Free · geometric borders pixel patterns
Practise rhythm and colour with eight framed geometric samplers: diamonds, chevrons, a right-angle key, crossed braid, waves, checkerboard, staircase bands and woven ribbons. Each is a complete square, ready to compare across crafts. Pick one and make it from the same grid: a corner-to-corner crochet square with every row and bobbin written out, a single crochet chart row by row, a cross stitch chart for 11- to 18-count Aida, a fuse bead pattern printed at bead size, or an alpha knot chart. Free, no sign-up.
Step window motif pack: one narrow grid, three techniques, printed together.
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Four red diamonds in a cream field with a navy frame.
A Oat (background) · B Midnight · C Cream · D Cherry
The letter is the colour, the number the bobbin; numbers before them are tiles. * = join a new bobbin here. A bobbin named twice in one row is carried inside the tiles in between. ✂ = cut after this row, leaving a 15 cm (6 in) tail. Start at the bottom right corner: odd rows ↗, even rows ↙.
Start at the bottom right corner. Odd rows go ← (right to left), even rows → (left to right). The numbers are single crochet stitches; the letter is the colour, as in the key. Change colour on the last pull-through of the stitch before.
Row 1 is at the top. Odd rows are forward knots worked left to right, even rows backward knots right to left. The number is how many knots in a row, the letter the colour of string that ties them.
| Colour | Hex | Stitches | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Midnight | #231c2c | 192 | |
| Cream | #f3e3c3 | 156 | |
| Cherry | #d23b3b | 52 | |
| Total | 400 |
| Colour | Hex | Beads | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Midnight | #231c2c | 192 | |
| Cream | #f3e3c3 | 156 | |
| Cherry | #d23b3b | 52 | |
| Total | 400 |
One motif · three techniques
Three stacked stepped diamonds sit inside a rectangular frame. Print the same grid as a cross stitch bookmark, a C2C crochet strip and a fuse bead strip, with colour counts, supplies and calculated dimensions.
These are engine-generated charts. No physical sample has been made or measured; check gauge and finishing in your own materials.
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One original 10 × 28 grid, 280 squares and 3 colours including the background. All background squares are worked in this pack.
| Technique | One square | Calculated size |
|---|---|---|
| C2C crochet | One tile, 1.9 cm per side | 19.00 × 53.20 cm before edging |
| Cross stitch | One full cross on 14-count Aida | 1.81 × 5.08 cm stitched area |
| Fuse beads | One bead, 5 mm peg spacing | 5.00 × 14.00 cm nominal grid footprint before fusing |
Cross stitch calculation: 10 ÷ 14 × 2.54 and 28 ÷ 14 × 2.54 cm. Cutting allowance: 2 cm on each side, giving 5.81 × 9.08 cm of fabric. Choose a larger allowance if your finishing method needs it.
Supplies: yarn in the three chart colours, a hook suited to that yarn, bobbins, scissors and a yarn needle. Crochet and measure a square tile first; width = 10 × tile side and length = 28 × tile side. This is a decorative strip at the displayed gauge, rather than a book-sized bookmark.
A Oat (background) · B Navy · C Ginger
US crochet terms: start row 1 by chaining 6, then work a double crochet into the fourth chain from the hook and into each remaining chain. To increase at the start of a later row, chain 6 and make a new tile in the same way. To decrease at the start, turn and slip stitch across the three double crochet to the chain-3 space. Work subsequent tiles by slip stitching into the next chain-3 space, chaining 3 and making three double crochet in that space. At a decrease end, slip stitch into the last chain-3 space without making another tile. Begin at the bottom right; each row below labels both edges. Fasten off after the final tile and weave in the ends.
The plan carries yarn inside intervening tiles across gaps of up to two tiles. Yarn quantity depends on your yarn and tension; use a weighed sample in the yarn calculator rather than treating tile counts as metres.
The letter is the colour, the number the bobbin; numbers before them are tiles. * = join a new bobbin here. A bobbin named twice in one row is carried inside the tiles in between. ✂ = cut after this row, leaving a 15 cm (6 in) tail. Start at the bottom right corner: odd rows ↗, even rows ↙.
