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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Inkspire Studio Shops offers cross stitch patterns as well as tons of different stitch minders, scissor charms and thread organization tools.

We’ll get to all that, but since we’re mostly here for the patterns, let’s start there.

All of the patterns are in one category (called Inkspire Originals if you’re following along). There are a lot of book-themed projects and more of the designs are bookmarks than anything else. You’ll find trope bookmarks, a Reading Rainbow themed design, flowers and a super cute watercolor set bookmark, to name a few.

And while the book themed projects are by far the most numerous, I wanted to share this super cute pile of vintage Pyrex style bowls. I love the colors on this one and it should be easy to stitch because so much of it is blocks (or bowls) of a single color. This one is only available as a printed pattern, but most of them are digital.

It calls for six colors and comes out 5.6 by 6.9 inches, or 14.2 by 17.5 cm when stitched on 14 count fabric.

In addition to the bookmarks and book themed projects you’ll find a few kitchen projects and some Halloween and Christmas designs as well.

But what this shop is really about is needle minders, and there are tons of them, with all kinds of themes ranging from introverted and snarky to animal themes, food and beverages, retro designs and religious and inspiring needle minders.

If you don’t know about needle minders, these are acrylic with magnets. You stick a magnet to the back of your work, add the needle minder to the front of the work, and then it holds your sewing needle when you’re not stitching. No need for piercing your fabric or losing your needle between stitching sessions.

She also makes charms you can attach to your scissors (or use as a stitch marker if you’re a knitter or crocheter), inventory and project trackers and bags large and small to hold works in progress and other supplies. She’s also got a great collection of vintage cross stitch patterns and kits, so check out all the fun goodies at Inkspired Studio Shops.

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