An Illicit Letter

by Vittorio Reggianini

An Illicit Letter cross-stitch pattern by Vittorio Reggianini (LG size, High colors, Full DMC palette)

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Colors

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High color is for very colorful patterns or the smoothest possible gradients with less noticeable dithering.

Palette

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427 x 640 in 193 colors 273,280 stitches

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Description

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
838
Very Dark Beige Brown
13,353
3862
Dark Mocha Beige
12,979
632
Ultra Very Dark Desert Sand
11,966
3781
Dark Mocha Brown
9,812
839
Dark Beige Brown
9,561
08
Dark Driftwood
9,364
3858
Medium Rosewood
8,119
801
Dark Coffee Brown
8,102
829
Very Dark Golden Olive
7,676
610
Dark Drab Brown
7,672
869
Very Dark Hazelnut Brown
6,940
938
Ultra Dark Coffee Brown
6,752
3772
Very Dark Desert Sand
5,974
407
Dark Desert Sand
5,466
3863
Medium Mocha Beige
5,395
840
Medium Beige Brown
5,364
612
Light Drab Brown
5,328
3032
Medium Mocha Brown
4,903
3859
Light Rosewood
4,426
420
Dark Hazelnut Brown
4,355
315
Medium Dark Antique Mauve
3,780
830
Dark Golden Olive
3,769
3064
Desert Sand
3,602
3363
Medium Pine Green
3,529
3021
Very Dark Brown Gray
3,417
3864
Light Mocha Beige
3,074
646
Dark Beaver Gray
3,000
3011
Dark Khaki Green
2,785
3802
Very Dark Antique Mauve
2,735
167
Very Dark Yellow Beige
2,646
522
Fern Green
2,538
934
Black Avocado Green
2,488
04
Dark Tin
2,454
152
Medium Light Shell Pink
2,450
223
Light Shell Pink
2,290
935
Dark Avocado Green
2,262
524
Very Light Fern Green
2,113
3023
Light Brown Gray
2,085
169
Light Pewter
1,952
3722
Medium Shell Pink
1,947
3860
Cocoa
1,941
644
Medium Beige Gray
1,936
3033
Very Light Mocha Brown
1,920
822
Light Beige Gray
1,886
422
Light Hazelnut Brown
1,811
3022
Medium Brown Gray
1,787
3861
Light Cocoa
1,785
05
Light Driftwood
1,778
927
Light Gray Green
1,722
3024
Very Light Brown Gray
1,706
898
Very Dark Coffee Brown
1,596
844
Ultra Dark Beaver Gray
1,544
3072
Very Light Beaver Gray
1,506
501
Dark Blue Green
1,498
301
Medium Mahogany
1,495
3362
Dark Pine Green
1,462
645
Very Dark Beaver Gray
1,344
09
Very Dark Cocoa
1,307
370
Medium Mustard
1,296
535
Very Light Ash Gray
1,195
356
Medium Terra Cotta
1,190
224
Very Light Shell Pink
1,183
966
Medium Baby Green
1,165
435
Very Light Brown
1,120
3771
Ultra Very Light Terra Cotta
1,100
415
Pearl Gray
1,076
975
Dark Golden Brown
1,073
580
Dark Moss Green
1,030
758
Very Light Terra Cotta
1,009
738
Very Light Tan
955
21
Light Alizarin
951
920
Medium Copper
909
436
Tan
898
371
Mustard
805
890
Ultra Dark Pistachio Green
794
937
Medium Avocado Green
720
950
Light Desert Sand
677
369
Very Light Pistachio Green
648
502
Blue Green
642
962
Medium Dusty Rose
609
729
Medium Old Gold
598
437
Light Tan
597
3828
Hazelnut Brown
550
368
Light Pistachio Green
486
3866
Ultra Very Light Mocha
465
452
Medium Shell Gray
