Black cat portrait cross stitch pattern

Free patterns · Animal · A watchful black cat with golden eyes, from a photo.

Black cat portrait cross stitch chart, 120 by 109 stitches, 23 colors, DMC 775, 932, 310, 844, 04, 03, 318, 3841, 414, 3752, 646, 415, 3799, 3753, 162, 928, 3371, 927, 827, 169, 413, 317, 931

stitches: 120 × 109
DMC colors: 23
on 14-count: 8.6 × 7.8 in

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For when you have a few projects behind you: many colors and soft shading, made from a picture. Free to stitch for yourself, as a gift, or to sell the finished piece.

Stitching tip: The cat is almost all near-black, so stitch it in daylight and count carefully along the edge of the fur, where the cat meets the sky.

Made from a picture by Abdu Rahman (CC0).

Thread key

Everything to buy for this pattern, by DMC number.

Symbol	DMC	Name	Stitches	Skeins
⊕	775	Baby Blue Very Light	19	1
⊠	932	Antique Blue Light	18	1
■	310	Black	2921	2
□	844	Beaver Gray Ult Dk	248	1
▣	04	Tin Dark	28	1
▬	03	Tin Medium	88	1
▮	318	Steel Gray Lt	72	1
▲	3841	Baby Blue Pale	1577	1
△	414	Steel Gray Dk	158	1
◆	3752	Antique Blue Very Lt	1512	1
◇	646	Beaver Gray Dk	94	1
◉	415	Pearl Gray	21	1
○	3799	Pewter Gray Vy Dk	283	1
●	3753	Antique Blue Ult Vy Lt	2944	2
◐	162	Blue Ultra Very Light	30	1
◧	928	Gray Green Vy Lt	29	1
★	3371	Black Brown	1272	1
☆	927	Gray Green Light	96	1
♣	827	Blue Very Light	33	1
♥	169	Pewter Light	340	1
✖	413	Pewter Gray Dark	640	1
✚	317	Pewter Gray	645	1
⬢	931	Antique Blue Medium	12	1

Finished size

How big it comes out on each Aida count. The cut size adds 3 inches on every side so the fabric fits the hoop.

Fabric	Finished	Cut
14-count Aida	8.6 × 7.8 in (21.8 × 19.8 cm)	14.6 × 13.8 in
16-count Aida	7.5 × 6.8 in (19.1 × 17.3 cm)	13.5 × 12.8 in
18-count Aida	6.7 × 6.1 in (16.9 × 15.4 cm)	12.7 × 12.1 in

How to stitch it

Fold the fabric in half both ways to find the middle, match it to the center of the chart, and work outward. Each square is one full cross in 2 strands of floss.

Thread key

Finished size

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