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Owl cross stitch pattern

A front-facing owl with huge round eyes, a tan belly and little orange feet — the steady favourite of the bird charts.

Chart: 16 × 16
Stitches: 166
DMC colors: 5
On 14-count: 1.1″ × 1.1″

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Owl 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
B	DMC 898	Coffee Brown Very Dark	104	1
T	DMC 437	Tan Light	36	1
W	DMC White	White	16	1
K	DMC 310	Black	2	1
O	DMC 740	Tangerine	8	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	1.5″ × 1.5″	1.1″ × 1.1″	1.0″ × 1.0″	0.9″ × 0.9″
In cm	3.7 × 3.7	2.9 × 2.9	2.5 × 2.5	2.3 × 2.3

One stitcher's note

The eye discs carry the whole motif: keep the white rings complete and the black pupils centered. Do not skip the feet — they are two small clusters and they finish the silhouette.

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