Classic Dracula needlepoint pattern
Intermediate · 10 colors · 4 × 4 in · 18 mesh
Shape: SquareChange
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A green-faced vampire is shown from the shoulders up, with black hair in a point, red eyes, two white fangs and a black cape with a tall red collar. The ground is periwinkle with a dark red line around it.
Size and details
The chart is 72 × 72 stitches: a square ornament on 18 mesh canvas.
The chart is 72 × 72 stitches: a square ornament on 18 mesh canvas.
The chart is 72 × 72 stitches: a square ornament on 18 mesh canvas.
The chart is 104 × 104 stitches: a mini pillow on 13 mesh canvas.
Worked in tent stitch throughout.
Worked in tent stitch throughout.
Worked in tent stitch throughout.
Worked in tent stitch throughout.
Intermediate: 10 colors. Changes of color are about 6 stitches apart, leaving out the border and the background around the picture. With 10 colors or more, 4.5 or more apart is Intermediate, closer is Advanced, and a design with this many colors is never Beginner.
| Mesh | Stitched size | Canvas to cut |
|---|---|---|
| 10 | 7.2 × 7.2 in 18.3 × 18.3 cm | 11.2 × 11.2 in 28.4 × 28.4 cm |
| 12 | 6 × 6 in 15.2 × 15.2 cm | 10 × 10 in 25.4 × 25.4 cm |
| 13 | 5.5 × 5.5 in 14.1 × 14.1 cm | 9.5 × 9.5 in 24.2 × 24.2 cm |
| 14 | 5.1 × 5.1 in 13.1 × 13.1 cm | 9.1 × 9.1 in 23.2 × 23.2 cm |
| 18 | 4 × 4 in 10.2 × 10.2 cm | 8 × 8 in 20.3 × 20.3 cm |
| Mesh | Stitched size | Canvas to cut |
|---|---|---|
| 10 | 7.2 × 7.2 in 18.3 × 18.3 cm | 11.2 × 11.2 in 28.4 × 28.4 cm |
| 12 | 6 × 6 in 15.2 × 15.2 cm | 10 × 10 in 25.4 × 25.4 cm |
| 13 | 5.5 × 5.5 in 14.1 × 14.1 cm | 9.5 × 9.5 in 24.2 × 24.2 cm |
| 14 | 5.1 × 5.1 in 13.1 × 13.1 cm | 9.1 × 9.1 in 23.2 × 23.2 cm |
| 18 | 4 × 4 in 10.2 × 10.2 cm | 8 × 8 in 20.3 × 20.3 cm |
| Mesh | Stitched size | Canvas to cut |
|---|---|---|
| 10 | 7.2 × 7.2 in 18.3 × 18.3 cm | 11.2 × 11.2 in 28.4 × 28.4 cm |
| 12 | 6 × 6 in 15.2 × 15.2 cm | 10 × 10 in 25.4 × 25.4 cm |
| 13 | 5.5 × 5.5 in 14.1 × 14.1 cm | 9.5 × 9.5 in 24.2 × 24.2 cm |
| 14 | 5.1 × 5.1 in 13.1 × 13.1 cm | 9.1 × 9.1 in 23.2 × 23.2 cm |
| 18 | 4 × 4 in 10.2 × 10.2 cm | 8 × 8 in 20.3 × 20.3 cm |
| Mesh | Stitched size | Canvas to cut |
|---|---|---|
| 10 | 10.4 × 10.4 in 26.4 × 26.4 cm | 14.4 × 14.4 in 36.6 × 36.6 cm |
| 12 | 8.7 × 8.7 in 22 × 22 cm | 12.7 × 12.7 in 32.2 × 32.2 cm |
| 13 | 8 × 8 in 20.3 × 20.3 cm | 12 × 12 in 30.5 × 30.5 cm |
| 14 | 7.4 × 7.4 in 18.9 × 18.9 cm | 11.4 × 11.4 in 29 × 29 cm |
| 18 | 5.8 × 5.8 in 14.7 × 14.7 cm | 9.8 × 9.8 in 24.8 × 24.8 cm |
Mesh is the number of canvas threads to the inch; the row in bold is the mesh this chart is sized for. Canvas to cut includes a margin of 2 in (5.1 cm) of bare canvas on every side. Leave at least that much.
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Threads and canvas
Square
- DMC 794 Light Cornflower Blue 3,124 stitches about 22 yards
- DMC 310 Black 497 stitches about 4 yards
- DMC 814 Dark Garnet 410 stitches about 3 yards
- DMC 498 Dark Red 354 stitches about 3 yards
- DMC 666 Bright Red 312 stitches about 3 yards
- DMC 955 Light Nile Green 259 stitches about 2 yards
- DMC BLANC White 92 stitches about 1 yard
- DMC 522 Fern Green 57 stitches about 1 yard
- DMC 931 Medium Antique Blue 47 stitches about 1 yard
- DMC 800 Pale Delft Blue 32 stitches about 1 yard
5,184 stitches in the chart, about 41 yards in all. The yards are estimates for 18 mesh.