416
471
Very Light Avocado Green
412
154
Very Dark Grape
389
3826
Golden Brown
371
3041
Medium Antique Violet
369
413
Dark Pewter Gray
368
3857
Dark Rosewood
348
3346
Hunter Green
347
3348
Light Yellow Green
338
3799
Very Dark Pewter Gray
328
163
Medium Caledon Green
320
321
Red
301
503
Medium Blue Green
297
309
Ultra Very Dark Rose
277
904
Very Dark Parrot Green
276
817
Very Dark Coral Red
267
919
Red Copper
263
987
Dark Forest Green
261
352
Light Coral
258
3776
Light Mahogany
255
760
Salmon
247
347
Very Dark Salmon
230
3777
Very Dark Terra Cotta
229
498
Dark Red
192
772
Very Light Yellow Green
190
900
Dark Burnt Orange
182
680
Dark Old Gold
169
500
Very Dark Blue Green
169
3046
Medium Yellow Beige
148
351
Coral
138
948
Very Light Peach
138
150
Ultra Very Dark Dusty Rose
133
606
Bright Orange Red
133
3712
Medium Salmon
125
349
Dark Coral
119
3768
Dark Gray Green
118
3371
Black Brown
116
814
Dark Garnet
114
734
Light Olive Green
105
164
Light Forest Green
83
3350
Ultra Dark Dusty Rose
79
986
Very Dark Forest Green
77
3829
Very Dark Old Gold
74
895
Very Dark Hunter Green
69
3685
Very Dark Mauve
68
3816
Celadon Green
66
3833
Light Raspberry
65
29
Eggplant
62
550
Very Dark Violet
58
922
Light Copper
53
505
Jade Green
46
336
Navy Blue
45
10
Very Light Tender Green
43
3354
Light Dusty Rose
42
924
Very Dark Gray Green
41
3727
Light Antique Mauve
37
469
Avocado Green
37
3731
Very Dark Dusty Rose
34
3801
Very Dark Melon
33
702
Kelly Green
30
832
Golden Olive
29
930
Dark Antique Blue
28
823
Dark Navy Blue
25
701
Light Green
25
561
Very Dark Jade
24
762
Very Light Pearl Gray
21
32
Dark Blueberry
18
976
Medium Golden Brown
17
3345
Dark Hunter Green
17
326
Very Dark Rose
16
3834
Dark Grape
16
3705
Dark Melon
15
608
Bright Orange
15
820
Very Dark Royal Blue
15
782
Dark Topaz
14
791
Very Dark Cornflower Blue
14
797
Royal Blue
14
946
Medium Burnt Orange
13
939
Very Dark Navy Blue
12
552
Medium Violet
12
720
Dark Orange Spice
10
31
Blueberry
10
792
Dark Cornflower Blue
10
676
Light Old Gold
9
721
Medium Orange Spice
9
563
Light Jade
8
472
Ultra Light Avocado Green
8
3835
Medium Grape
8
319
Very Dark Pistachio Green
8
3750
Very Dark Antique Blue
7
33
Fuchsia
5
824
Very Dark Blue
5
160
Medium Gray Blue
4
796
Dark Royal Blue
4
3687
Mauve
4
3340
Medium Apricot
3
3716
Very Light Rose
3
931
Medium Antique Blue
2
793
Medium Cornflower Blue
2
825
Dark Blue
2
3806
Light Cyclamen Pink
2
894
Very Light Carnation
2
553
Violet
2
30
Medium Light Blueberry
2
311
Medium Navy Blue
2
597
Turquoise
1
3853
Dark Autumn Gold
1
3820
Dark Straw
1

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 38 ¾" 58 ¼" 44 ¾" 64 ¼"
14 Count Aida 30 ½" 45 ¾" 36 ½" 51 ¾"
16 Count Aida 26 ¾" 40" 32 ¾" 46"
18 Count Aida 23 ¾" 35 ½" 29 ¾" 41 ½"
20 Count Aida 21 ¼" 32" 27 ¼" 38"
22 Count Hardanger 19 ½" 29" 25 ½" 35"
25 Count Evenweave 17" 25 ½" 23" 31 ½"
28 Count Evenweave 15 ¼" 22 ¾" 21 ¼" 28 ¾"
32 Count Evenweave 13 ¼" 20" 19 ¼" 26"

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