Country Santa Layout
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Country Santa Ornament DESIGNED BY MARY COSGROVE Materials needed: • Kreinik Heavy (#32) Braid in 003HL Red Hi Lustre (6 yards), 008 Green (3 yards), 005HL Black Hi Lustre 1(8 inches) • Kreinik 1/8” ribbon in 100HL White Hi Lustre (5 yards), 092 Star Pink (1.5 yards), 054F Lemon-Lime (1 yard) • Kreinik Fine (#8) Braid 100HL White Hi Lustre (1 yard) • 10-mesh plastic canvas such as Quick-Count™ by Uniek. You will need to cut pieces for the following: one Santa at 26 x 45 holes, one star at 7 x 7 holes • 1/8” (E) beads: 10 white and one red • Plastic Canvas needle (#18) and embroidery/beading needle ee • scissors, small piece of nylon thread (for the ornament hanger) eeee ee Instructions: 1. Carefully cut canvas according to graphs. 2. Using the color key and photo as a guide, work the star, and Santa’s face, hands and the center and bottom of his Tack coat and the bottom of his hat in continental stitches. star w w here 3. Work the patchwork hat and sides of coat in alternating w w green and red mosaic stitches. w w w w w w 4. Add two black cross stitches for eyes. Bring the black w w w w braid up at one (+), add the red E bead, and bring the nee- w w w w w w w w dle down at the adjacent (+), over star pink continental w w w w stitch. wwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww 3333MMMMMMMMMMM3333 5. Work Santa’s beard in white French knots. Bring the 33333MMXMMMXMM33333 needle up like you would for a continental stitch, wrap 33333MMMMMMMMM33333 white 1/8” Ribbon around needle and go over the bar. 3333MMMMMMMMM3333 3333MMMMMMMMM3333 6. Using white 1/8” Ribbon, backstitch along sides and 3333MMMMMMMMM3333 bottom edges of patchwork coat. 33333333333333333 33333333333333333 7. Using Fine (#8) Braid in 100HL, add white E 2 w 333333333333333 w beads to Santa’s coat at the circles. Bring needle up w 33333www33333 w 1 3 w w w wwwwww w w in hole 1, add a bead and then go down in hole 2. w w wwwwww w w w Bring your needle up in hole 3, back through the center of w w wwwww w w w w wwwww w w the bead and down through hole 1. Work all 10 white beads w w w wwwwww w w in this manner. w w wwwwww w w w w w wwwww w w 8. Overcast sides of Santa’s beard and bottom edges of w w wwwww w w Santa’s coat with white 1/8” Ribbon. Overcast Santa’s w w w wwwwww w w w w wwwwww w w w hands with Star Pink. Overcast edges of patchwork hat and w w wwwww w w coat with red. w w wwwww w w MMMMw w wwwwww w MMMM 9. Overcast star with lemon-lime and tack edges to MMM w wwwwww w wMMM unstitched square on right side of Santa’s hat. MMM w wwwww w MMM 10. Add a small nylon thread to the top center of Santa as MM w wwwww w MM w w wwwwww w the ornament hanger. w wwwwww w w wwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww wwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww Color Key: wwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww 3 wwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww French Knots with 100HL 1/8” Ribbon wwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww M Continental stitch with 092 1/8” Ribbon X Cross stitch with 005HL Heavy (#32) Braid © Copyright 2001 Kreinik Mfg. Co., Inc. w Continental and Mosaic stitch with 003HL Heavy (#32) Braid Consumer Info: 1-800-537-2166 Email: [email protected] Continental and Mosaic stitch with 008 Heavy (#32) Braid Web site: www.kreinik.com e Continental stitch with 054F 1/8” Ribbon 3106 Timanus Lane, Suite 101 Baltimore, MD 21244.