Year of the Snake Cross Stitch Patterns

Lunar New Year for 2025 marks the beginning of the year of the snake. Snakes are intelligent and strong-willed, and they can be sneaky and jealous. Let’s celebrate the year of the snake with some fun cross stitch patterns!

This snake coiling into the year 2025 is a fun one, and it’s pretty easy because it’s only worked in two colors. You can get it from Anna X Stitch Art. The pattern is 91 by 76 stitches and comes out to 6.5 by 5.43 inches, or 16.5 by 13.8 cm tall on 14 count fabric.

Red is a classic color for the new year, so why not stitch up a red snake like this one from Lady Stitchicorn? It measures 33 by 40 stitches, which is 2.4 by 2.7 inches/6 by 6.8 cm on 14 count fabric. The snake is stitched in red with backstitch embellishments on the body worked in white.

The Frosted Pumpkin Stitchery does adorable patterns for Lunar New Year each year with the year in lanterns and a cute version of the year’s zodiac sign. The snake in their version is wearing a bow tie and top hat to make it extra festive. It is 58 by 67 stitches, and the pattern includes the full set of numbers if you want it to commemorate a different year of the snake.

The Art of Cross Stitch also has designs for each zodiac symbol, and the year of the snake one uses four colors and is 58 by 71 stitches. It comes out to 5 inches/12.7 cm square when worked on 14 count fabric.

This adorable new year’s greeting from poco a poco stitch has a Japanese twist with Mt. Fuji and the rising sun in the background. Some creature is wearing the snake costume, which adds to the cuteness.

Then there’s a sweet design from Madly Stitch with a cartoonish snake. This one is 90 by 71 stitches and uses five colors, so it’s pretty good for a beginner to try.

If you like blackwork or want to give this style of embroidery a try, check out this blackwork snake from Trunky Stitches. It uses three colors of floss and is all worked in backstitch on 14 count fabric.

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It’s not really that close to Halloween as I write this, but as crafters we’re always looking ahead and spooky season is one of my favorites. If it’s yours, too, or you just like things on the Gothic side, you should enjoy browsing and stitching projects from Ars Onirika on Etsy.

There’s a lot of pop culture inspired designs with a dark twist, from Harry Potter to Beetlejuice, Lord of the Rings to Edgar Allan Poe.

The biggest section of the shop is just called Easy Cross Stitch, but it covers a lot of ground, from text-only designs to stained glass windows, tarot card-inspired designs (I was going to share this one called The Stitcher as it’s relevant to our interests) and a green absinthe fairy.

I decided to talk more about that one instead just because I wanted to call out that while it’s in the easy section, it is labeled more accurately as being an intermediate design, so check those skill levels if you’re a newer stitcher. This one measures 122 to 169 stitches, which comes out to 8.7 by 12.12 inches or 22.2 by 30.8 cm on 14 count fabric. The pattern notes don’t say how many colors it uses, but it looks like a lot. This would be a great one to make for lovers of Art Nouveau or who have a fancy bar.

You’ll also find a large section of medieval and gothic designs, which includes lots of designs inspired by medieval artwork; a fantasy and magic section, filled with Harry Potter designs, fairies, Outlander and more; and classic art patterns, which is pretty much what it sounds like.

There are also alphabets and samplers you can use to make your own projects, a few literary samplers, and a set of Victorian cat designs you can personalize with your cat’s name.

If any of that piques your interest, you should definitely head over to Ars Onirika at Etsy and browse through their designs. Let me know if you see something you like!

[Photo: Ars Onirika]

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