Valentine’s Day Mini Cross Stitch Patterns

I love a little cross stitch pattern, and these mini Valentine’s Day cross stitch patterns can help you spread a little love without a lot of work.

If you want to keep it really tiny, try these mini hearts from Bella Rose Craft. They are made to fit in hoops with a 1 inch/2.5 cm center. One is 13 by 12 stitches and the other is 9 by 12, so they’ll stitch up in no time to make adorable ornaments or tiny pendants.

Get a whole bunch of little options with a Valentine’s Day twist with this collection of 20 mini patterns from Sampler Cross Stitch. The designs vary a bit in size but all of them would fit in a 4-inch hoop.

Another set of little designs comes from Teeny Weeny X Stitch, which presents its 20 minis sampler style, though of course you can just stitch one or several depending on your needs. All of the designs are smaller than 40 by 40 stitches so they would all fit in a 3 inch hoop. The full set is 219 by 221 stitches and uses 51 colors.

These fun hearts with different patterns from Climbing Goat Designs are all shown in one piece, but you could pick out a single one to stitch on a card or put in a little frame. The full set is 97 by 90 stitches and use 15 colors. That’s about 6.9 by 6.4 inches, or 17.6 by 16.3 cm, when stitched on 14 count fabric.

And this collection of hearts with different designs from Aliton Embroidery is super sweet. I think the brick patterned one is my favorite. They all use just one color and are 31 by 28 stitches, which comes out to 5.62 by 5.08 inches or 2.2 by 2 cm on 14 count fabric.

Make a tiny pillow to express your love with this project from You Sew Creative Studio. This one could be a display item or a pincushion. I love the tiny heart shaped button! The cross-stitched part is 30 by 37 stitches, and the full pincushion is 5 by 5 inches (13 by 13 cm). It looks like it uses four or five colors of floss.

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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