14 count cross stitch paper
The count charts assume. Fourteen blocks to the inch, 1.81 mm squares, and the number every other count on this site gets compared against.
If a chart quotes a finished size and never says what it is stitched on, it means this. Fourteen blocks to the inch puts a 1.81 mm square under every symbol, and 100 stitches across come out at 7.14 inches (181 mm). Those two figures do more work in this hobby than any others, because every other count gets described as a percentage of them.
It is also the count you most likely already own. Kits are packed with it, shops stock more colours in it than in anything else, and a fat quarter of it is the default gift. If you have inherited a stash and nothing is labelled, count the blocks along an inch of a selvedge edge — fourteen is the safe first guess.
Two strands of six-stranded floss over one block, with a size 24 tapestry needle, is the combination this cloth is built around. It covers without crowding the hole, which is why kit instructions rarely bother to say it. One strand is used for backstitch outlines and for anything meant to recede, and three is only reached for when a colour is thin and needs help.
Cross stitch paper by count
- Cross stitch paper, any countThe full generator — any count from 6 to 40
- 11 count cross stitch paper11 stitches per inch · 2.31 mm squares
- 16 count cross stitch paper16 stitches per inch · 1.59 mm squares
- 18 count cross stitch paper18 stitches per inch · 1.41 mm squares
- 22 count cross stitch paper11 stitches per inch · 2.31 mm squares
- 25 count cross stitch paper12.5 stitches per inch · 2.03 mm squares
- 28 count cross stitch paper14 stitches per inch · 1.81 mm squares
- 32 count cross stitch paper16 stitches per inch · 1.59 mm squares
Questions
Is 14 count the standard?
As close as the hobby has to one. Charts that quote a finished size without naming a fabric have almost always worked it out at fourteen stitches to the inch.
How do I tell what count my fabric is?
Lay a ruler on it and count the blocks, or the threads, across one inch. Blocks you can see with the naked eye and squares that measure about 1.81 mm across are 14 count Aida. If you have to count threads under a lamp, you are holding evenweave or linen, and that number is halved before it becomes stitches.
How much fabric do I buy for a 14 count design?
Divide each side of the stitch count by 14 for the finished size, then add three inches all round. A 100 by 100 design finishes 7.14 inches (181 mm) square and wants a piece about 13 inches square, which leaves enough to hoop and enough to fold over a frame.
Other tools
- Staff and tab paperBlank manuscript and tablature ruled to a staff height you can measure with a ruler, not to whatever the PDF you found happened to be.
- Beading graph paperCharting paper drawn from the bead's own measurements, so the beads on the page are the size of the beads in the tube.
- Cross stitch pattern paperCharting paper at the size your stitches will actually be, for the count of fabric you actually have.
- English paper piecing templatesPick a shape, type the side length you actually want, and print it at true size.
- Bubble answer sheet generatorScantron-style answer sheets, built to your question count.
- Blank clock facesClock faces with hands drawn where they genuinely belong — at 3:45 the hour hand sits three quarters of the way to four, because that is what a clock does.
- Blank periodic tableEvery blank periodic table online is a fixed image.
- Attendance sheet and gradebook gridsPaste twenty-eight names, choose a month, print.
- Printable graph paperAny spacing you like, in millimetres or inches, printed at true size.
- Printable dot grid paperDot paper at the spacing you actually use — 5 mm for a bullet journal, or whatever you type.
- Printable lined paperCollege ruled, wide ruled, or handwriting paper with a dashed midline — at the real spacings, not an approximation.
- Year in pixelsOne cell a day for a whole year, drawn for the year you name — so February is the right length and the months stop where they actually stop.
- Savings and goal colouring chartsType your goal and how many cells you want.
