Yellow excavator digger, a construction vehicle cross stitch pattern

55 × 38 stitches 6 colors 3.9 × 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 10 × 9 in (the design is 3.9 × 2.7 in; 14-count has 14 squares to the inch)
Needle: Tapestry, size 24
Thread: 6 DMC colors, 2 strands at a time (DMC is the thread maker whose color numbers charts use)

Your thread palette: 6 threads ↓

DMC 744 Pale Yellow
DMC 938 Ultra Dark Coffee Brown
DMC 318 Light Steel Gray
DMC 413 Dark Pewter Gray
DMC 729 Medium Old Gold
DMC 3752 Very Light Antique 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

A yellow excavator seen from the side, facing right, with its bucket resting on the ground. The machine sits on one long dark gray crawler track with three light gray wheels; above a short gray turntable is the pale yellow house with a darker gold band along its foot, a cab with a pale blue window and a gray exhaust pipe at the back. The yellow arm climbs from the front of the house to a dark pin at the elbow and comes down to a gray bucket that sits on the same ground line as the track. No name or badge is drawn. Dark brown outline. Full crosses only.

55 stitches wide by 38 high: 1,179 full cross stitches in 6 DMC colors (Pale Yellow 744, Ultra Dark Coffee Brown 938, Light Steel Gray 318 and 3 more).

Finished size by fabric count
Fabric	Inches	Centimeters
11-count Aida	5.0 × 3.5	12.7 × 8.8
14-count Aida, or 28-count over two	3.9 × 2.7	10.0 × 6.9
16-count Aida, or 32-count over two	3.4 × 2.4	8.7 × 6.0
18-count Aida	3.1 × 2.1	7.8 × 5.4
22-count Hardanger	2.5 × 1.7	6.3 × 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

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Symbol	Thread	Stitches	Buy
●	DMC 744 Pale Yellow	457	Find it
X	DMC 938 Ultra Dark Coffee Brown	321	Find it
▲	DMC 318 Light Steel Gray	158	Find it
+	DMC 413 Dark Pewter Gray	150	Find it
■	DMC 729 Medium Old Gold	58	Find it
O	DMC 3752 Very Light Antique Blue	35	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.