Classic pheasant needlepoint pattern
Advanced · 14 colors · 4 × 4 in · 18 mesh
Shape: SquareChange
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One pheasant stands side on, facing left, with a green head, a red face patch, a white neck ring, an orange-brown body and a long tail striped in brown and cream. The ground is golden tan inside a thin brown line.
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: 14 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 728 Topaz 4,382 stitches about 30 yards
- DMC 433 Medium Brown 260 stitches about 2 yards
- DMC 920 Medium Copper 125 stitches about 1 yard
- DMC 898 Very Dark Coffee Brown 122 stitches about 1 yard
- DMC 900 Dark Burnt Orange 78 stitches about 1 yard
- DMC 414 Dark Steel Gray 50 stitches about 1 yard
- DMC ECRU Ecru 36 stitches about 1 yard
- DMC 890 Ultra Dark Pistachio Green 31 stitches about 1 yard
- DMC 436 Tan 31 stitches about 1 yard
- DMC 321 Red 23 stitches about 1 yard
- DMC 702 Kelly Green 18 stitches about 1 yard
- DMC BLANC White 15 stitches about 1 yard
- DMC 700 Bright Green 10 stitches about 1 yard
- DMC 310 Black 3 stitches about 1 yard
5,184 stitches in the chart, about 44 yards in all. The yards are estimates for 18 mesh.
Square on a ground strewn with stars
- DMC 728 Topaz 4,609 stitches about 32 yards
- DMC 920 Medium Copper 125 stitches about 1 yard
- DMC 898 Very Dark Coffee Brown 122 stitches about 1 yard
- DMC 900 Dark Burnt Orange 78 stitches about 1 yard
- DMC 414 Dark Steel Gray 50 stitches about 1 yard
- DMC ECRU Ecru 36 stitches about 1 yard
- DMC 433 Medium Brown 33 stitches about 1 yard
- DMC 890 Ultra Dark Pistachio Green 31 stitches about 1 yard
- DMC 436 Tan 31 stitches about 1 yard
- DMC 321 Red 23 stitches about 1 yard
- DMC 702 Kelly Green 18 stitches about 1 yard
- DMC BLANC White 15 stitches about 1 yard
- DMC 700 Bright Green 10 stitches about 1 yard
- DMC 310 Black 3 stitches about 1 yard
5,184 stitches in the chart, about 45 yards in all. The yards are estimates for 18 mesh.
Square with no border
- DMC 728 Topaz 4,642 stitches about 32 yards
- DMC 920 Medium Copper 125 stitches about 1 yard
- DMC 898 Very Dark Coffee Brown 122 stitches about 1 yard
- DMC 900 Dark Burnt Orange 78 stitches about 1 yard
- DMC 414 Dark Steel Gray 50 stitches about 1 yard
- DMC ECRU Ecru 36 stitches about 1 yard
- DMC 890 Ultra Dark Pistachio Green 31 stitches about 1 yard
- DMC 436 Tan 31 stitches about 1 yard
- DMC 321 Red 23 stitches about 1 yard
- DMC 702 Kelly Green 18 stitches about 1 yard
- DMC BLANC White 15 stitches about 1 yard
- DMC 700 Bright Green 10 stitches about 1 yard
- DMC 310 Black 3 stitches about 1 yard
5,184 stitches in the chart, about 44 yards in all. The yards are estimates for 18 mesh.
Christmas stocking
- DMC 728 Topaz 15,168 stitches about 144 yards
- DMC 433 Medium Brown 6,126 stitches about 59 yards
- DMC 920 Medium Copper 375 stitches about 4 yards
- DMC 898 Very Dark Coffee Brown 366 stitches about 4 yards
- DMC 900 Dark Burnt Orange 234 stitches about 3 yards
- DMC 414 Dark Steel Gray 150 stitches about 2 yards
- DMC ECRU Ecru 108 stitches about 2 yards
- DMC 890 Ultra Dark Pistachio Green 93 stitches about 1 yard
- DMC 436 Tan 93 stitches about 1 yard
- DMC 321 Red 69 stitches about 1 yard
- DMC 702 Kelly Green 54 stitches about 1 yard
- DMC BLANC White 45 stitches about 1 yard
- DMC 700 Bright Green 30 stitches about 1 yard
- DMC 310 Black 9 stitches about 1 yard
22,920 stitches inside the outline, about 225 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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