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Cheshire Cat grinning on a branch, Alice in Wonderland cross stitch pattern

61 × 43 stitches 9 colors 4.4 × 3.1 in on 14-count

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A PDF for 14-count on US Letter paper: overview, symbol charts and thread list. Change the count or paper

You will need

Fabric
14-count Aida, cut 11 × 10 in (the design is 4.4 × 3.1 in; 14-count has 14 squares to the inch)
Needle
Tapestry, size 24
Thread
9 DMC colors, 2 strands at a time (DMC is the thread maker whose color numbers charts use)

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Your thread palette: 9 threads ↓

  • DMC 318 Light Steel Gray
  • DMC 938 Ultra Dark Coffee Brown
  • DMC 869 Very Dark Hazelnut Brown
  • DMC 413 Dark Pewter Gray
  • DMC 3865 Winter White
  • DMC 3346 Hunter Green
  • DMC 3822 Light Straw
  • DMC 989 Forest Green
  • DMC 3712 Medium Salmon

Want to make it yours? opens this chart in the pattern maker, where every stitch can be changed too. Or download it just as it is.

Count is the number of squares per inch. Higher count makes the same design smaller; the stitches and thread colors stay the same. Sizes shown are the stitched area; allow extra fabric for finishing.

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About this pattern

The Cheshire Cat from Alice in Wonderland, drawn as a gray tabby lying on a brown branch and looking straight at you with a wide grin full of white teeth. It has yellow eyes with upright slit pupils, a small pink nose, pink inside its ears, darker gray bars on its forehead, cheeks and shoulders, and two front paws resting on the branch. Its ringed tail hangs down in front of the branch on the right, and a green leaf grows at each end of the branch. Dark brown outline. Our own drawing of the cat in Lewis Carroll's book of 1865. Full crosses only.

61 stitches wide by 43 high: 1,223 full cross stitches in 9 DMC colors (Light Steel Gray 318, Ultra Dark Coffee Brown 938, Very Dark Hazelnut Brown 869 and 6 more).

Finished size by fabric count
FabricInchesCentimeters
11-count Aida5.5 × 3.914.1 × 9.9
14-count Aida, or 28-count over two4.4 × 3.111.1 × 7.8
16-count Aida, or 32-count over two3.8 × 2.79.7 × 6.8
18-count Aida3.4 × 2.48.6 × 6.1
22-count Hardanger2.8 × 2.07.0 × 5.0

Sizes are the stitched area. Add about 3 inches (7.5 cm) on every side when you cut your fabric.

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Cheshire Cat grinning on a branch, Alice in Wonderland

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Thread list & pattern notes

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SymbolThreadStitchesBuy
●DMC 318 Light Steel Gray543Find it
XDMC 938 Ultra Dark Coffee Brown381Find it
▲DMC 869 Very Dark Hazelnut Brown106Find it
+DMC 413 Dark Pewter Gray49Find it
■DMC 3865 Winter White46Find it
ODMC 3346 Hunter Green42Find it
◆DMC 3822 Light Straw24Find it
=DMC 989 Forest Green16Find it
★DMC 3712 Medium Salmon16Find it

Suggested DMC colors. Screen colors are approximate. Previews show the exact chart.

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Count is the number of squares to the inch: 14-count fabric has 14, and a higher count makes the same design smaller. DMC is the thread maker whose color numbers most charts use.

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