The Northern Lights

by Thread-Bare

The Northern Lights cross-stitch pattern by Thread-Bare (MD size, High colors, Full DMC palette)

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384 x 480 in 254 colors 184,320 stitches

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Description

To a scientist the Northern Lights, or Aurora Borealis, is the result of collisions between charged particles released from the sun with gaseous particles in the Earth's atmosphere. To the rest of us, they are simply stunningly beautiful and awe-inspiring. A heavenly light show of shimmering light that can be seen more frequently the further North you are. There is a Southern equivalent, Aurora Australis, but smaller populations in range of seeing it make it less well-known.

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
32
Dark Blueberry
17,993
158
Medium Very Dark Cornflower Blue
7,695
31
Blueberry
5,544
317
Pewter Gray
5,297
552
Medium Violet
5,071
29
Eggplant
4,964
161
Gray Blue
4,948
792
Dark Cornflower Blue
4,174
930
Dark Antique Blue
4,030
327
Dark Violet
3,902
954
Nile Green
3,502
913
Medium Nile Green
3,275
3816
Celadon Green
3,197
926
Medium Gray Green
2,868
414
Dark Steel Gray
2,578
3768
Dark Gray Green
2,492
992
Light Aquamarine
2,419
502
Blue Green
2,417
3371
Black Brown
2,414
336
Navy Blue
2,356
797
Royal Blue
2,331
28
Medium Light Eggplant
2,328
939
Very Dark Navy Blue
2,288
3042
Light Antique Violet
2,171
13
Medium Light Nile Green
2,070
3727
Light Antique Mauve
2,022
333
Very Dark Blue Violet
2,008
503
Medium Blue Green
1,980
311
Medium Navy Blue
1,948
445
Light Lemon
1,938
803
Ultra Very Dark Baby Blue
1,913
931
Medium Antique Blue
1,832
3750
Very Dark Antique Blue
1,810
563
Light Jade
1,624
791
Very Dark Cornflower Blue
1,610
156
Medium Light Blue Violet
1,607
14
Pale Apple Green
1,557
310
Black
1,529
825
Dark Blue
1,420
160
Medium Gray Blue
1,339
993
Very Light Aquamarine
1,299
799
Medium Delft Blue
1,283
912
Light Emerald Green
1,258
554
Light Violet
1,248
3836
Light Grape
1,242
318
Light Steel Gray
1,239
3815
Dark Celadon Green
1,212
3824
Light Apricot
1,180
3837
Ultra Dark Lavender
1,173
3842
Very Dark Wedgwood
1,160
793
Medium Cornflower Blue
1,141
823
Dark Navy Blue
1,136
3848
Medium Teal Green
1,102
163
Medium Caledon Green
1,068
955
Light Nile Green
1,060
169
Light Pewter
1,029
224
Very Light Shell Pink
1,028
798
Dark Delft Blue
991
3810
Dark Turquoise
920
16
Light Chartreuse
913
368
Light Pistachio Green
888
322
Dark Baby Blue
886
3809
Very Dark Turquoise
873
30
Medium Light Blueberry
872
3839
Medium Lavender Blue
853
562
Medium Jade
849
3041
Medium Antique Violet
842
164
Light Forest Green
718
3765
Very Dark Peacock Blue
707
312
Very Dark Baby Blue
698
826
Medium Blue
672
3835
Medium Grape
663
3326
Light Rose
603
11
Light Tender Green
556
413
Dark Pewter Gray
527
04
Dark Tin
511
208
Very Dark Lavender
498
334
Medium Baby Blue
489
3746
Dark Blue Violet
470
3851
Light Bright Green
437
564
Very Light Jade
426
522
Fern Green
412
645
Very Dark Beaver Gray
409
152
Medium Light Shell Pink
407
20
Shrimp
404
3838
Dark Lavender Blue
398
340
Medium Blue Violet
397
966
Medium Baby Green
396
924
Very Dark Gray Green
390
927
Light Gray Green
384
3716
Very Light Rose
383
3799
Very Dark Pewter Gray
382
958
Dark Seagreen
379
3861
Light Cocoa
373
553
Violet
371
3354
Light Dusty Rose
368
794
Light Cornflower Blue
353
3817
Light Celadon Green
351
597
Turquoise
350
3812
Very Dark Seagreen
346
3807
Cornflower Blue
338
500
Very Dark Blue Green
337
761
Light Salmon
325
307
Lemon
312
943
Medium Aquamarine
309
778
Very Light Antique Mauve
284
824
Very Dark Blue
273
451
Dark Shell Gray
264
15
Apple Green
262
33
Fuchsia
257
316
Medium Antique Mauve
252
3740
Dark Antique Violet
214
501
Dark Blue Green
207
959
Medium Seagreen
197
760
Salmon
190
524
Very Light Fern Green
189
995
Dark Electric Blue
