Whimsical Canada goose needlepoint pattern
Beginner · 8 colors · 4 × 4 in · 18 mesh
Shape: Its own borderChange
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One Canada goose stands on a strip of green grass, facing right, with a black head and neck, a white cheek patch, a brown wing and a cream breast. The ground is pale blue, inside a white border of small pale blue checks.
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 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.
Worked in tent stitch throughout.
Beginner: 8 colors, 1 of them only a detail of fewer than 5 stitches, so 7 are counted toward the level. Changes of color are about 5 stitches apart, leaving out the border and the background around the picture. With up to 7 colors, 3.5 or more apart is Beginner and closer is Intermediate.
Shape and border
- Its own border
Square on a dotted ground with a line border
Stripe border
Band border
Christmas stocking
Its own 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 | 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
Its own border
- DMC 813 Light Blue 3,205 stitches about 22 yards
- DMC BLANC White 1,156 stitches about 8 yards
- DMC 310 Black 249 stitches about 2 yards
- DMC ECRU Ecru 215 stitches about 2 yards
- DMC 433 Medium Brown 182 stitches about 2 yards
- DMC 702 Kelly Green 115 stitches about 1 yard
- DMC 738 Very Light Tan 58 stitches about 1 yard
- DMC 436 Tan 4 stitches about 1 yard
5,184 stitches in the chart, about 39 yards in all. The yards are estimates for 18 mesh.
Square on a dotted ground with a line border
- DMC 813 Light Blue 3,650 stitches about 25 yards
- DMC BLANC White 711 stitches about 5 yards
- DMC 310 Black 249 stitches about 2 yards
- DMC ECRU Ecru 215 stitches about 2 yards
- DMC 433 Medium Brown 182 stitches about 2 yards
- DMC 702 Kelly Green 115 stitches about 1 yard
- DMC 738 Very Light Tan 58 stitches about 1 yard
- DMC 436 Tan 4 stitches about 1 yard
5,184 stitches in the chart, about 39 yards in all. The yards are estimates for 18 mesh.
Stripe border
- DMC 813 Light Blue 2,849 stitches about 20 yards
- DMC BLANC White 1,512 stitches about 11 yards
- DMC 310 Black 249 stitches about 2 yards
- DMC ECRU Ecru 215 stitches about 2 yards
- DMC 433 Medium Brown 182 stitches about 2 yards
- DMC 702 Kelly Green 115 stitches about 1 yard
- DMC 738 Very Light Tan 58 stitches about 1 yard
- DMC 436 Tan 4 stitches about 1 yard
5,184 stitches in the chart, about 40 yards in all. The yards are estimates for 18 mesh.
Band border
- DMC 813 Light Blue 2,685 stitches about 19 yards
- DMC BLANC White 1,676 stitches about 12 yards
- DMC 310 Black 249 stitches about 2 yards
- DMC ECRU Ecru 215 stitches about 2 yards
- DMC 433 Medium Brown 182 stitches about 2 yards
- DMC 702 Kelly Green 115 stitches about 1 yard
- DMC 738 Very Light Tan 58 stitches about 1 yard
- DMC 436 Tan 4 stitches about 1 yard
5,184 stitches in the chart, about 40 yards in all. The yards are estimates for 18 mesh.
Christmas stocking
- DMC 813 Light Blue 14,948 stitches about 142 yards
- DMC 321 Red 6,126 stitches about 59 yards
- DMC 310 Black 498 stitches about 5 yards
- DMC ECRU Ecru 430 stitches about 5 yards
- DMC 433 Medium Brown 364 stitches about 4 yards
- DMC 702 Kelly Green 230 stitches about 3 yards
- DMC BLANC White 200 stitches about 2 yards
- DMC 738 Very Light Tan 116 stitches about 2 yards
- DMC 436 Tan 8 stitches about 1 yard
22,920 stitches inside the outline, about 223 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 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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