Sandcastle Cross Stitch Patterns

It might be a little early as I write this to be thinking about summer vacation, but let’s take a look at some sandcastle cross stitch patterns while we’re dreaming of the beach.

I love this little sandcastle in a bottle from Threading Our Journey. The design uses 27 colors and measures 47 by 58 stitches, which comes out to 3.4 by 4.1 inches, or 8.5 by 10.5 cm, when stitched on 14 count fabric.

The Happiest Hoop also has this adorable little Fine and Sandy cross stitch pattern. This one fits in a three-inch hoop and uses 7 colors. It’s worked over 30 by 25 stitches and uses whole cross stitches and back stitch.

Another little design comes from Bella Rose Craft. This wee castle is shown in a four inch hoop, and it uses three colors. There’s a little back stitching on this one, too.

It doesn’t have to be July for you to stitch or display this summery sandcastle design from Thyme for Stitching. This design uses 11 colors and comes out about 4 by 4 inches/10 by 10 cm when stitched on 14 count fabric.

Stitch a more brightly colors sandcastle with this design from Cute Patterns by Maria. At 67 by 50 stitches, the pattern comes out to about 5 by 4 inches, or 13 by 10 cm. It uses 18 colors.

Or go for a dreamy watercolor look like this one from Juliette Studio Co. The design is 200 by 200 stitches, which comes out to 14.7 inches or 36.3 cm square on 14 count fabric (the pattern notes include measurements for higher counts if you want to make it smaller). It calls for 28 colors.

This last sandcastle from Autumn Andrea is part of a quartet of little beach themed patterns that also includes a seagull, beach house and sign. All four designs use 23 colors in total, but not all of them are used just in the sandcastle. The individual designs are about 11 by 10 inches each, or 28 by 25.4 cm.

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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