Square on a ground strewn with stars
- DMC 794 Light Cornflower Blue 3,364 stitches about 24 yards
- DMC 310 Black 497 stitches about 4 yards
- DMC 498 Dark Red 354 stitches about 3 yards
- DMC 666 Bright Red 312 stitches about 3 yards
- DMC 955 Light Nile Green 259 stitches about 2 yards
- DMC 814 Dark Garnet 170 stitches about 2 yards
- DMC BLANC White 92 stitches about 1 yard
- DMC 522 Fern Green 57 stitches about 1 yard
- DMC 931 Medium Antique Blue 47 stitches about 1 yard
- DMC 800 Pale Delft Blue 32 stitches about 1 yard
5,184 stitches in the chart, about 42 yards in all. The yards are estimates for 18 mesh.
Square with no border
- DMC 794 Light Cornflower Blue 3,384 stitches about 24 yards
- DMC 310 Black 497 stitches about 4 yards
- DMC 498 Dark Red 354 stitches about 3 yards
- DMC 666 Bright Red 312 stitches about 3 yards
- DMC 955 Light Nile Green 259 stitches about 2 yards
- DMC 814 Dark Garnet 150 stitches about 2 yards
- DMC BLANC White 92 stitches about 1 yard
- DMC 522 Fern Green 57 stitches about 1 yard
- DMC 931 Medium Antique Blue 47 stitches about 1 yard
- DMC 800 Pale Delft Blue 32 stitches about 1 yard
5,184 stitches in the chart, about 42 yards in all. The yards are estimates for 18 mesh.
Mini pillow
- DMC 794 Light Cornflower Blue 3,228 stitches about 31 yards
- DMC 310 Black 1,988 stitches about 19 yards
- DMC 498 Dark Red 1,416 stitches about 14 yards
- DMC 666 Bright Red 1,248 stitches about 12 yards
- DMC 955 Light Nile Green 1,036 stitches about 10 yards
- DMC 814 Dark Garnet 988 stitches about 10 yards
- DMC BLANC White 368 stitches about 4 yards
- DMC 522 Fern Green 228 stitches about 3 yards
- DMC 931 Medium Antique Blue 188 stitches about 2 yards
- DMC 800 Pale Delft Blue 128 stitches about 2 yards
10,816 stitches in the chart, about 107 yards in all. The yards are estimates for 13 mesh.
Thread colors are approximate screen matches to DMC numbers. Check against real thread before you buy.
The numbers are DMC color numbers, which its six-strand cotton and its pearl cotton share. Wool and silk are numbered differently: match those by eye. For how many strands and which needle, see which thread suits which mesh.
The yards are of thread as it is threaded in the needle: stitched with several strands together, a thread takes that many yards of single strand for every yard listed. For six-strand cotton on 18 mesh, the thread and needle chart gives 4 to 6 strands.
The yards are of thread as it is threaded in the needle: stitched with several strands together, a thread takes that many yards of single strand for every yard listed. For six-strand cotton on 18 mesh, the thread and needle chart gives 4 to 6 strands.
The yards are of thread as it is threaded in the needle: stitched with several strands together, a thread takes that many yards of single strand for every yard listed. For six-strand cotton on 18 mesh, the thread and needle chart gives 4 to 6 strands.
The yards are of thread as it is threaded in the needle: stitched with several strands together, a thread takes that many yards of single strand for every yard listed. For six-strand cotton on 13 mesh, the thread and needle chart gives 7 or 8 strands.
You also need blank needlepoint canvas (mono canvas) in the mesh you choose (see mesh sizes), cut to the size in the table above, and a tapestry needle.
An estimate. The length of thread one stitch uses on the front and back of the canvas, times the number of stitches, plus 30 percent for starting, ending and the tail left in the needle. Each count is estimated as basketweave or continental and rounded up to a whole yard, so the yards in all are a little more than the thread calculator gives for every stitch at once. The 30 percent is this site's own choice. The thread calculator works the same estimate for any count and mesh.
Getting it onto your canvas
This is a counted chart: one square of the chart is one stitch. Find the center of your canvas and the center of the chart (the red arrows above and to the left of the chart), and count out from there, a color at a time.
Nothing is printed on the canvas, so no transfer is needed. How to needlepoint covers the first stitches.
Downloads
- Chart for US Letter paper PDF · 2 pages
- Chart for A4 paper PDF · 2 pages
Each file has the thread key and the sizes on its first page, then the chart with a symbol in every square and a heavier line every ten. A chart too large for one page is divided over several, with two rows or columns repeated in gray where the pages join; a page may be turned on its side for a part that is wider than it is tall.
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