Classic microscope needlepoint pattern
Advanced · 10 colors · 4 × 4 in · 18 mesh
Shape: SquareChange
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A dark gray microscope is seen from the side, with a gold tube tilted up to the left, a gold knob and a pale aqua glass slide on its stage. The ground is pale green, with a thin white 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 143 × 234 stitches at its widest and tallest: a Christmas stocking on 13 mesh canvas, with 22,920 stitches inside its outline.
Worked in tent stitch throughout.
Worked in tent stitch throughout.
Worked in tent stitch throughout.
Worked in tent stitch throughout.
Advanced: 10 colors. Changes of color are about 3 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.
| 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 | 14.3 × 23.4 in 36.3 × 59.4 cm | 18.3 × 27.4 in 46.5 × 69.6 cm |
| 12 | 11.9 × 19.5 in 30.3 × 49.5 cm | 15.9 × 23.5 in 40.4 × 59.7 cm |
| 13 | 11 × 18 in 27.9 × 45.7 cm | 15 × 22 in 38.1 × 55.9 cm |
| 14 | 10.2 × 16.7 in 25.9 × 42.5 cm | 14.2 × 20.7 in 36.1 × 52.6 cm |
| 18 | 7.9 × 13 in 20.2 × 33 cm | 11.9 × 17 in 30.3 × 43.2 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 955 Light Nile Green 3,955 stitches about 28 yards
- DMC 3799 Very Dark Pewter Gray 334 stitches about 3 yards
- DMC BLANC White 280 stitches about 2 yards
- DMC 310 Black 217 stitches about 2 yards
- DMC 783 Medium Topaz 168 stitches about 2 yards
- DMC 414 Dark Steel Gray 137 stitches about 1 yard
- DMC 782 Dark Topaz 44 stitches about 1 yard
- DMC 745 Light Pale Yellow 24 stitches about 1 yard
- DMC 3811 Very Light Turquoise 15 stitches about 1 yard
- DMC 415 Pearl Gray 10 stitches about 1 yard
5,184 stitches in the chart, about 42 yards in all. The yards are estimates for 18 mesh.
Square on a ground strewn with stars
- DMC 955 Light Nile Green 4,186 stitches about 29 yards
- DMC 3799 Very Dark Pewter Gray 334 stitches about 3 yards
- DMC 310 Black 217 stitches about 2 yards
- DMC 783 Medium Topaz 168 stitches about 2 yards
- DMC 414 Dark Steel Gray 137 stitches about 1 yard
- DMC BLANC White 49 stitches about 1 yard
- DMC 782 Dark Topaz 44 stitches about 1 yard
- DMC 745 Light Pale Yellow 24 stitches about 1 yard
- DMC 3811 Very Light Turquoise 15 stitches about 1 yard
- DMC 415 Pearl Gray 10 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 955 Light Nile Green 4,215 stitches about 29 yards
- DMC 3799 Very Dark Pewter Gray 334 stitches about 3 yards
- DMC 310 Black 217 stitches about 2 yards
- DMC 783 Medium Topaz 168 stitches about 2 yards
- DMC 414 Dark Steel Gray 137 stitches about 1 yard
- DMC 782 Dark Topaz 44 stitches about 1 yard
- DMC 745 Light Pale Yellow 24 stitches about 1 yard
- DMC BLANC White 20 stitches about 1 yard
- DMC 3811 Very Light Turquoise 15 stitches about 1 yard
- DMC 415 Pearl Gray 10 stitches about 1 yard
5,184 stitches in the chart, about 42 yards in all. The yards are estimates for 18 mesh.
Christmas stocking
- DMC 955 Light Nile Green 14,856 stitches about 141 yards
- DMC 321 Red 6,126 stitches about 59 yards
- DMC 3799 Very Dark Pewter Gray 668 stitches about 7 yards
- DMC 310 Black 434 stitches about 5 yards
- DMC 783 Medium Topaz 336 stitches about 4 yards
- DMC 414 Dark Steel Gray 274 stitches about 3 yards
- DMC 782 Dark Topaz 88 stitches about 1 yard
- DMC 745 Light Pale Yellow 48 stitches about 1 yard
- DMC BLANC White 40 stitches about 1 yard
- DMC 3811 Very Light Turquoise 30 stitches about 1 yard
- DMC 415 Pearl Gray 20 stitches about 1 yard
22,920 stitches inside the outline, about 224 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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