Classic takeout box needlepoint pattern
Advanced · 11 colors · 4 × 4 in · 18 mesh
Shape: SquareChange
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A white takeout box with open flaps, a silver wire handle and a red band across its front holds pale yellow noodles flecked with green and orange, with two gold chopsticks standing in them. The background is teal with no 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 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.
Advanced: 11 colors. Changes of color are about 3.7 stitches apart, leaving out 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.
Shape and border
| 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.
Paper for the PDF
Threads and canvas
Square
- DMC 3812 Very Dark Seagreen 4,054 stitches about 28 yards
- DMC BLANC White 425 stitches about 3 yards
- DMC 415 Pearl Gray 171 stitches about 2 yards
- DMC 3325 Light Baby Blue 168 stitches about 2 yards
- DMC 728 Topaz 93 stitches about 1 yard
- DMC 666 Bright Red 90 stitches about 1 yard
- DMC 745 Light Pale Yellow 86 stitches about 1 yard
- DMC 783 Medium Topaz 38 stitches about 1 yard
- DMC 809 Delft Blue 29 stitches about 1 yard
- DMC 702 Kelly Green 17 stitches about 1 yard
- DMC 970 Light Pumpkin 13 stitches about 1 yard
5,184 stitches in the chart, about 42 yards in all. The yards are estimates for 18 mesh.
Line border
- DMC 3812 Very Dark Seagreen 3,794 stitches about 26 yards
- DMC BLANC White 425 stitches about 3 yards
- DMC 783 Medium Topaz 298 stitches about 3 yards
- DMC 415 Pearl Gray 171 stitches about 2 yards
- DMC 3325 Light Baby Blue 168 stitches about 2 yards
- DMC 728 Topaz 93 stitches about 1 yard
- DMC 666 Bright Red 90 stitches about 1 yard
- DMC 745 Light Pale Yellow 86 stitches about 1 yard
- DMC 809 Delft Blue 29 stitches about 1 yard
- DMC 702 Kelly Green 17 stitches about 1 yard
- DMC 970 Light Pumpkin 13 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 3812 Very Dark Seagreen 6,296 stitches about 60 yards
- DMC BLANC White 1,700 stitches about 17 yards
- DMC 415 Pearl Gray 684 stitches about 7 yards
- DMC 3325 Light Baby Blue 672 stitches about 7 yards
- DMC 728 Topaz 372 stitches about 4 yards
- DMC 666 Bright Red 360 stitches about 4 yards
- DMC 745 Light Pale Yellow 344 stitches about 4 yards
- DMC 783 Medium Topaz 152 stitches about 2 yards
- DMC 809 Delft Blue 116 stitches about 2 yards
- DMC 702 Kelly Green 68 stitches about 1 yard
- DMC 970 Light Pumpkin 52 stitches about 1 yard
10,816 stitches in the chart, about 109 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 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.
For your own stitching, gifts and handmade pieces you sell. Do not resell or share this PDF.
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