocolate cross stitch patterns.

First I love this little easy mug of cocoa with candy canes coming out from Bella Rose Craft. This would be a cute one to stitch on a napkin you use while drinking your favorite warm beverage. The design is 1.71 by 2.29 inches, or 4.3 by 5.8 cm on 14 count fabric.

Stitch up a sweet hot chocolate recipe with this design from Stitchrovia, perfect for hanging in your kitchen during warm beverage season. The pattern is 120 by 180 stitches, which on 14 count fabric comes out to 8.6 by 12.9 inches, or 21.8 by 32.7 cm.

Being a knitted of course I love the hot cocoa pattern from Maple Squirrel Stitch, which features hot chocolate loaded up with candy canes and marshmallows and in a mug with a knit-like coffee cup cozy. The design uses 30 colors and 7 blends, and is worked on 108 by 131 stitches. For 14 count fabric that’s 7.5 by 9 inches, or 19.6 by 23.8 cm. It includes full, half and back stitches.

Flat Iron Tack has another cute loaded cocoa project, this time with a mug that says “cold outside, cocoa inside,” which sounds like a pretty good plan. The design is 145 by 128 stitches and uses 14 colors.

This design from Autumn Andrea looks good enough to drink, and the blues make it more of a winter project than a Christmas one. At 196 by 196 stitches, on 14 count fabric it comes out 14 inches (35. 5 cm). If I can count correctly it uses 54 colors.

And if you’re looking for a super detailed, colorful and maybe kind of intense project, check out these loaded mugs from Laser Arts Designs. This pretty picture would be especially welcome at Christmas with all the red and green, and the traditional snowflake on the mug is a great touch. It only uses 14 colors, and measures 193 by 112 stitches. On 14 count fabric that would be 13.8 by 8 inches, or 35 by 20.3 cm, though the pattern includes counts for other sizes if you want to make it smaller.

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One of the most common supplies for cross stitch, aside from fabric, needles and floss, is an embroidery hoop. A hoop isn’t needed for every project, and indeed there are some stitchers who prefer not to use them at all. I generally don’t use a hoop when I’m working on a small cross stitch project, especially something that’s shape isn’t conducive to using a hoop (like a bookmark).

But embroidery hoops can be really helpful for cross stitch because they hold your fabric at an even tension, which allows you to stitch more evenly without any more work on your part. It’s great for beginners to use hoops because the tension on the fabric can both help make your stitches more even and make the holes in the fabric a little easier to see.

I’ll admit to always just buying whatever hoop is available in the right size when I’m ready to start a project without giving it much more thought than that. But there are things you should consider when choosing among the different kinds of hoops, which Caterpillar Cross Stitch covers in their great guide to embroidery hoops.

The post walks you through wooden, plastic, spring tension and flexi hoops (which I’ll admit to having never heard of; they’re made of vinyl and plastic apparently), as well as Q-Snap frames, which aren’t really hoops because they’re made of plastic tubes that you snap together in the size and shape you need.

It also covers what size hoop you should use for the project you’re working on and how to actually use a hoop in the right way.

Whether you’re new to cross stitch or more seasoned, you’re sure to pick up a tip or a product to try in this post, so go check it out over at Caterpillar Cross Stitch.

Do you have a favorite kind of embroidery hoop to use for cross stitch, or do you go without? I’d love to hear your thoughts!

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