Sports needlepoint patterns

Sports to stitch: football, baseball, basketball, soccer, tennis, golf, hockey and more, drawn mostly as balls, gear, jerseys and players.

The others include lacrosse, pickleball, skiing, surfing and fishing. Most are four-inch squares for 18 mesh. The colors on a chart are a starting point. A jersey or a helmet can be worked in your own colors: keep light where the chart is light and dark where it is dark, and the drawing still reads. The thread guide says what fits each mesh.