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Dog Face cross stitch pattern

A front-facing puppy head in tan with darker floppy ears, a white muzzle and a black nose.

Chart: 18 × 16
Stitches: 216
DMC colors: 4
On 14-count: 1.3″ × 1.1″

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Dog Face cross stitch pattern stitched preview

The symbol chart

This is the chart you stitch from: one symbol per DMC color, bold lines every ten stitches. Print it, or keep this page open while you work.

Thread key

Stitch counts per color and the skeins to buy on 14-count Aida with two strands.

Symbol	DMC	Color	Stitches	Skeins
E	DMC 434	Brown Light	96	1
F	DMC 437	Tan Light	96	1
B	DMC 310	Black	6	1
W	DMC 3865	Winter White	18	1

Finished size

Stitches divided by your fabric count. Cut the fabric with about 3 inches spare on every side.

Fabric	11-count	14-count	16-count	18-count
Size	1.6″ × 1.5″	1.3″ × 1.1″	1.1″ × 1.0″	1.0″ × 0.9″
In cm	4.2 × 3.7	3.3 × 2.9	2.9 × 2.5	2.5 × 2.3

One stitcher's note

Place the eyes and nose before filling the face — the black stitches anchor the whole expression. The ears hang past the chin; keep them the darker brown so they read as ears.

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