Redwork crock of kitchen tools hand embroidery pattern

Easy · 1 color · 2 kinds of stitch

Redwork crock of kitchen tools: preview of the stitched design

A crock holds three kitchen tools, drawn as redwork: one red thread and line stitches, with no filled shapes. A whisk stands upright in the middle, its wires bellying out above the collar, and a spoon leans out on each side. The crock has a rim across its top, a band of two lines under the rim and another near the bottom, and a row of three hearts between the bands. The rim, the crock, the hearts, the collar, handle and wires of the whisk, and the bowls and handles of the spoons are stem stitch. The bands of the crock and the hollows of the spoons are back stitch.

Size and details

Easy. Line stitches only, but a good deal of line to work.

1 color of floss and 2 kinds of stitch, all of them line stitches:

The stitched size, by hoop
Hoop	Inches	Centimeters
3 in (8 cm)	1.3 × 1.8 in	3.3 × 4.6 cm
4 in (10 cm)	1.9 × 2.7 in	4.8 × 6.9 cm
5 in (13 cm)	2.6 × 3.5 in	6.6 × 8.9 cm
6 in (15 cm)	3.2 × 4.4 in	8.1 × 11.2 cm
8 in (20 cm)	4.5 × 6.2 in	11.4 × 15.7 cm

The pattern is drawn inside a circle about half an inch (1.3 cm) smaller all around than the hoop.

What you need

DMC 304 Medium RedRim of the crock, crock, hearts of the crock, collar of the whisk, handle of the whisk, wires of the whisk, bowls of the spoons, handles of the spoons, bands of the crock and hollows of the spoons

The floss is six-strand cotton; the stitch guide says how many strands to use. You also need a hoop, an embroidery needle (a size 7 to 9 suits two or three strands) and plain cotton or linen fabric. To frame the piece in its hoop, cut a square 3 inches (8 cm) wider than the hoop: a 9 inch (23 cm) square for a 6 inch hoop.

Stitch guide

Stem stitch 2 or 3 strandsRim of the crock, crock, hearts of the crock, collar of the whisk, handle of the whisk, wires of the whisk, bowls of the spoons, handles of the spoons
Back stitch 2 strandsBands of the crock, hollows of the spoons

Getting it onto your fabric

The PDF holds the pattern twice at actual size: once as drawn, and once mirrored for an iron-on transfer pen. Print it at 100% with scaling off and check the one-inch square (25.4 mm) with a ruler before you trace. How to transfer a pattern explains tracing, carbon paper and the other ways. The files are under Downloads.