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]

I don’t know when or why I cam across this cross stitch pattern, but it’s been on my list to share for a while and today’s the day.

This design from AllaboutxStitch features a giant, colorful wreath with all sorts of vegetables including eggplant, carrots, corn, tomatoes, cabbage, peppers and onions. There’s an artichoke, some beets, peas and mushrooms, too.

The background of the design is filled with text of different kinds of vegetables, which I assume are all included in the design somewhere (of course you could leave that off and you’ll still have plenty of stitching to do!). There’s so much going on here I think you’d have to stitch it to be able to really take it all in.

There’s even a couple of bees hovering around. The detail on this project is just so fun and I love the highlights on some of the vegetables that make them look just that much more realistic.

The pattern measures 194 by 194 stitches. On 16 count fabric that comes out to a little more than 12 inches or 30.8 cm square.

The pattern listing doesn’t say how many colors are used in the sample, but it’s definitely a lot. Just by the size and the number of colors I would call this an advanced cross stitch pattern, but wouldn’t it be amazing to have for your fall and Thanksgiving decor? I’d plan the whole holiday meal around this thing if I successfully finished it. (Mostly because I’ve never done anything that big and I would want to show it off in any way possible).

You can grab a copy of this pattern from AllaboutxStitch on Etsy. And while you’re over there you can check out their other amazing and colorful fruit and vegetable designs if you want to stitch more produce-inspired decor.

[Photo: AllaboutxStitch]

Have you read?