Old steam train locomotive with red wheels cross stitch pattern

63 × 50 stitches 7 colors 4.5 × 3.6 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 11 × 10 in (the design is 4.5 × 3.6 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 413 Dark Pewter Gray
DMC 938 Ultra Dark Coffee Brown
DMC 321 Red
DMC 415 Pearl Gray
DMC 318 Light Steel Gray
DMC 729 Medium Old Gold
DMC 3755 Baby Blue

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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

An old-fashioned steam locomotive seen from the side, facing right, on a gray rail with dark sleepers. The engine is dark gray, with a cab and a blue window at the back, two gold bands round the boiler, a gold dome, a smokestack with a gold cap and a small gold lamp in front of it. It runs on two large red driving wheels joined by a gray rod and a smaller red wheel in front, with a red cowcatcher ahead of them. Three gray puffs of smoke drift back above it, each bigger than the last. Everything but the rail has a dark brown outline. Full crosses only.

63 stitches wide by 50 high: 1,542 full cross stitches in 7 DMC colors (Dark Pewter Gray 413, Ultra Dark Coffee Brown 938, Red 321 and 4 more).

Finished size by fabric count
Fabric	Inches	Centimeters
11-count Aida	5.7 × 4.5	14.5 × 11.5
14-count Aida, or 28-count over two	4.5 × 3.6	11.4 × 9.1
16-count Aida, or 32-count over two	3.9 × 3.1	10.0 × 7.9
18-count Aida	3.5 × 2.8	8.9 × 7.1
22-count Hardanger	2.9 × 2.3	7.3 × 5.8

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 413 Dark Pewter Gray	511	Find it
X	DMC 938 Ultra Dark Coffee Brown	466	Find it
▲	DMC 321 Red	231	Find it
+	DMC 415 Pearl Gray	127	Find it
■	DMC 318 Light Steel Gray	115	Find it
O	DMC 729 Medium Old Gold	62	Find it
◆	DMC 3755 Baby Blue	30	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.