The Grinch Free Cross Stitch Pattern

If you’ve had about all the Christmas cheer you can handle by now, thank you very much, maybe it’s time to stitch up some holiday greetings from the Grinch (and his dog).

Though he actually looks pretty cheery in this free cross stitch pattern, so maybe stitching it will help your heart grow three sizes, or you can make it for the most Bah, Humbug of your buddies (I guess that’s mixing metaphors, but you know what I mean).

This design can be stitched as shown, or you can make it into a double sided round ornament, whichever way you like.

Designed by Nadine Grigorieva, this pattern’s finished design is sized 19.59 x 9.43 cm (7.71 by 3.71 inches) when stitched on 14 count fabric, and measures 108 by 52 stitches. The types of stitches used are full cross-stitch, half cross-stitch and backstitch.

You can get the free pattern from Wizardi.

It doesn’t look like we have any other Grinch cross stitch patterns that we have shared through the years, but there is one in this Dr. Seuss cross stitch pattern collection that includes a little Grinch.

And if you’re looking for more funny ways to celebrate the season, try the Fa La La La Llama pattern, or this googly eyed reindeer (because everything is better with googly eyes, am I right?) or you can wish a merry Christmas to your favorite filthy animal.

If all that snark put you back in the mood for some more traditional holiday cross stitch patterns, check out my roundups of Christmas village cross stitch patterns, Christmas tree patterns, and super cute Santa cross stitch patterns. No matter the mood we’ve got something you can stitch up to show your holiday spirit and that would make a great gift for someone in your life. Because we all know handmade gifts are the best gifts, right?

[Photo: Wizardi]

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One of the most common problems that cross stitchers at all skill levels have is that the cross stitch fabric can start fraying while you stitch.

Beginner cross stitchers might wonder why this happens and if there is something they are doing wrong to cause it.

The reason cross stitch fabric frays is because it is a woven fabric, and the nature of any kind of woven fabric (whether that’s cross stitch fabric, a torn up towel or a piece of fabric you’re going to sew) is that it wants to fray.

It’s not necessarily a huge deal if you cross stitch fabric starts fraying mid-project if you have left a lot of extra fabric around your stitching. But if there’s not much fabric to spare in order to be able to finish the project the way you want, you’ll want to do something to stop the fraying.

When I was growing up I remember my mom using masking tape for this purpose, but it turns out there are lots of different things that you can do to stop your cross stitch fabric from fraying.

Craft with Cartwright came up with 15 different things that you can try, which seems like a lot, but that just means you have lots of different things you can try.

If you don’t want to buy something, you can stitch along the edges. If you already have supplies like tape or glue, or access to pinking shears or a serger, there are lots of options you can try.

Some of these are more permanent than others, so it will depend a little bit on how you want to finish your cross stitch project as to which is the best choice for you. It’s a great idea to read through the whole list just so you can have them in the back of yoru mind the next time you start a project and think about how you would like to protect it.

You can find the whole list at Craft with Cartwright.

How do you like to stop fraying on your cross stitch projects? I’d love to hear your thoughts.

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