Classic ragdoll cat needlepoint pattern
Intermediate · 12 colors · 4 × 4 in · 18 mesh
Shape: SquareChange
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A fluffy cat sits facing front with a gray mask and ears, blue eyes, a pink nose, a white muzzle and ruff, a cream body and a gray tail curled across its front paws. The ground is blue inside a thin white border.
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.
Intermediate: 12 colors. Changes of color are about 4.58 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 | 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.
Paper for the PDF
Threads and canvas
Square
- DMC 825 Dark Blue 3,566 stitches about 25 yards
- DMC BLANC White 490 stitches about 4 yards
- DMC ECRU Ecru 308 stitches about 3 yards
- DMC 414 Dark Steel Gray 205 stitches about 2 yards
- DMC 738 Very Light Tan 187 stitches about 2 yards
- DMC 3799 Very Dark Pewter Gray 119 stitches about 1 yard
- DMC 415 Pearl Gray 112 stitches about 1 yard
- DMC 800 Pale Delft Blue 84 stitches about 1 yard
- DMC 223 Light Shell Pink 65 stitches about 1 yard
- DMC 813 Light Blue 26 stitches about 1 yard
- DMC 436 Tan 18 stitches about 1 yard
- DMC 310 Black 4 stitches about 1 yard
5,184 stitches in the chart, about 43 yards in all. The yards are estimates for 18 mesh.
Square on a ground strewn with stars
- DMC 825 Dark Blue 3,798 stitches about 26 yards
- DMC ECRU Ecru 308 stitches about 3 yards
- DMC BLANC White 258 stitches about 2 yards
- DMC 414 Dark Steel Gray 205 stitches about 2 yards
- DMC 738 Very Light Tan 187 stitches about 2 yards
- DMC 3799 Very Dark Pewter Gray 119 stitches about 1 yard
- DMC 415 Pearl Gray 112 stitches about 1 yard
- DMC 800 Pale Delft Blue 84 stitches about 1 yard
- DMC 223 Light Shell Pink 65 stitches about 1 yard
- DMC 813 Light Blue 26 stitches about 1 yard
- DMC 436 Tan 18 stitches about 1 yard
- DMC 310 Black 4 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 825 Dark Blue 3,826 stitches about 27 yards
- DMC ECRU Ecru 308 stitches about 3 yards
- DMC BLANC White 230 stitches about 2 yards
- DMC 414 Dark Steel Gray 205 stitches about 2 yards
- DMC 738 Very Light Tan 187 stitches about 2 yards
- DMC 3799 Very Dark Pewter Gray 119 stitches about 1 yard
- DMC 415 Pearl Gray 112 stitches about 1 yard
- DMC 800 Pale Delft Blue 84 stitches about 1 yard
- DMC 223 Light Shell Pink 65 stitches about 1 yard
- DMC 813 Light Blue 26 stitches about 1 yard
- DMC 436 Tan 18 stitches about 1 yard
- DMC 310 Black 4 stitches about 1 yard
5,184 stitches in the chart, about 43 yards in all. The yards are estimates for 18 mesh.
Christmas stocking
- DMC 825 Dark Blue 11,362 stitches about 108 yards
- DMC 823 Dark Navy Blue 6,126 stitches about 59 yards
- DMC ECRU Ecru 1,232 stitches about 12 yards
- DMC BLANC White 920 stitches about 9 yards
- DMC 414 Dark Steel Gray 820 stitches about 8 yards
- DMC 738 Very Light Tan 748 stitches about 8 yards
- DMC 3799 Very Dark Pewter Gray 476 stitches about 5 yards
- DMC 415 Pearl Gray 448 stitches about 5 yards
- DMC 800 Pale Delft Blue 336 stitches about 4 yards
- DMC 223 Light Shell Pink 260 stitches about 3 yards
- DMC 813 Light Blue 104 stitches about 1 yard
- DMC 436 Tan 72 stitches about 1 yard
- DMC 310 Black 16 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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