Hello, readers! I have returned from my beach vacation and am trying to catch up with all of the things I have missed at work. I hope everyone is having a lovely summer!
I looked back through my old posts and decided I wasn't quite happy with the squirrel monkey cross stitch pattern I had posted earlier, so I made a new monkey pattern that is much cuter and cartoonish! He is holding a banana. Here he is:
Cartoon monkey cross stitch pattern (with banana). For personal use only. (c) Erin E. Turowski, 2012.
And here is the key:
Key (DMC floss colors)
- 869 (also for French knots for the nostrils)
o 422
* 972
X 224
+ 310
= blanc
Finished size (37 squares wide x 27 squares tall) 14-count fabric: 2.6" x 1.9" (6.7 cm x 4.9 cm) 16-count fabric: 2.3" x 1.7 " (5.9 cm x 4.3 cm) 18-count fabric: 2.1" x 1.5" (5.2 cm x 3.8 cm)
And I have been working a little more on Christmas on the Beach, too. The sky, waves, and beach are all filling in! I had a bit of trouble because I stitched the base of the tree trunk and the little pink ornament underneath it one square to the right of where they should have been, but that has been remedied now. Here is a photo:
"Christmas on the Beach" - the water and beach are starting to come through!
I am still chugging along on "All Things Bright and Beautiful" and "Celestial Dragon." I am expecting to have the former finished this weekend! The latter... well, the dragon is kind of a b*tch to stitch. :-D But I will keep you posted until the bitter end - I am just having fun stitching the small stuff for now!
Have a fantastic Wednesday, and thanks for stopping by!
Out here in the blog-o-sphere, it can be tough to attract attention from people surfing the Internet. To help in your quest for blog fame, Blogger offers a bevy of information about the people who browse your blog. One of these data points is a list of queries that people have typed into a search engine to find your blog.
Well, I monitor these things pretty regularly, and I noticed that I was getting a lot of hits from people looking for "free monkey cross stitch patterns." Unfortunately, while I do have "free cross stitch patterns" and a "monkey cross stitch" on my blog, I do not have a "free monkey cross stitch pattern" to share with my readers.
So, in response to all of these Internet views from people who surely are not finding what they are looking for, I decided to design a "free monkey cross stitch pattern" for you to use! Please note: this pattern is for personal use only; no commercial use is allowed without written permission.
Free squirrel monkey cross stitch pattern. For personal use only. (c) Erin E. Turowski, 2012.
Key (DMC colors):
+ 645
| ecru
= black
* white
Z 648
X 225
Dimensions:
26 squares wide x 22 squares tall
14-count: 1.9" x 1.6"
16-count: 1.6" x 1.4"
18-count: 1.4" x 1.2"
Here is what it looks like stitched up (more or less, computer-generated image):
Free squirrel monkey cross stitch pattern. For personal use only. (c) Erin E. Turowski, 2012.
This is a common squirrel monkey (Saimiri sciureus). Here is a picture of what one looks like in the wild, for comparison:
Common squirrel monkey, from http://pin.primate.wisc.edu/fs/sheets/images/124med.jpg
The veterinarian in me opted for a more true-to-life rendition, rather than a cartoon-ish monkey or a sock monkey, but if I see enough search hits for a "free sock monkey cross stitch pattern" in the future, maybe I will add one of those as well!
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-Erin
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