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Free cross-stitch pattern
Life Buoy
By StitchingLab ·
This 60×60 chart finishes at roughly 4×4 inches in 14-count Aida, using 2 colors — a clean two-color project — a good first counted chart. Stitched on Aida it frames up as hoop art, or works as a patch on a jacket back. The grid, materials estimate, and written row-by-row instructions below are all free; open the chart in the editor to resize it or swap the palette to yarns you already own.
- Stitch type
- Cross-stitch
- Grid
- 60 × 60
- Colors
- 2
Make it fit your project
This chart is 60×60 stitches — about 4×4″ in 14-count Aida. Pick a project and the motif rescales onto the right canvas (centered, never stretched), ready to fine-tune in the editor.
Chart
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Materials
266g total · 2 colors
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Bernat · Blanket · Dark Grey
942 stitches · ~118g · 1 skein
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Bernat · Super Value · White
2,658 stitches · ~148g · 1 skein
Project kit
Gear this chart actually calls for
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Clover Amour Crochet Hook Set
Comfort-grip hooks in every size a chart can call for — one set covers the whole CYC weight range. — 9-15 mm (M-13 to Q)
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Tapestry Needles
Blunt-tip needles for weaving in the ends every color change leaves behind.
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Locking Stitch Markers
Mark pattern repeats, color-section starts, and the first stitch of the round so a miscount never survives a row.
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Sharp Yarn Snips
Small, sharp snips cut yarn clean at every color change — cleaner joins and easier weaving-in than scissors.
Project reality check
advanced- Strands at once
- 11
- Color changes
- 320
- Ends · intarsia
- 14
- Ends · tapestry
- 4
- Up to 11 strands will be active in a single row — wind one bobbin per strand before you start to avoid tangles.
Written instructions
- ABernat Dark Grey
- BBernat White
Before you start
- Cross-stitch charts are worked from a symbol chart, not written rows.
- Start stitching from the center of the chart and fabric (chart center: column 30, row 30 from bottom-left).
- Bold gridlines fall every 10 squares.
- One chart square = one full cross stitch.
Pattern code · SLPN v1
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