Druid Satyr with a Staff and Shield Cross Stitch Pattern

About this druid satyr cross stitch pattern

A broad, bearded satyr with curled horns frowns straight out of the picture, ready for trouble. He wears a green tunic covered in leaves, a brown belt with a gold buckle and leather boots wrapped in vines. In one hand he holds a twisted wooden staff with a glowing blue orb on top; on the other arm is a round wooden shield with a green tree in the middle.

It’s drawn like a game character portrait, so it suits a tabletop player, a gaming shelf or anyone who plays a druid. For a second forest spellcaster, The Wee Celtic Druid is a much larger piece in a softer style. The satyr’s browns and greens are a good place to practice matching close shades; our cross stitch thread guide explains how to keep similar DMC colors apart.

What you need

• Fabric: 14-count Aida in white, cut to at least 12“ x 12“ (3“ around the design for hooping and framing).
• Thread: 21 DMC colors, about 21 skeins in total, stitched with two strands. The main colors are 310 Black (1,104 stitches), 167 Yellow Beige – Very Dark (503) and 3347 Yellow Green – Medium (499).
• Needle: a size 24 tapestry needle.
• Stitches: full cross stitches only, with no backstitch.

Difficulty and stitching time

It’s rated Intermediate because of its many close browns. The fur, the staff, the boots, the belt and the shield are all brown, in different shades placed side by side. At 4,236 stitches it takes roughly 42 to 71 hours at a steady 60 to 100 stitches an hour, and about a third of the fabric (35.4%) stays bare.

Tips for stitching this pattern

• Stitch the black outline first. 310 Black is 1,104 stitches, a quarter of the design. It outlines every part of the figure, so once it’s in you know exactly where the fur ends and the tunic begins.
• Separate the browns before you start. 167 Yellow Beige – Very Dark (503 stitches), 779 Cocoa – Dark (438), 3863 Mocha Beige – Medium (417), 945 Tawny (273) and 801 Coffee Brown – Dark (184) are all browns. Label each one on a thread card, because the staff and the fur sit right next to each other.
• Do the tunic leaves in two passes. 3347 Yellow Green – Medium (499 stitches) is the tunic, and 319 Pistachio Green – Very Dark (244) shades the leaf edges. Fill all the light green first, then add the dark leaf lines on top.

Size, fabric and framing

On 14-count Aida the finished design measures 5.7“ x 5.9“ (14.5 x 15.0 cm). On 16-count it comes out at 5.0“ x 5.1“, and on 18-count at 4.4“ x 4.6“. An 8“ x 10“ frame leaves room for a mat.

Stitched on 18-count it also fits a 5“ hoop to hang beside a game shelf.

What’s in the free PDF

• A cover page and a one-page overview with a preview of the design
• The chart, split across as many printable pages as you choose, in color or black and white, with a symbol for every DMC color, center lines, a mini-map showing which part of the design each page covers and a color key on every page
• The thread list: DMC number, color name, number of stitches and skeins to buy for each color
• The finished size on 11-, 14-, 16-, 18- and 28-count Aida