A Good Read

A Good Read cross-stitch pattern (SM size, Low colors, Diamond Art palette)

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Small can save time and materials if you don't mind sacrificing some detail, or are limited by canvas size such as Diamond Art.

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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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360 x 240 in 87 colors 86,400 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
47,648
3853
Dark Autumn Gold
1,944
722
Light Orange Spice
1,612
3776
Light Mahogany
1,467
3830
Terra Cotta
1,395
946
Medium Burnt Orange
1,088
970
Light Pumpkin
928
402
Very Light Mahogany
927
676
Light Old Gold
894
3858
Medium Rosewood
889
744
Pale Yellow
839
725
Medium Light Topaz
818
3802
Very Dark Antique Mauve
816
742
Light Tangerine
812
729
Medium Old Gold
797
921
Copper
777
632
Ultra Very Dark Desert Sand
726
3822
Light Straw
655
3046
Medium Yellow Beige
640
356
Medium Terra Cotta
633
3859
Light Rosewood
582
3856
Ultra Very Light Mahogany
581
221
Very Dark Shell Pink
581
437
Light Tan
564
3078
Very Light Golden Yellow
557
918
Dark Red Copper
541
900
Dark Burnt Orange
536
677
Very Light Old Gold
518
838
Very Dark Beige Brown
515
741
Medium Tangerine
500
3772
Very Dark Desert Sand
492
3825
Pale Pumpkin
486
743
Medium Yellow
476
301
Medium Mahogany
460
436
Tan
451
3778
Light Terra Cotta
451
612
Light Drab Brown
432
3860
Cocoa
422
550
Very Dark Violet
418
351
Coral
400
920
Medium Copper
392
783
Medium Topaz
385
3862
Dark Mocha Beige
380
154
Very Dark Grape
378
420
Dark Hazelnut Brown
368
Blanc
White
366
371
Mustard
355
739
Ultra Very Light Tan
340
3340
Medium Apricot
338
3831
Dark Raspberry
327
3790
Ultra Dark Beige Gray
324
3722
Medium Shell Pink
323
309
Ultra Very Dark Rose
323
779
Dark Cocoa
320
3771
Ultra Very Light Terra Cotta
311
315
Medium Dark Antique Mauve
309
3823
Ultra Pale Yellow
307
823
Dark Navy Blue
297
3328
Dark Salmon
279
950
Light Desert Sand
251
740
Tangerine
250
3829
Very Dark Old Gold
247
734
Light Olive Green
239
3782
Light Mocha Brown
215
844
Ultra Dark Beaver Gray
207
451
Dark Shell Gray
205
327
Dark Violet
199
150
Ultra Very Dark Dusty Rose
194
814
Dark Garnet
173
642
Dark Beige Gray
160
3857
Dark Rosewood
141
3731
Very Dark Dusty Rose
139
644
Medium Beige Gray
135
3726
Dark Antique Mauve
127
720
Dark Orange Spice
124
434
Light Brown
103
899
Medium Rose
102
610
Dark Drab Brown
96
726
Light Topaz
80
535
Very Light Ash Gray
77
762
Very Light Pearl Gray
68
760
Salmon
65
164
Light Forest Green
56
353
Peach
28
433
Medium Brown
17
307
Lemon
7
704
Bright Chartreuse
5

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 32 ¾" 21 ¾" 38 ¾" 27 ¾"
14 Count Aida 25 ¾" 17 ¼" 31 ¾" 23 ¼"
16 Count Aida 22 ½" 15" 28 ½" 21"
18 Count Aida 20" 13 ¼" 26" 19 ¼"
20 Count Aida 18" 12" 24" 18"
22 Count Hardanger 16 ¼" 11" 22 ¼" 17"
25 Count Evenweave 14 ½" 9 ½" 20 ½" 15 ½"
28 Count Evenweave 12 ¾" 8 ½" 18 ¾" 14 ½"
32 Count Evenweave 11 ¼" 7 ½" 17 ¼" 13 ½"

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