Penguin Cross Stitch Patterns

There are a lot of cute winter animals that I think don’t get the attention they deserve because they’re not necessarily Christmas related. We’re going to change that a little bit today with a look at some adorable penguin cross stitch patterns.

This first one is a little Christmas related in that the penguin is wearing a red and green hat and scarf, but you could absolutely change up the colors if you wanted to make it less holiday looking. The pattern is from Ecliptica Design and i ruses 16 colors in a design that’s 21 by 30 stitches. It comes out to 1.5 by 2.14 inches, or 3.8 by 5.5 cm, and only uses full stitches so it would be a good one for someone with a couple of projects under their belt who is looking for something a little more detailed than they might have worked before.

A more general winter one is this one from Starry Aloha Designs, which has a blue hat and scarf as well as hearts. You could even make this one all pink for Valentine’s Day if you wanted. The pattern is 58 by 62 stitches and uses six colors as written. If you work it on 14 count fabric it will fit in a 5-inch hoop.

Or try this round penguin in a little scarf surrounded by snowflakes from Geeky Stitches. This one is 53 by 51 stitches, which comes out to 3.79 by 3.64 inches (9.6 by 9.2 cm) on 14 count fabric. It uses five colors.

For a totally different look, try the penguin cross stitch pattern from Daily Cross Stitch. This one is the outline of a penguin filled with snowflake patterns.

Or how about a watercolor baby penguin? This adorable pattern from Laser Arts Designs has 170 by 230 stitches, which comes out to 12.1 by 16.4 inches, or 30.8 by 41.7 cm, on 14 count fabric. Laser Arts Designs projects typically include no more than 20 to 25 colors.

There’s also these mini baby penguin cross stitch patterns from LaSelva Design. Each of the five patterns fits in a 3-inch hoop, and while they are different sizes they’re all around 20 by 30 stitches.

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That headline pretty much describes the Under the Sea cross stitch pattern from Una Buena Pieza, which is covered with shells, fish and other creatures of the sea. It’s not intended to be an I spy, I don’t think, and most of the same kinds of animals are grouped together, but I think it would be fun for someone who didn’t stitch it to look and see what different things they can find within.

The pattern includes turtles, jellyfish, a whale, shark, ray, all sorts of fish and shells and I’m sure other things that I’m not noticing right now. Dolphins! Coral! Seagulls!

It looks like it would be super fun to stitch and fun to have on the wall during the summer months, or even hang in a kid’s room if you know a young one who loves the beach or ocean animals.

The design is 110 by 220 stitches. It comes out to about 8 by 16 inches, or 20 by 40 cm, when stitched on 14 count fabric. It calls for 19 colors.

This design looks great on light blue fabric as shown, but in the pattern listing on Etsy you’ll also see what it looks like on a darker blue and a white fabric, and they all look pretty good so you can use whatever color you like to suit your decor or your idea of what color the “ocean” should be. There’s even a customer photo that looks like it was done on a sort of tie-dyed green fabricc, which is really fun.

However you stitch it, I think this project would go faster than you imagine because there are so many fun little things to stitch. It will be hard to get bored when you can just move on to a different animal or part of the design.

Check out this pattern from Una Buena Pieza on Etsy.

[Photo: Una Buena Pieza]

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