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St. Patrick’s Day Gnome Cross Stitch Patterns

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Gnomes are a fun way to decorate for any holiday, but it seems like they are especially welcome at St. Patrick’s Day. Are gnomes Irish? I don’t know, but they are pretty cute in green.

This one from Favorite Gnome, for example, has a stocking cap covered in shamrocks and long red braids. It uses 21 colors and measures 69 by 111 stitches, which comes out to 12.5 by 20 cm, or 5 by 8 inches on 14 count fabric.

Get some luck of the Irish from your St. Patrick’s Day gnome with this fun design from Neni Design Crafts, which includes a horseshoe and a bag of gold. The design is 80 by 99 stitches, which comes out to 14.5 by 18 cm, or 5.7 by 7.1 inches or 14 count fabric (there are other counts shown in the listing if you want your design to be smaller.

Cross Stitch Foxy adds a beer to their Irish gnome, whose hat has green spots. This one is 72 by 67 stitches and uses 12 colors. On 14 count fabric it comes out to 13 by 12 cm, or 5.2 by 4.8 inches.

Vitalyia Mishchuk’s leprechaun gnome at Cross Stitch Patterns has backstitched shamrocks on his hat and a latte in his hand. It uses 34 colors and comes out to 22.32 by 23.40 cm, or 8.79 x 9.21 inches on 14 count fabric with a stitch count of 123 by 129 stitches. If you like this style she has a whole set of seasonal gnomes that are cheaper to buy as a set.

And if you want to get totally silly with your St. Patrick’s Day cross stitch gnome, check out this design from Piccola Parigi. I really want to call it cheeky even though it’s not that, but we can say thank goodness for a long beard and a well-placed shamrock! The design is 84 by 88 stitches and uses 26 colors. On 14 count fabric that comes out to 6 by 6.29 inches, which is about 15 by 16 cm.

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Cross Stitch Ice Cream and Frozen Treats

Summer is the time for sweet treats, whether eating them or stitching them. This collection of patterns is full of designs that are good enough to eat. Almost. 

This year of ice creams from Simone Balman Art is lots of fun, and you could also stitch up these treats individually if you’d rather. The full piece is 210 by 300 stitches, though it’s not full coverage. It uses 25 colors and comes out to 13.6 by 20.1 inches, or 34.5 by 51.2 cm, as shown on 14 count fabric. 

These mini Popsicles from Mariana Gonclaves ART as super sweet and quick to stitch. These would also be a fun border to another summer project. The full design is 43 by 46 stitches, which is 3.1 by 3.3 inches, or 7.8 by 8.3 cm, on 14 count fabric. 

Sam X Stitch has this fun sweet treat sampler, which again would be fun to stitch as individual pieces (maybe on napkins?). In all it calls for 18 colors and measures 153 by 153 stitches. That comes out to 10.93 inches or 27.75 cm on 14 count fabric. 

Another great sampler is this one with ice cream and other sweet treats from Cute Patterns by Maria. At 119 by 132 stitches total, working the full pattern would be about 8.6 by 9.4 inches, or 22 by 24 cm on 14 count fabric, and it uses 33 colors. You can also stitch individual designs, which range in height from 35 to 45 stitches, and in width from 11 to 28. 

This collection of four sundae patterns from Stichrovia would be fun to make for a kitchen or a teen’s room. Each pattern is around 40 by 50 stitches, so they should fit in a four or five inch hoop if worked on 14 count fabric. 

Or stitch up one of the treats from Stitch Chart Studio‘s collection of seven ice cream cross stitch patterns. These range in size and in number of colors needed, but most would fit in a five or six in hoop (and one in a four inch hoop).