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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When you put all the time and energy you do into making a great cross stitch project, it’s worth taking the time to frame it in a way that will make it look its best.

Often for smaller designs we’ll choose to frame projects in a hoop, which is cute and a fine option, especially for seasonal projects you might want to change out through the year. Others will send their finished projects for professional framing, which is a great option for gifts and heirloom items that need to be preserved, but it can also be quite expensive.

Crewel Ghoul has a great tutorial for a way that you can easily frame your cross stitch projects at home with just a few supplies.

She uses adhesive mounting board (but you can use non-adhesive board if you have some one hand or you need a size that’s not available in an adhesive version) and a few other basic supplies to secure the sides and corners of the cross stitch fabric around the board before putting the design in the frame.

This requires a bit of hand sewing, but we’re cross stitchers so I’m sure we can handle that.

Framing your cross stitch like this gives it a little padding in the frame, which makes it look better than if it were just flat in a frame with no special finishing. It’s also a great idea to use a frame without glass or to leave the glass out of the frame so it doesn’t crush your stitches.

And though this is super secure it’s not 100 percent permanent if you decide you don’t want the project framed in that way any more. Or you can take it out of the frame and the edges are still all nicely finished so you can display it a different way without having to do anything else to it.

Check out the tutorial at Crewel Ghoul.

[Photo: Crewel Ghoul.]

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