Classic hair dryer and brush needlepoint pattern
Advanced · 11 colors · 4 × 4 in · 18 mesh
Shape: Square · Colors: PinkChange
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A pink hair dryer points left with a charcoal nozzle and a curling charcoal cord, between a lavender round brush on the left and a gold hand mirror with pale blue glass on the right. A thin violet line borders the white ground.
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.
Worked in tent stitch throughout.
Worked in tent stitch throughout.
Advanced: 11 colors. Changes of color are about 4.1 stitches apart, leaving out the border and the background around the picture. With 10 colors or more, closer than 4.5 apart is Advanced, 4.5 or more is Intermediate, and a design with this many colors is never Beginner.
These colors are for the square: choosing one shows the square in it.
| 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 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.
Paper for the PDF
Threads and canvas
Pink
- DMC BLANC White 3,720 stitches about 26 yards
- DMC 208 Very Dark Lavender 364 stitches about 3 yards
- DMC 602 Medium Cranberry 329 stitches about 3 yards
- DMC 210 Medium Lavender 135 stitches about 1 yard
- DMC 3799 Very Dark Pewter Gray 130 stitches about 1 yard
- DMC 800 Pale Delft Blue 122 stitches about 1 yard
- DMC 917 Medium Plum 121 stitches about 1 yard
- DMC 603 Cranberry 111 stitches about 1 yard
- DMC 783 Medium Topaz 86 stitches about 1 yard
- DMC 782 Dark Topaz 43 stitches about 1 yard
- DMC 415 Pearl Gray 23 stitches about 1 yard
5,184 stitches in the chart, about 40 yards in all. The yards are estimates for 18 mesh.
Teal
- DMC BLANC White 3,720 stitches about 26 yards
- DMC 208 Very Dark Lavender 364 stitches about 3 yards
- DMC 597 Turquoise 329 stitches about 3 yards
- DMC 210 Medium Lavender 135 stitches about 1 yard
- DMC 3799 Very Dark Pewter Gray 130 stitches about 1 yard
- DMC 800 Pale Delft Blue 122 stitches about 1 yard
- DMC 3847 Dark Teal Green 121 stitches about 1 yard
- DMC 3811 Very Light Turquoise 111 stitches about 1 yard
- DMC 783 Medium Topaz 86 stitches about 1 yard
- DMC 782 Dark Topaz 43 stitches about 1 yard
- DMC 415 Pearl Gray 23 stitches about 1 yard
5,184 stitches in the chart, about 40 yards in all. The yards are estimates for 18 mesh.
Black
- DMC BLANC White 3,720 stitches about 26 yards
- DMC 310 Black 450 stitches about 4 yards
- DMC 208 Very Dark Lavender 364 stitches about 3 yards
- DMC 210 Medium Lavender 135 stitches about 1 yard
- DMC 3799 Very Dark Pewter Gray 130 stitches about 1 yard
- DMC 800 Pale Delft Blue 122 stitches about 1 yard
- DMC 931 Medium Antique Blue 111 stitches about 1 yard
- DMC 783 Medium Topaz 86 stitches about 1 yard
- DMC 782 Dark Topaz 43 stitches about 1 yard
- DMC 415 Pearl Gray 23 stitches about 1 yard
5,184 stitches in the chart, about 40 yards in all. The yards are estimates for 18 mesh.
Red
- DMC BLANC White 3,720 stitches about 26 yards
- DMC 208 Very Dark Lavender 364 stitches about 3 yards
- DMC 666 Bright Red 329 stitches about 3 yards
- DMC 210 Medium Lavender 135 stitches about 1 yard
- DMC 3799 Very Dark Pewter Gray 130 stitches about 1 yard
- DMC 800 Pale Delft Blue 122 stitches about 1 yard
- DMC 814 Dark Garnet 121 stitches about 1 yard
- DMC 351 Coral 111 stitches about 1 yard
- DMC 783 Medium Topaz 86 stitches about 1 yard
- DMC 782 Dark Topaz 43 stitches about 1 yard
- DMC 415 Pearl Gray 23 stitches about 1 yard
5,184 stitches in the chart, about 40 yards in all. The yards are estimates for 18 mesh.
Square with no border
- DMC BLANC White 3,980 stitches about 28 yards
- DMC 602 Medium Cranberry 329 stitches about 3 yards
- DMC 210 Medium Lavender 135 stitches about 1 yard
- DMC 3799 Very Dark Pewter Gray 130 stitches about 1 yard
- DMC 800 Pale Delft Blue 122 stitches about 1 yard
- DMC 917 Medium Plum 121 stitches about 1 yard
- DMC 603 Cranberry 111 stitches about 1 yard
- DMC 208 Very Dark Lavender 104 stitches about 1 yard
- DMC 783 Medium Topaz 86 stitches about 1 yard
- DMC 782 Dark Topaz 43 stitches about 1 yard
- DMC 415 Pearl Gray 23 stitches about 1 yard
5,184 stitches in the chart, about 40 yards in all. The yards are estimates for 18 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.
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.
For your own stitching, gifts and handmade pieces you sell. Do not resell or share this PDF.
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