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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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.

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