Jack-in-the-box with a jester popping up on a spring cross stitch pattern

41 × 64 stitches 8 colors 2.9 × 4.6 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 × 11 in (the design is 2.9 × 4.6 in; 14-count has 14 squares to the inch)
Needle: Tapestry, size 24
Thread: 8 DMC colors, 2 strands at a time (DMC is the thread maker whose color numbers charts use)

Your thread palette: 8 threads ↓

DMC 322 Dark Baby Blue
DMC 938 Ultra Dark Coffee Brown
DMC 321 Red
DMC 783 Medium Topaz
DMC 951 Light Tawny
DMC 413 Dark Pewter Gray
DMC 318 Light Steel Gray
DMC 3822 Light Straw

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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 jack-in-the-box with a jester popped up out of the box on a spring. The jester wears a two-pointed cap, red on the left and blue on the right, each point curling down to a gold bell, above a gold band. The face has two dark eyes and an open smile, over a pointed collar in blue, gold and red. The spring is a stack of gray coils. The box is blue with a red band along the top and along the bottom and a gold five-point star on its front, and a gold crank with a round red knob stands out of its right side. No lettering is drawn. Dark brown outline. Full crosses only.

41 stitches wide by 64 high: 1,460 full cross stitches in 8 DMC colors (Dark Baby Blue 322, Ultra Dark Coffee Brown 938, Red 321 and 5 more).

Finished size by fabric count
Fabric	Inches	Centimeters
11-count Aida	3.7 × 5.8	9.5 × 14.8
14-count Aida, or 28-count over two	2.9 × 4.6	7.4 × 11.6
16-count Aida, or 32-count over two	2.6 × 4.0	6.5 × 10.2
18-count Aida	2.3 × 3.6	5.8 × 9.0
22-count Hardanger	1.9 × 2.9	4.7 × 7.4

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

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Symbol	Thread	Stitches	Buy
●	DMC 322 Dark Baby Blue	441	Find it
X	DMC 938 Ultra Dark Coffee Brown	440	Find it
▲	DMC 321 Red	232	Find it
+	DMC 783 Medium Topaz	147	Find it
■	DMC 951 Light Tawny	110	Find it
O	DMC 413 Dark Pewter Gray	36	Find it
◆	DMC 318 Light Steel Gray	35	Find it
=	DMC 3822 Light Straw	19	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.