181
12
Tender Green
172
517
Dark Wedgwood
166
3688
Medium Mauve
158
452
Medium Shell Gray
153
911
Medium Emerald Green
151
3849
Light Teal Green
149
223
Light Shell Pink
148
934
Black Avocado Green
143
3847
Dark Teal Green
140
159
Light Gray Blue
133
523
Light Fern Green
124
3779
Very Light Rosewood
124
3825
Pale Pumpkin
123
3814
Aquamarine
121
03
Medium Tin
120
727
Very Light Topaz
116
758
Very Light Terra Cotta
115
3850
Dark Bright Green
114
647
Medium Beaver Gray
114
932
Light Antique Blue
112
746
Off White
111
3022
Medium Brown Gray
109
898
Very Dark Coffee Brown
106
920
Medium Copper
106
3341
Apricot
105
991
Dark Aquamarine
104
841
Light Beige Brown
104
154
Very Dark Grape
98
19
Medium Light Autumn Gold
96
535
Very Light Ash Gray
92
844
Ultra Dark Beaver Gray
90
3855
Light Autumn Gold
90
518
Light Wedgwood
88
369
Very Light Pistachio Green
88
703
Chartreuse
86
209
Dark Lavender
83
367
Dark Pistachio Green
80
07
Driftwood
79
400
Dark Mahogany
79
745
Light Pale Yellow
78
300
Very Dark Mahogany
78
3860
Cocoa
76
155
Medium Dark Blue Violet
72
989
Forest Green
71
907
Light Parrot Green
67
720
Dark Orange Spice
67
838
Very Dark Beige Brown
64
900
Dark Burnt Orange
63
320
Medium Pistachio Green
62
962
Medium Dusty Rose
60
809
Delft Blue
60
702
Kelly Green
59
970
Light Pumpkin
59
947
Burnt Orange
58
772
Very Light Yellow Green
57
3813
Light Blue Green
56
946
Medium Burnt Orange
56
814
Dark Garnet
55
3348
Light Yellow Green
54
165
Very Light Moss Green
53
741
Medium Tangerine
51
3834
Dark Grape
49
646
Dark Beaver Gray
49
505
Jade Green
48
3865
Winter White
48
801
Dark Coffee Brown
48
3787
Dark Brown Gray
47
3844
Dark Bright Turquoise
46
640
Very Dark Beige Gray
43
3013
Light Khaki Green
42
3864
Light Mocha Beige
42
407
Dark Desert Sand
38
3781
Dark Mocha Brown
38
3363
Medium Pine Green
36
3021
Very Dark Brown Gray
36
3771
Ultra Very Light Terra Cotta
36
09
Very Dark Cocoa
34
3859
Light Rosewood
34
921
Copper
33
935
Dark Avocado Green
32
3856
Ultra Very Light Mahogany
31
890
Ultra Dark Pistachio Green
30
742
Light Tangerine
30
632
Ultra Very Dark Desert Sand
29
919
Red Copper
27
3078
Very Light Golden Yellow
26
3340
Medium Apricot
26
740
Tangerine
26
918
Dark Red Copper
25
726
Light Topaz
24
B5200
Snow White
23
3857
Dark Rosewood
23
301
Medium Mahogany
23
743
Medium Yellow
22
3046
Medium Yellow Beige
22
704
Bright Chartreuse
21
3687
Mauve
21
151
Very Light Dusty Rose
21
3808
Ultra Very Dark Turquoise
19
3778
Light Terra Cotta
19
210
Medium Lavender
19
3362
Dark Pine Green
18
610
Dark Drab Brown
18
3863
Medium Mocha Beige
18
370
Medium Mustard
17
721
Medium Orange Spice
17
3830
Terra Cotta
16
3772
Very Dark Desert Sand
15
722
Light Orange Spice
15
3364
Pine Green
14
3052
Medium Green Gray
14
352
Light Coral
14
834
Very Light Golden Olive
12
3722
Medium Shell Pink
12
725
Medium Light Topaz
11
3858
Medium Rosewood
11
315
Medium Dark Antique Mauve
11
22
Alizarin
11
3821
Straw
9
967
Very Light Apricot
9
3726
Dark Antique Mauve
9
831
Medium Golden Olive
8
910
Dark Emerald Green
6
3346
Hunter Green
6
988
Medium Forest Green
6
733
Medium Olive Green
6
3328
Dark Salmon
6
21
Light Alizarin
6
869
Very Dark Hazelnut Brown
5
783
Medium Topaz
5
701
Light Green
3
3818
Ultra Very Dark Emerald Green
3
973
Bright Canary
3
829
Very Dark Golden Olive
3
3802
Very Dark Antique Mauve
3
3843
Electric Blue
2
906
Medium Parrot Green
1

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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 35" 43 ¾" 41" 49 ¾"
14 Count Aida 27 ½" 34 ¼" 33 ½" 40 ¼"
16 Count Aida 24" 30" 30" 36"
18 Count Aida 21 ¼" 26 ¾" 27 ¼" 32 ¾"
20 Count Aida 19 ¼" 24" 25 ¼" 30"
22 Count Hardanger 17 ½" 21 ¾" 23 ½" 27 ¾"
25 Count Evenweave 15 ¼" 19 ¼" 21 ¼" 25 ¼"
28 Count Evenweave 13 ¾" 17 ¼" 19 ¾" 23 ¼"
32 Count Evenweave 12" 15" 18" 21"

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