The Great Thread Tangle: Free Cross Stitch Pattern

A smiling wooden spool beneath a large red tangle beside teal and yellow spools.

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A smiling wooden spool beneath a large red tangle beside teal and yellow spools. Digital preview of the free cross stitch chart beside its symbol key. — The Great Thread Tangle. Digital stitched-look preview rendered from the downloadable chart. Free PDF; no signup or payment. Colors are uncalibrated estimates.

Your chart at a glance

Full chart grid: 80 × 76 stitches
Stitched bounds: 80 × 76 stitches
Stitches / colors: 4,587 / 14
Difficulty: Easy
Stitch types: Full cross stitches only
Design size on 14 ct, over 1: 5.71 × 5.43 in (14.5 × 13.8 cm)

Design size describes the stitched bounds, not cloth cut size. The chart grid includes blank layout margins. Add finishing margins with the fabric calculator.

A readable symbol chart

The PDF includes a digital preview, a DMC color key with stitch counts and estimated thread amounts, center marks, numbered grid lines and clearly marked page overlaps. Both A4 and US Letter downloads are ready above.

Detail of the free symbol chart for The Great Thread Tangle. Open the complete 80 by 76 stitch chart.

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A smiling wooden spool beneath a large red tangle beside teal and yellow spools. Digital preview of the free cross stitch chart. — Clean digital art preview of the same chart. Download free art PNG.

Prepare your materials

Start with 14 ct Aida and 2 strands of embroidery floss. Use the thread key below and a needle suited to your cloth. Check pale threads against your chosen fabric before starting; dark outlines help keep the light details readable.

From download to stitches

Choose the free A4 or US Letter PDF. No account, email or payment is required.
Print at Actual size / 100%. The printed grid is for counting; it is not a fabric-scale cutting template.
Find the center marks, then work from the symbol key. Blank cells stay unstitched. Count repeated overlap rows only once.
For a digital tracker, choose Start stitching above. The editor explains chart storage before you save a private tracker link.

Thread key

Symbol	DMC	Color	Full stitches
A	B5200	Snow White	500
B	606	Orange Red Bright	809
C	3371	Black Brown	144
D	972	Canary Deep	97
E	977	Golden Brown Light	700
F	3844	Turquoise Bright Dark	96
G	815	Garnet Medium	987
H	350	Coral Medium	32
J	898	Coffee Brown Very Dark	212
K	817	Coral Red Very Dark	302
L	3826	Golden Brown	273
M	938	Coffee Brown Ultra Dark	112
N	3827	Golden Brown Pale	123
P	349	Coral Dark	200

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