A Good Read

A Good Read cross-stitch pattern (MD size, Low colors, Full DMC palette)

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Medium is a great compromise between the final quality and the time and materials you need to commit to complete it.

Colors

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Low color is best suited for images with fewer colors at the risk of sometimes increasing dithering.

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480 x 320 in 93 colors 153,600 stitches

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Description

A pile of antique books

This pattern will enable you to reproduce the image using the medium of cross-stitch or diamond painting. The custom charting technology we developed produces the highest quality cross-stitch and diamond-art patterns available with new levels of detail and color matching to accurately reproduce the images in whatever size and color combination you prefer. Not every image will look as good with the lowest colors at extra small size but not every image needs maximum colors at extra large size. We create every combination and provide accurate mockups so you can select the pattern that is right for you.

You can be confident that the pattern you buy from us will produce a piece that you will be proud to hang on your wall or gift to a loved one, to be admired for generations to come.

Patterns are available to download in PDF format immediately after purchase and will also appear in our pattern viewer and tracking application. This is the pattern only and does not include any paper copy or the materials you need to complete the project - you can purchase these from your local crafting store or online supplier of choice and the pattern will detail the number of skeins required based on the material type and stitching style you use.

Color Palette

The complete color palette including DMC code, description and stitch count for the selected pattern is shown below. The downloaded PDF pattern or our app will give you the complete estimate of thread-skeins required based on the canvas type and number of strands used for stitching.

Code
Description
Count
B5200
Snow White
85,127
676
Light Old Gold
3,082
3853
Dark Autumn Gold
2,955
721
Medium Orange Spice
2,678
722
Light Orange Spice
1,803
3830
Terra Cotta
1,749
19
Medium Light Autumn Gold
1,591
437
Light Tan
1,555
3854
Medium Autumn Gold
1,533
921
Copper
1,532
946
Medium Burnt Orange
1,502
970
Light Pumpkin
1,489
742
Light Tangerine
1,452
725
Medium Light Topaz
1,385
21
Light Alizarin
1,385
729
Medium Old Gold
1,383
22
Alizarin
1,358
3858
Medium Rosewood
1,338
435
Very Light Brown
1,231
3802
Very Dark Antique Mauve
1,216
356
Medium Terra Cotta
1,209
900
Dark Burnt Orange
1,141
221
Very Dark Shell Pink
1,118
402
Very Light Mahogany
1,116
744
Pale Yellow
1,086
3721
Dark Shell Pink
1,046
3772
Very Dark Desert Sand
973
743
Medium Yellow
950
632
Ultra Very Dark Desert Sand
941
612
Light Drab Brown
912
351
Coral
897
741
Medium Tangerine
876
301
Medium Mahogany
869
3047
Light Yellow Beige
865
3078
Very Light Golden Yellow
857
3863
Medium Mocha Beige
807
838
Very Dark Beige Brown
806
3862
Dark Mocha Beige
804
550
Very Dark Violet
732
3820
Dark Straw
721
3823
Ultra Pale Yellow
704
224
Very Light Shell Pink
696
939
Very Dark Navy Blue
646
3860
Cocoa
634
739
Ultra Very Light Tan
630
727
Very Light Topaz
619
902
Very Dark Garnet
590
420
Dark Hazelnut Brown
543
154
Very Dark Grape
529
920
Medium Copper
526
3340
Medium Apricot
523
3064
Desert Sand
489
11
Light Tender Green
481
3350
Ultra Dark Dusty Rose
479
371
Mustard
459
613
Very Light Drab Brown
451
3041
Medium Antique Violet
450
355
Dark Terra Cotta
439
315
Medium Dark Antique Mauve
428
352
Light Coral
416
3859
Light Rosewood
375
3740
Dark Antique Violet
356
3865
Winter White
339
07
Driftwood
338
779
Dark Cocoa
335
3834
Dark Grape
317
20
Shrimp
310
150
Ultra Very Dark Dusty Rose
308
3731
Very Dark Dusty Rose
302
09
Very Dark Cocoa
298
869
Very Dark Hazelnut Brown
279
720
Dark Orange Spice
242
3803
Dark Mauve
234
814
Dark Garnet
226
3829
Very Dark Old Gold
214
3705
Dark Melon
213
938
Ultra Dark Coffee Brown
208
327
Dark Violet
197
740
Tangerine
177
500
Very Dark Blue Green
173
801
Dark Coffee Brown
156
839
Dark Beige Brown
152
733
Medium Olive Green
151
726
Light Topaz
143
899
Medium Rose
142
415
Pearl Gray
128
893
Light Carnation
106
552
Medium Violet
88
762
Very Light Pearl Gray
86
666
Bright Red
62
307
Lemon
55
3836
Light Grape
48
972
Deep Canary
40

All our patterns are the highest quality that can be created for the given size and color constraints. Occasionally this results in some threads that are only used for a handful of stitches in a pattern but we include them because they are the best matches for those colors. You can stitch them as-is or you can use your own judgement and may decide to replace them with another similar color that is already used elsewhere in the pattern. Use our closest DMC thread-color lookup tool to select candidates for replacement.

Image Sizes

Patterns can be used with any canvas type, all that will change is the physical dimensions of the completed image. To allow for mounting a cross-stitch piece in a frame we recommend a canvas size with at least 3 additional inches on each edge.

Completed Image Size Suggested Canvas Size
Canvas Type Width Height Width Height
11 Count Aida 43 ¾" 29" 49 ¾" 35"
14 Count Aida 34 ¼" 22 ¾" 40 ¼" 28 ¾"
16 Count Aida 30" 20" 36" 26"
18 Count Aida 26 ¾" 17 ¾" 32 ¾" 23 ¾"
20 Count Aida 24" 16" 30" 22"
22 Count Hardanger 21 ¾" 14 ½" 27 ¾" 20 ½"
25 Count Evenweave 19 ¼" 12 ¾" 25 ¼" 18 ¾"
28 Count Evenweave 17 ¼" 11 ½" 23 ¼" 17 ½"
32 Count Evenweave 15" 10" 21" 16"

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