Snowflake Counted Cross Stitch

From A Stitch In Time
Monica Ferris

This counted cross stitch snowflake can be worked on any dark-colored evenweave fabric or canvas in white or metallic. The designer, Denise Wiliams, worked it on 14-count navy blue canvas with Balger #8 floss, for an interesting, sparkly effect. On that count, the snowflake is 3.5 inches across.

Directions:

Find the center of the pattern and mark it. Find the center of the fabric and begin there, making Xs as the pattern indicates. It may be helpful to grid the pattern by drawing a line with see-through marker every five or ten squares. A corresponding line may be stitched with a single thread on the fabric. (Beginners like Betsy find this very helpful!) Then pull the marker threads out when the pattern is finished.

More about A Stitch In Time
Monica Ferris

When a damaged tapestry is discovered in a small-town church closet, needleworkers join to stitch together the clues which lead to a crafty crime.

Berkley (Prime Crime), July 2000
Featuring: Betsy Devonshire
247 pages ISBN: 0425175111
Paperback
$5.99

Also by Monica Ferris:
Crewel Yule, October 2004
Cutwork, January 2004
Hanging by a Thread, January 2003
A Murderous Yarn, March 2002
Unraveled Sleeve, July 2001
Framed in Lace, October 1999
Crewel World, March 1999

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