Free for September 2024 - Laura Daub Cross Stitch Pattern PDF - A Thousand Octobers
Laura Daub Cross Stitch Pattern PDF - A Thousand Octobers - Celebrating the Magical October Crone
The Mystic, the October Crone
I could live through a thousand Octobers.
We all know that in Folklore, the Crone is typically portrayed as a haggard, ugly old woman, sinister in nature and who often antagonizes the youthful, beautiful woman, but do we ever think anything of it? How unfortunate for women that this messaging has been dragged behind us, often without this awareness, throughout the centuries, like shackles weighing down our ankles. This burden is attached to us at a very early age and has been since the beginning of time for us.
For the month of October, let’s say we celebrate the archetype of the true Crone as the Wise Woman, the beautiful woman both inside and out, the empowered woman who has the freedom to live a thousand Octobers again and again, without the judgement or persecution of those who hope to keep us caged in to where they want us to be.
Women of all ages, let’s celebrate each other, no matter which of the thousand Octobers we are living though.
Laura Daub, Artist & Designer
Please note: This listing is for the PDF file only and does not include the materials for cross stitching. My prices are listed in Canadian Dollars (CAD).
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Downloading and Printing Instructions:
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Design Size:
132 x 81 Stitches - Do check the stitch counts and sizes above the key to decide how big you want it to be. I usually stitch my patterns 2 over 2 on 28 or 32 count Zweigart Laguna Evenweave.
Floss Colours: Please see the Colour Key on the last two pages – the colours I’ve chosen are from my brand new palette that I’ll be designing with for the next while, so there are a lot of them! Feel free to substitute any colours you’d like - this pattern would be perfect as a stash buster to use up some of your odds and ends for sure!
Fabric: Make sure you have enough fabric to add a border all around the design. I’d suggest adding 5 cm – 7.5 cm (2-3 in) around each side for framing or for finishing it into a decorative ornament/pillow.
Colour: I suggest this design could be stitched on any colour but white/off-white will show off the stitches well.
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