Here is another one of my cross stitch charts that I have dig­i­tized.  The PDF con­tains both a color chart as well as a sym­bol chart.  I worked this cross stitch design up on 14 count Aida cloth.  The grid size is 113 stitches wide by 103 stitches high.  If worked on 14 count cloth, the fin­ished design is 5.07 inches by 4.21 inches, mak­ing the design 71 stitches by 59 stitches.

While going through my home­made cross stitch graphs, I came across this poem which was given to me 25 years ago .when I was sta­tioned in Hong Kong while serv­ing in the U.S. Navy.   I received this poem on May 15, 1985 while I pray­ing for those I knew who had not yet received Jesus Christ as their Savior.

Title: The Invitation
Grid Size: 150W x 210H
Design Area: 9.14″ x 13.43″ (128 x 188 stitches)

The Invitation

Stop long­ing and seek­ing
For that which you’ve sought
It’s here and it’s yours
And it can­not be bought.

For it’s paid for in full
On the cross of Calvary,
And I give it to you
And your whole family.

All that is required
Is that you believe.
Then ask Me to fill you
And then you’ll receive.

No one who asks
Shall be given a stone,
No one who seeks
Shall ever be alone.

I am reach­ing out to you!
O what will you say?
Will you let Me love you?
Or will you turn Me away?

Copyright 2010 - StitchMeKnot Designs - All rights reserved.

You can pur­chase this cross stitch graph here.

I just fin­ished this cro­chet teddy bear for a co-​​worker who just passed her bar exam.  I took it into the office late last night to put it on her desk with the cross stitch design I made for her.    Looking for­ward to get­ting her reac­tion when I go into the office tomorrow!

You can get the pat­tern for this cro­chet teddy bear here.

I’ve learned a lot since mak­ing my first amigu­rumi just a few weeks ago.  I’ve learned how to:

• use the magic circle;
• make invis­i­ble decreases; and
• how to cro­chet tighter so that the poly­fill doesn’t show through the stitches

These tech­niques def­i­nitely work at mak­ing a much bet­ter end result.  I’m quite pleased with the results.  I hope you are, too.

My friend /​ co-​​worker gave me per­mis­sion to show the cro­chet teddy bear hold­ing the stitched sam­pler I made her.  Here it is:

I’ve made another free Cross Stitch graph ... this time a large cross.  I used only three small motifs through­out.  This is just another mini tuto­r­ial to show you how using a few very small motifs as ‘build­ing blocks’ can cre­ate much larger, more inter­est­ing pieces.  The pos­si­bil­i­ties are truly endless.

This graph is 150 stitch W by 223 stitches H.  If this cross is done on 14 count cloth, the fin­ished project mea­sures  approx­i­mately 8.71″ x 15.29″.  I have graphed it in two col­ors, but you can do it all in one color, or use more col­ors.  You’re only lim­ited by your imagination.

Feel free to use this graph to jump start your own cre­ations.  Just leave me some feed­back and/​or a link so I can see your won­der­ful creations!

This graph can be down­loaded in PDF for­mat here.  Enjoy!  Please let me know if you like it, or whether it’s help­ful to you to cre­ate your own designs!

I’ve just fin­ished this col­lec­tion of sim­ple cross stitch cir­cles and ani­mal faces.  This was intended as a mini tuto­r­ial.  It’s just a wee col­lec­tion to show you just a few of the myr­i­ads of ways to cre­ate some pretty neat cre­ations with just a very small sim­ple motif.  There were so many more that I wanted to share, but the file was get­ting a bit large.  My intent was to spark some cre­ative ideas of your own.  I hope you enjoy, and are inspired by, this lit­tle sam­pler.  I hope to upload more soon.

Included in this sam­pler are just a few exam­ples of how to make ani­mal faces for those amigu­rumi projects that we are all so in love with.

This sam­pler is avail­able in PDF for­mat;  you can down­load the file here.  Please feel free to use these lit­tle sam­ples to get your cre­ative genius flow­ing to cre­ate your very own designs and graphs.  I would love to hear about what this sam­pler inspired you to cre­ate, so please leave me a com­ment and/​or link to your own designs based upon this sampler!

Just fin­ished dig­i­tiz­ing another of my designs.  I haven’t yet decided whether to sell this one, or to leave it avail­able to all who may like to have it.

The pat­tern is 47 stitches long by 155 stitches wide.  It takes approx­i­mately 779 yards of Cotton Thread No. 20 with a Steel US Size 9 Crochet Hook, and mea­sures 34.1 inches wide by 11.3 inches high.

The PDF file is avail­able here. Enjoy!

While pray­ing about cre­at­ing a project that would be encour­ag­ing to my cus­tomers and vis­i­tors,  the Scripture in Jeremiah 29:11 came to mind.

I pray that this pat­tern is a bless­ing to all those who come across it.

This pat­tern can be pur­chased for $2.00 in either my Bluejay Store or my e-​​Crater Store.  Thank you for vis­it­ing StitchMeKnot Designs!

I took this lit­tle guy to the office and he was a *big* hit! I was really pleased with how well he turned out for just my sec­ond amigu­rumi. I slightly mod­i­fied the arms, and the next time I make him, I’m going to mod­ify the muz­zle a wee bit as well.

My busi­ness part­ner wants me to make him one. Just before tak­ing the pic­tures he was car­ry­ing Squeaky Mouse around on his shoul­der. Can’t get much of a bet­ter rec­om­men­da­tion than that.

Since mak­ing Squeaky Mouse I’ve learned how to do the magic cir­cle and the invis­i­ble decreases, so the ears will turn out bet­ter, and I’m now using a smaller cro­chet hook and cro­chet­ing tighter in an attempt to keep the holes to a minimum.

This pat­tern* was so easy and fun to make. I’ll be mak­ing more of him to give away.

* PLEASE  NOTE:  The pat­tern link is not bro­ken.  The pat­tern is located at http://​www​.fave​crafts​.com/​C​r​o​c​h​e​t​_​a​m​i​g​u​r​u​m​i​/​S​q​u​e​a​k​y​-​M​o​use.  You may need to reg­is­ter an account or login to fave​crafts​.com first.

I am so happy to finally post an orig­i­nal design. As you most prob­a­bly have fig­ured out by now, I just LOVE roses. So I started play­ing around with my Rose Logo motif and this is what I came up with. I have a few more ideas stir­ring around in my head as to what else I can do with this. I’ll post a few of them as I tweak it some more.

Approximate Finished Size:
Crochet Cotton No. 30: width = 12.6 inches, height - 10.1 inches

The PDF pat­tern file con­tains graph, sym­bol graph, fin­ished image, writ­ten instruc­tions and instruc­tions on basic filet cro­chet, as well as basic filet cro­chet increas­ing and decreas­ing. This pat­tern is avail­able for $4.00 with imme­di­ate dig­i­tal down­load after pay­ment at Pattern Mart.

Please leave me feed­back about this design.  Do you like it?  What, if any­thing, would you change if you could?  Any/​all sug­ges­tions or ideas are welcome!

THANK YOU!

For yet another gift, I cro­cheted this lacy gift bag. It was actu­ally a big­ger ‘hit’ than the actual gift. That rather sur­prised me; pleas­antly so. The pat­tern for this can be found here.