Sawtooth bargello needlepoint pattern
Beginner · 4 colors · 5 × 5 in · 18 mesh
Colors: GraysChange
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Upright stitches in black, dark gray, pale gray and white climb to the right one step at a time and then drop back all at once. The bands repeat across the square like the teeth of a saw.
Size and details
The chart is 90 × 90 canvas threads: a sample of a pattern that repeats, the size of a tray insert on 18 mesh. A tray insert is a square of needlepoint that is set into a tray made with an opening for it. The chart shows 10 repeats across and about 5 and a half down; one repeat is 9 × 16 canvas threads. The pattern can be carried on to any size.
Worked in upright stitches over 4 canvas threads; some along the top and bottom edges are shorter, to end at the edge.
Beginner: 4 colors. The chart is in long upright stitches over more than 1 canvas thread, and every band of color is the same shape as the band above it, so only the first has to be followed from the chart. With up to 7 colors, that is Beginner, and with more it is Intermediate.
| Mesh | Stitched size | Canvas to cut |
|---|---|---|
| 10 | 9 × 9 in 22.9 × 22.9 cm | 13 × 13 in 33 × 33 cm |
| 12 | 7.5 × 7.5 in 19.1 × 19.1 cm | 11.5 × 11.5 in 29.2 × 29.2 cm |
| 13 | 6.9 × 6.9 in 17.6 × 17.6 cm | 10.9 × 10.9 in 27.7 × 27.7 cm |
| 14 | 6.4 × 6.4 in 16.3 × 16.3 cm | 10.4 × 10.4 in 26.5 × 26.5 cm |
| 18 | 5 × 5 in 12.7 × 12.7 cm | 9 × 9 in 22.9 × 22.9 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
Grays
- DMC 415 Pearl Gray 2,040 squares about 10 yards
- DMC BLANC White 2,040 squares about 10 yards
- DMC 310 Black 2,020 squares about 10 yards
- DMC 3799 Very Dark Pewter Gray 2,000 squares about 10 yards
8,100 squares in the chart, one canvas thread each, about 40 yards in all. The yards are estimates for 18 mesh.
Blues
- DMC 799 Medium Delft Blue 2,040 squares about 10 yards
- DMC 800 Pale Delft Blue 2,040 squares about 10 yards
- DMC 823 Dark Navy Blue 2,020 squares about 10 yards
- DMC 798 Dark Delft Blue 2,000 squares about 10 yards
8,100 squares in the chart, one canvas thread each, about 40 yards in all. The yards are estimates for 18 mesh.
Citrus
- DMC 740 Tangerine 2,040 squares about 10 yards
- DMC 351 Coral 2,040 squares about 10 yards
- DMC 702 Kelly Green 2,020 squares about 10 yards
- DMC 704 Bright Chartreuse 2,000 squares about 10 yards
8,100 squares in the chart, one canvas thread each, about 40 yards in all. The yards are estimates for 18 mesh.
Reds
- DMC 351 Coral 2,040 squares about 10 yards
- DMC 353 Peach 2,040 squares about 10 yards
- DMC 814 Dark Garnet 2,020 squares about 10 yards
- DMC 666 Bright Red 2,000 squares about 10 yards
8,100 squares in the chart, one canvas thread each, about 40 yards in all. The yards are estimates for 18 mesh.
Greens
- DMC 702 Kelly Green 2,040 squares about 10 yards
- DMC 907 Light Parrot Green 2,040 squares about 10 yards
- DMC 890 Ultra Dark Pistachio Green 2,020 squares about 10 yards
- DMC 701 Light Green 2,000 squares about 10 yards
8,100 squares in the chart, one canvas thread each, 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) and a tapestry needle. The table above sizes the sample charted: for a bigger piece, cut the canvas to the size you will stitch and 2 in more on every side.
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 upright over 4 canvas threads 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 canvas thread. 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 · 3 pages
- Chart for A4 paper PDF · 3 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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