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Skull cross stitch pattern

Free patterns · Halloween · A grinning white skull.
Skull cross stitch chart, 38 by 38 stitches, three colors, DMC 154, 318, B5200
stitches
38 × 38
DMC colors
3
on 14-count
2.7 × 2.7 in

Want to fix a few stitches?

Draw, erase and fill single stitches, swap or merge colors, clean up strays, and check against your photo.

A good first project: a few colors and whole stitches only. Free to stitch for yourself, as a gift, or to sell the finished piece.

Stitching tip: Three colors: white bone, a grey outline and dark red eye sockets. Stitch the grey outline first, it gives you the shape to fill. White needs a dark fabric to show, and black Aida is the classic choice.

Made from a drawing from Microsoft Fluent Emoji (MIT License).

Thread key

Everything to buy for this pattern, by DMC number.
SymbolDMCNameStitchesSkeins
■154Grape Very Dark1921
▲318Steel Gray Lt1811
●B5200Snow White6901

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.
FabricFinishedCut
14-count Aida2.7 × 2.7 in (6.9 × 6.9 cm)8.7 × 8.7 in
16-count Aida2.4 × 2.4 in (6.0 × 6.0 cm)8.4 × 8.4 in
18-count Aida2.1 × 2.1 in (5.4 × 5.4 cm)8.1 × 8.1 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.

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