Small half-peeled banana with the peel folded down cross stitch pattern

31 × 31 stitches 4 colors 2.2 × 2.2 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 9 × 9 in (the design is 2.2 × 2.2 in; 14-count has 14 squares to the inch)
Needle: Tapestry, size 24
Thread: 4 DMC colors, 2 strands at a time (DMC is the thread maker whose color numbers charts use)

Your thread palette: 4 threads ↓

DMC 744 Pale Yellow
DMC 938 Ultra Dark Coffee Brown
DMC 3865 Winter White
DMC 729 Medium Old Gold

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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.

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About this pattern

A banana standing upright and peeled halfway. The bare fruit, creamy white with a rounded top, stands above the lower half, which is still in its yellow skin and narrows to a dark tip at the bottom. Two strips of yellow peel hang out to the sides from where the peeling stopped, each arching over and ending in a point. A band of darker gold shades the right side of the unpeeled half. The outline mirrors left to right; only the shading is on one side. Dark brown outline. Full crosses only. It is 31 by 31 stitches and uses four thread colors.

31 stitches wide by 31 high: 401 full cross stitches in 4 DMC colors (Pale Yellow 744, Ultra Dark Coffee Brown 938, Winter White 3865 and 1 more).

Finished size by fabric count
Fabric	Inches	Centimeters
11-count Aida	2.8 × 2.8	7.2 × 7.2
14-count Aida, or 28-count over two	2.2 × 2.2	5.6 × 5.6
16-count Aida, or 32-count over two	1.9 × 1.9	4.9 × 4.9
18-count Aida	1.7 × 1.7	4.4 × 4.4
22-count Hardanger	1.4 × 1.4	3.6 × 3.6

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

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Symbol	Thread	Stitches	Buy
●	DMC 744 Pale Yellow	152	Find it
X	DMC 938 Ultra Dark Coffee Brown	124	Find it
▲	DMC 3865 Winter White	85	Find it
+	DMC 729 Medium Old Gold	40	Find 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.