Loops and Swift Horses are Surer than Lead

by Charles Marion Russell

Loops and Swift Horses are Surer than Lead cross-stitch pattern by Charles Marion Russell  (XL size, High colors, Full DMC palette)

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720 x 437 in 207 colors 314,640 stitches

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Description

1916

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
31
Blueberry
11,105
3041
Medium Antique Violet
10,506
840
Medium Beige Brown
10,366
167
Very Dark Yellow Beige
9,706
06
Medium Light Driftwood
8,450
645
Very Dark Beaver Gray
8,337
842
Very Light Beige Brown
7,767
04
Dark Tin
7,753
3863
Medium Mocha Beige
7,643
317
Pewter Gray
7,587
3042
Light Antique Violet
7,563
07
Driftwood
7,018
452
Medium Shell Gray
6,372
3790
Ultra Dark Beige Gray
6,137
28
Medium Light Eggplant
6,113
3860
Cocoa
6,102
3772
Very Dark Desert Sand
5,929
415
Pearl Gray
5,600
3862
Dark Mocha Beige
5,560
169
Light Pewter
5,233
159
Light Gray Blue
5,158
648
Light Beaver Gray
5,144
341
Light Blue Violet
4,948
3859
Light Rosewood
4,728
3861
Light Cocoa
4,296
318
Light Steel Gray
3,948
758
Very Light Terra Cotta
3,940
407
Dark Desert Sand
3,795
3023
Light Brown Gray
3,770
435
Very Light Brown
3,601
420
Dark Hazelnut Brown
3,382
932
Light Antique Blue
3,294
08
Dark Driftwood
3,128
612
Light Drab Brown
3,056
3064
Desert Sand
3,044
841
Light Beige Brown
2,854
3046
Medium Yellow Beige
2,742
30
Medium Light Blueberry
2,697
3740
Dark Antique Violet
2,675
32
Dark Blueberry
2,642
03
Medium Tin
2,568
535
Very Light Ash Gray
2,551
224
Very Light Shell Pink
2,546
436
Tan
2,433
209
Dark Lavender
2,363
372
Light Mustard
2,351
680
Dark Old Gold
2,286
809
Delft Blue
2,184
422
Light Hazelnut Brown
2,132
632
Ultra Very Dark Desert Sand
2,091
3348
Light Yellow Green
2,089
3836
Light Grape
2,048
3746
Dark Blue Violet
2,030
610
Dark Drab Brown
2,007
794
Light Cornflower Blue
1,975
553
Violet
1,880
793
Medium Cornflower Blue
1,754
29
Eggplant
1,711
838
Very Dark Beige Brown
1,706
501
Dark Blue Green
1,673
644
Medium Beige Gray
1,647
839
Dark Beige Brown
1,422
642
Dark Beige Gray
1,383
3807
Cornflower Blue
1,369
778
Very Light Antique Mauve
1,351
844
Ultra Dark Beaver Gray
1,350
3726
Dark Antique Mauve
1,291
3363
Medium Pine Green
1,217
434
Light Brown
1,175
552
Medium Violet
1,124
413
Dark Pewter Gray
1,101
524
Very Light Fern Green
1,064
371
Mustard
1,042
223
Light Shell Pink
1,027
829
Very Dark Golden Olive
954
3781
Dark Mocha Brown
888
3828
Hazelnut Brown
880
3858
Medium Rosewood
867
3837
Ultra Dark Lavender
843
801
Dark Coffee Brown
833
3802
Very Dark Antique Mauve
832
522
Fern Green
825
3799
Very Dark Pewter Gray
805
160
Medium Gray Blue
791
676
Light Old Gold
781
3834
Dark Grape
721
315
Medium Dark Antique Mauve
696
168
Very Light Pewter
689
834
Very Light Golden Olive
663
830
Dark Golden Olive
657
3021
Very Dark Brown Gray
645
3838
Dark Lavender Blue
591
729
Medium Old Gold
579
3778
Light Terra Cotta
579
21
Light Alizarin
579
924
Very Dark Gray Green
525
155
Medium Dark Blue Violet
518
3817
Light Celadon Green
507
3688
