Creepy eyeball floating in a specimen jar cross stitch pattern

27 × 38 stitches 7 colors 1.9 × 2.7 in on 14-count

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 8 × 9 in (the design is 1.9 × 2.7 in; 14-count has 14 squares to the inch)
Needle: Tapestry, size 24
Thread: 7 DMC colors, 2 strands at a time (DMC is the thread maker whose color numbers charts use)

Your thread palette: 7 threads ↓

DMC 3348 Light Yellow Green
DMC 3865 Winter White
DMC 310 Black
DMC 989 Forest Green
DMC 322 Dark Baby Blue
DMC 318 Light Steel Gray
DMC 321 Red

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.

Fabric count and finished sizeCount 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.

Download free PDF

About this pattern

A glass jar with a gray screw lid, three quarters full of pale green fluid, with one large eyeball floating in the middle of it: a white ball, a blue iris and a black pupil with a tiny glint, and the red stump of its nerve hanging straight down underneath. The empty glass above the fluid is white, a pale streak of shine runs down the left wall and a darker green shadow down the right. A black outline runs round the jar and the eye. Full crosses only. It is 27 by 38 stitches and uses seven thread colors.

27 stitches wide by 38 high: 960 full cross stitches in 7 DMC colors (Light Yellow Green 3348, Winter White 3865, Black 310 and 4 more).

Finished size by fabric count
Fabric	Inches	Centimeters
11-count Aida	2.5 × 3.5	6.2 × 8.8
14-count Aida, or 28-count over two	1.9 × 2.7	4.9 × 6.9
16-count Aida, or 32-count over two	1.7 × 2.4	4.3 × 6.0
18-count Aida	1.5 × 2.1	3.8 × 5.4
22-count Hardanger	1.2 × 1.7	3.1 × 4.4

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

The fabric color changes the preview only: every cross matches your chart.

Thread list & pattern notes

Check my threads and make a shopping list

“Find it” opens a search for that thread on Amazon, in a new tab. Floss Field is not affiliated with DMC or Amazon.

Symbol	Thread	Stitches	Buy
●	DMC 3348 Light Yellow Green	395	Find it
X	DMC 3865 Winter White	230	Find it
▲	DMC 310 Black	189	Find it
+	DMC 989 Forest Green	48	Find it
■	DMC 322 Dark Baby Blue	48	Find it
O	DMC 318 Light Steel Gray	34	Find it
◆	DMC 321 Red	16	Find it

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

Print the chart (opens the PDF in a new tab)

More patterns like this

Easy 23 × 27 2 colors

Simple skull in black and white, small and easy

31 × 64 stitches 2 colors

Standing skeleton, white on black, in two colors

56 × 64 stitches 5 colors

Skeleton bride and groom with a red heart between them

45 × 64 stitches 3 colors

Dancing skeleton with gold music notes on purple

New to cross stitch? How to cross stitch

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.