Bright idea
We love the brightly coloured macaws in this project. If you like them
too, why not stitch one of them on its own to create a card or gift tag to
accompany the stitched elephant if you are giving it as a gift?
How to work a
French knot
This design contains French knots in
a variety of thread colours. It's easy
to create one – simply thread your
needle with one strand of the correct
thread shade, and bring it up through
the fabric where you want the knot to
form. Hold the thread taut in your left
hand and wrap the needle around the
thread twice. Now push the needle
back down through the fabric, close
to where it came up. Finally, you need
to gently pull the needle and thread
through the fabric, leaving the neat
little French knot sitting on top.Elephant picture
We chose a vibrant
red frame for our
elephant, but you
could pick out any
of the other bright
shades for an equally
striking mountStitch^ Tip
Cross stitch in two strands
DMC Anchor Madeira
` 155 1030 902 purple
e 159 343 1710 light blue
s 160 939 906 blue
f 161 122 910 dark blue
2 209 98 803 lilac
T 309 42 508 rose pink
4 317 400 1714 grey
y 727 293 112 yellow
u 728 305 107 dark yellow
I 783 306 2509 gold
E 792 177 905 cornflower blue
v 840 1084 1912 brown
c 956 40 506 pink
M 959 186 1114 emerald
[ 964 185 1112 sea green
8 996 433 1103 electric blue
9 3347 265 1408 green
p 3348 264 1409 light green
J 3799 236 1713 dark grey
q 3801 1098 411 scarlet
z 3823 386 2512 light yellow
S 3837 111 713 dark lilac
P 3851 187 1202 dark emerald
Z 3865 2 2403 natural white
Backstitch in one strand
––––– 3799 236 1713 dark grey
French knots in one strand
O 728 305 107 dark yellow
O 3799 236 1713 dark grey
O 3801 1098 411 scarlet
O 3837 111 713 dark lilac
STITCH COUNT 130 high x 150 wide
DESIGN AREA 14 HPI (28-count evenweave)- 23.5x 27 cm (9¼x10¾in)
SKEINS NEEDED 2x964 (sea green), 3x3823 (light
yellow)
This design was stitched using DMC stranded cotton
Elephant key