Medium Mauve
502
554
Light Violet
489
316
Medium Antique Mauve
474
975
Dark Golden Brown
470
433
Medium Brown
431
210
Medium Lavender
413
356
Medium Terra Cotta
412
3839
Medium Lavender Blue
380
938
Ultra Dark Coffee Brown
372
831
Medium Golden Olive
371
301
Medium Mahogany
367
792
Dark Cornflower Blue
358
3829
Very Dark Old Gold
356
3776
Light Mahogany
348
340
Medium Blue Violet
319
158
Medium Very Dark Cornflower Blue
308
3733
Dusty Rose
306
934
Black Avocado Green
301
550
Very Dark Violet
288
02
Tin
283
3722
Medium Shell Pink
271
402
Very Light Mahogany
261
3033
Very Light Mocha Brown
253
336
Navy Blue
244
935
Dark Avocado Green
243
3857
Dark Rosewood
240
300
Very Dark Mahogany
231
3721
Dark Shell Pink
227
597
Turquoise
213
3364
Pine Green
198
3743
Very Light Antique Violet
193
500
Very Dark Blue Green
184
3750
Very Dark Antique Blue
181
950
Light Desert Sand
166
163
Medium Caledon Green
155
221
Very Dark Shell Pink
147
580
Dark Moss Green
144
3053
Green Gray
138
561
Very Dark Jade
138
3346
Hunter Green
135
3779
Very Light Rosewood
134
799
Medium Delft Blue
134
334
Medium Baby Blue
132
157
Very Light Cornflower Blue
120
732
Olive Green
111
520
Dark Fern Green
100
22
Alizarin
98
154
Very Dark Grape
90
3051
Dark Green Gray
89
730
Very Dark Olive Green
87
918
Dark Red Copper
79
3856
Ultra Very Light Mahogany
68
922
Light Copper
60
833
Light Golden Olive
56
900
Dark Burnt Orange
47
598
Light Turquoise
44
3752
Very Light Antique Blue
42
470
Light Avocado Green
39
783
Medium Topaz
39
3820
Dark Straw
38
921
Copper
36
902
Very Dark Garnet
36
939
Very Dark Navy Blue
34
355
Dark Terra Cotta
29
3072
Very Light Beaver Gray
28
798
Dark Delft Blue
28
543
Ultra Very Light Beige
26
937
Medium Avocado Green
25
945
Tawny
24
3328
Dark Salmon
24
782
Dark Topaz
23
3825
Pale Pumpkin
22
928
Very Light Gray Green
21
797
Royal Blue
21
3777
Very Dark Terra Cotta
18
309
Ultra Very Dark Rose
17
369
Very Light Pistachio Green
16
823
Dark Navy Blue
16
3847
Dark Teal Green
16
368
Light Pistachio Green
15
3824
Light Apricot
14
351
Coral
13
3852
Very Dark Straw
13
3803
Dark Mauve
12
772
Very Light Yellow Green
11
895
Very Dark Hunter Green
8
722
Light Orange Spice
8
814
Dark Garnet
8
319
Very Dark Pistachio Green
7
720
Dark Orange Spice
6
989
Forest Green
6
3340
Medium Apricot
6
972
Deep Canary
6
17
Light Yellow Plum
5
3855
Light Autumn Gold
5
820
Very Dark Royal Blue
5
608
Bright Orange
5
970
Light Pumpkin
4
3831
Dark Raspberry
4
350
Medium Coral
4
3687
Mauve
4
946
Medium Burnt Orange
3
3770
Very Light Tawny
3
3849
Light Teal Green
2
740
Tangerine
2
606
Bright Orange Red
2
310
Black
2
3801
Very Dark Melon
1
3731
Very Dark Dusty Rose
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 65 ½" 39 ¾" 71 ½" 45 ¾"
14 Count Aida 51 ½" 31 ¼" 57 ½" 37 ¼"
16 Count Aida 45" 27 ¼" 51" 33 ¼"
18 Count Aida 40" 24 ¼" 46" 30 ¼"
20 Count Aida 36" 21 ¾" 42" 27 ¾"
22 Count Hardanger 32 ¾" 19 ¾" 38 ¾" 25 ¾"
25 Count Evenweave 28 ¾" 17 ½" 34 ¾" 23 ½"
28 Count Evenweave 25 ¾" 15 ½" 31 ¾" 21 ½"
32 Count Evenweave 22 ½" 13 ¾" 28 ½" 19 ¾"

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