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Year of the Snake Cross Stitch Patterns

January 7, 2025 by Sarah White

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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Designer Spotlight: Curious Carrie Designs

If you like seasonal samplers and cross stitch patterns with a primitive twist, you’ll enjoy the collection from Curious Carrie Designs.

You’ll find alphabet designs, biscornu, patriotic projects and more. The summer category is the largest on the storefront, with Americana and floral designs. There are also categories for the other seasons and more general designs.

One of my favorites is this pretty sunflower cross stitch pattern, which is shown styled as a biscornu but it wouldn’t have to be. The pattern features sunflowers and bees and a little beehive. It uses 12 colors of floss and each side of the pattern is 51 by 51 stitches, which comes out to 3.64 inches or 9.2 cm square.

I love the fabric she used for the sample, which she actually dyed purple herself, but it would also be pretty on a purchased light blue or other color if you don’t want to dye your own.

There’s also a whole set of themed biscornu with a four letter word on one side (crow, home, love and snow, to name a few) along with a seasonal pattern on the other side.

The shop has a rather small selection at around 90 patterns as of this writing, but it’s a nice collection of traditional looking designs heavy on samplers and biscornu designs, so if those are things you like you’ll want to be sure to check it out. Visit Curious Carrie Designs on Etsy to see all her pretty designs.

Are you a designer or do you have a favorite cross stitch designer who hasn’t made it into the spotlight yet? (You can see all the featured designers in the craft businesses category on the page.) Let me know in the comments, or you can submit more detailed information by clicking on “suggest a craft” at the center top of the page.

[Photo: Curious Carrie Designs]

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