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Hi all! I patterned a Crystal era Suicune for a personal project last year and wanted to share the pattern, if anyone else wanted to make it! Pokémon Crystal remains, to this day, my favorite Pokémon game and Suicune my favorite Pokémon.

It was originally patterned for 28ct Charles cloth but I readjusted the pattern to 14ct Aida, so it’ll be easier to make (though a bit bigger!)

Since it’s a little over 4x4 I would recommend stitching in a 5in hoop.

If you make this I would love to see it! I just ask that you don’t repost the pattern and would be grateful for the credit if you post your completed pieces anywhere.

Here’s how to make some Christmas dinner themed pendant necklaces! Cross stitch a pudding, turkey, brussels sprout and a pig-in-blanket.

You will need some 13-count vinyl Aida (DMC/Charles Craft), one scrap of ribbon per pendant, and a necklace chain to put it on. Use your usual DMC stranded cotton to stitch the designs using 3 strands for best coverage.

Each pendant needs two sides, so choose two designs as your front and back or the same design twice. Complete the backstitch (using 2 strands) of the motifs, but don’t backstitch around the outline of the circles yet. Cut out your sides from the vinyl Aida along the red cutting-out line. Don’t worry, the vinyl doesn’t fray. Looking like the above, the sides are now ready for assembly.

For this example, the front is a turkey and the back is a pudding. Place your two sides back to back to be stitched together. Use 2 strands, about 70 cm long. 1 Starting at the bottom, stitch back and forth through each side, alternating spaces along the indicated backstitch line. Fold over a small piece of ribbon to make a loop and hold it sandwiched in the sides at the top. Stitch over it as you go around, securing it in place.

2 When you’ve stitched all the way around, your front will look like this. 3 And the back side will look like this.

4 Now continue around the outside again, filling in the gaps on each side as you go on the front, 5 and on the back. 6 When you complete the stitching, bring the two ends of the thread between the sides so that you can knot them together away from the outside. Run the thread between the sides to hide it.

The pendant is done and ready for your necklace chain. To help the chain through the loop, attach a bit of thread to the end of it, put the thread in a needle, and draw it through the loop. You could finish by sticking on a tiny bow to the ribbon, or how about a small jingle-bell?

Here’s the pattern for making a pineapple necklace from vinyl Aida. For making into a double-sided pendant, stitch both motifs on vinyl Aida. Stitch the cross stitches and the orange backstitch, and the black backstitch on the inside of the motif. Don’t do the backstitch around the edge just yet. See the picture below. Add on matching beads to the tips of the leaves if you’re feeling extra fruity.

Cut out the motifs like this. Don’t worry, the vinyl Aida is stiff and won’t fray. Prepare a small piece of ribbon for attaching the chain.

Stitch the two motifs together, back to back. Use a running stitch all around the outside to draw them together. When you get to the top, sandwich the folded ribbon in-between the pineapples and it’ll be held in place as you stitch over it.

When you’ve gone all the way round, one side will look like the above photo. Go round again, filling in the gaps, and tie the thread ends together when they meet at the end. Tuck the ends back into the pineapple to hide.