The Scream cross stitch pattern

Free patterns · Famous painting · A figure screaming on a bridge under a blood-red sky, from Edvard Munch’s 1893 painting.

The Scream cross stitch chart, 90 by 120 stitches, 30 colors, DMC 3750, 407, 3830, 844, 610, 612, 632, 3781, 3790, 3858, 355, 611, 167, 645, 791, 3799, 08, 646, 413, 3862, 3826, 3772, 839, 779, 3863, 924, 931, 3864, 317, 838

stitches: 90 × 120
DMC colors: 30
on 14-count: 6.4 × 8.6 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 sky is long bands of orange and red, which makes for calm stitching; save the face and hands for when you are fresh. At 120 stitches tall it is a big project, so work it in 10 × 10 blocks and tick each one off on a printed chart.

Made from a picture by Edvard Munch (public domain).

Thread key

Everything to buy for this pattern, by DMC number.

Symbol	DMC	Name	Stitches	Skeins
⊕	3750	Antique Blue Very Dk	197	1
⊠	407	Desert Sand Med	168	1
⌂	3830	Terra Cotta	111	1
■	844	Beaver Gray Ult Dk	797	1
□	610	Drab Brown Dk	424	1
▣	612	Drab Brown Lt	222	1
▬	632	Desert Sand Ult Vy Dk	295	1
▮	3781	Mocha Brown Dk	281	1
▲	3790	Beige Gray Ult Dk	744	1
△	3858	Rosewood Med	290	1
◆	355	Terra Cotta Dark	632	1
◇	611	Drab Brown	392	1
◉	167	Yellow Beige V Dk	211	1
○	645	Beaver Gray Vy Dk	495	1
◎	791	Cornflower Blue V D	80	1
●	3799	Pewter Gray Vy Dk	1429	1
◐	08	Driftwood Dark	259	1
◧	646	Beaver Gray Dk	250	1
★	413	Pewter Gray Dark	590	1
☆	3862	Mocha Beige Dark	382	1
♣	3826	Golden Brown	265	1
♥	3772	Desert Sand Vy Dk	570	1
✓	839	Beige Brown Dk	102	1
✖	779	Cocoa Dark	576	1
✚	3863	Mocha Beige Med	581	1
✱	924	Gray Green Vy Dark	91	1
⧄	931	Antique Blue Medium	54	1
⬟	3864	Mocha Beige Light	47	1
⬡	317	Pewter Gray	124	1
⬢	838	Beige Brown Vy Dk	141	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	6.4 × 8.6 in (16.3 × 21.8 cm)	12.4 × 14.6 in
16-count Aida	5.6 × 7.5 in (14.3 × 19.1 cm)	11.6 × 13.5 in
18-count Aida	5.0 × 6.7 in (12.7 × 16.9 cm)	11.0 × 12.7 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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