Winter Animal Cross Stitch Patterns

If you’re in the part of the world where it’s winter right now, it’s winter for the animals, too, so let’s stitch up some cute winter animal cross stitch patterns.

Some of these projects are more literal than others, but let’s start with the fanciful, because who can resist a squirrel in a sweater? This set of three animals also includes a fox and a mouse in jackets, hats and scarves. The designs are from Wonder Stitch UA and were designed by Nastya Lanova. The projects vary a bit in size and the number of colors used but they’re all adorable.

Speaking of mice bundled up for the cold, there’s also this sweet little one form Kits by SAstitch. It measures 84 by 95 stitches, which comes out to 6.1 by 6.9 inches or 15.5 by 17.5 cm on 14 count fabric. It uses 22 colors and 11 blends to work its magic.

On the more realistic end of the spectrum, there’s this pretty black eyed junco (thanks, pattern listing, for keeping me from calling it a bluebird!) from Stitch Craft Creatives. The design is 300 by 150 stitches, or 21.5 by 10.75 inches, or 54.61 by 27.31 cm on 14 count fabric. It’s meant to be worked on one side of a horizontal piece of fabric, but I think there’s only stitching right around the bird and the rest of the fabric is blank. (Photo above is just of the bird.)

I love these little pillows of animals in the snow from Little Stitcher Shop. This set includes a fox, robin, blackbird, deer and squirrel, shown worked on linen fabric.

Or try these pretty animals with wreaths, snowflakes and other cute details. This set with a fox and cardinal, polar bear and deer is from Puntini Puntini Store, and each design is 67 by 66 stitches.

Max Stitches Art has this cute hare in the snowy forest pattern, which I only just realized reading the pattern description is actually a snow globe! It calls for 13 colors and is 71 by 75 stitches. On 14 count fabrics that comes out to 5.07 by 5.36 inches, or 12.88 by 13.61 cm.

If super realistic is more your style, try this gorgeous wolf in the snow pattern from X Stitch Pattern X. It is 180 by 180 stitches, or 12.6 inches/32.7 cm on 14 count fabric. The pattern includes measures for other counts if you want to make it smaller. The pattern use 51 colors.

Charts and Stuff is a small but fun Etsy shop with a cartoony style to its designs. Let’s take a closer look.

This shop’s designs are mostly silly and full of color. The rainbow colored hair is a common feature of a lot of characters, from a dancing woman to a reindeer, dogs and chickens.

As you scroll back through their designs (there are no categories but they also have fewer than 100 designs as of this writing, so it doesn’t take too long to explore) you’ll also find a series of patchwork designs that use similar bright colors but in a very different way.

For instance, this patchwork teddy bear cross stitch pattern. The pattern notes are low on details but it says the pattern comes out about 7 by 7.5 inches (that’s 17.78 by 19.05 cm) I assume on 14 count fabric. There’s clearly a good bit of back stitch involved as well as regular cross stitching.

These colorful designs would be a great way to use a lot of thread left over from other projects, because they don’t have to be the exact colors called for in the pattern. I could see the teddy bear with a ribbon that is the favorite color of the person you are stitching it for, for instance, and you can use pastels or more saturated colors, or a mix depending on what you have on hand.

In addition to the patterns already mentioned, there are a few blackwork designs, a set of season themed quotes, some word art in the shape of a heart and a cat, and some Christmas themed designs with the rainbow characters wearing Santa hats. There’s also a few of Santa riding a motorcycle if that’s something you’re into.

These cross stitch patterns are a lot of fun and look like they’d be great to stitch, so check out the pattern shop at Charts and Stuff on Etsy to see more.

[Photo: Charts and Stuff]

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