Supplies: 14-count Aida, embroidery floss matching the chart colours by eye, a tapestry needle, scissors and optional backing. The colour names and hex values are screen references, with no manufacturer thread-code mapping. Stitch one full cross in every square, including the background, and keep the top legs consistent. Secure the ends, turn the fabric margins under and add backing as needed.
| Colour | Hex | Stitches | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oat (background) | #efe6d6 | 160 | |
| Navy | #2e3f78 | 72 | |
| Ginger | #c97b3c | 48 | |
| Total | 280 |
Floss length is not calculated. Strand count, stitch tension and travel on the back affect consumption.
Supplies: 280 compatible fuse beads in the listed colours, a square pegboard with at least 10 × 28 pegs, and the fusing paper and equipment specified by the bead maker. Fill the complete rectangle, including the background, to keep all colour areas connected. Do not mix bead sizes. This thick strip has not been tested as a bookmark.
| Colour | Hex | Beads | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oat (background) | #efe6d6 | 160 | |
| Navy | #2e3f78 | 72 | |
| Ginger | #c97b3c | 48 | |
| Total | 280 |
Print at 100% or “Actual size”. Compare ten printed gaps (50 mm) with ten peg gaps on your board before placing beads. The nominal size uses squares × peg spacing; fusing can change the finished dimensions.
How one grid makes five crafts
Corner to corner works the square in diagonal rows of little tiles (a chain of 3 and 3 double crochet each). Start at the bottom right corner: odd rows go ↗, even rows ↙. Each colour area has its own bobbin; the plan tells you where to join a new one (*), where a bobbin carries on and where to cut (✂). At 1.9 cm a tile, a 24-tile square is about 45.6 cm (18 in) across; in bulky (2.6 cm) about 62.4 cm (24.5 in).
Each square is one single crochet, worked in rows from the bottom up: odd rows right to left, even rows left to right. Where a row has only two colours, carry the other yarn inside the stitches (tapestry crochet); where it has more, give each colour area its own small bobbin, the way graphgans are made.
Each square is one full cross. The chart shows a symbol for every colour, a bold line every 10 squares and red arrows at the middle, where you start. Aida is sold by its count, the number of squares in an inch, so the same chart is 2 in across on 11-count and 1 in on 18-count.
Each square is one knot on a base string, the way alpha friendship bracelets are knotted: forward knots left to right on odd rows, backward knots right to left on even rows, each knot tied by the string of the colour you see. 24 base strings make a small square piece, a keychain or a bookmark charm.
Place one bead on each peg, following the pattern from the top left. Cover the beads with parchment paper and iron gently until they fuse, let it cool, then lift it off the board and iron the back. The motifs are 24 × 24 pegs at most, so each fits one 29 × 29 square board.
Fuse bead sizes and ironing: Wikipedia, Fuse beads · 29 × 29 boards: a large square pegboard with 841 pegs · C2C tile sizes and yarn: how much yarn do I need.
All 8
C2C with worsted tiles and carrying across 1–2 tiles; cross stitch on 14-count Aida; beads without the background.
| Motif | Colours | C2C bobbins | Cross stitch, 14-count | Beads | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Four diamonds | 3 + background | 33 | 20 × 20 · 1.5 × 1.5 in | 400 | Make it |
| Chevron bands | 3 + background | 18 | 20 × 20 · 1.5 × 1.5 in | 400 | Make it |
| Greek key | 3 + background | 10 | 20 × 20 · 1.5 × 1.5 in | 400 | Make it |
| Crossed braid | 4 + background | 19 | 20 × 20 · 1.5 × 1.5 in | 400 | Make it |
| Stepped waves | 3 + background | 22 | 20 × 20 · 1.5 × 1.5 in | 400 | Make it |
| Mini checkerboard | 3 + background | 19 | 20 × 20 · 1.5 × 1.5 in | 400 | Make it |
| Staircase bands | 3 + background | 25 | 20 × 20 · 1.5 × 1.5 in | 400 | Make it |
| Woven ribbons | 4 + background | 28 | 20 × 20 · 1.5 × 1.5 in | 400 | Make it |
