Day of the Dead, Dia de los Muertos sugar skull skeleton cat cross stitch pattern by The Elfin Forest. This is a great, easy needlepoint design for beginners with embroidery floss color suggestions and a printable full color chart. This pattern  can be stitched on 14 ct. fabric for a 6"inch frame or 22 ct. for a 4" inch frame. The stitch size is 70 x 70 .  Represented in colors over symbols on a grid.  Pattern requires regular full cross stitches only.
 
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TIP: for figuring out what hoop size to use based on the preferred count of your stitching fabric:
A 4" hoop has approximately 3.75" of workable surface (due to the space claimed by the inner hoop. 22 ct fabric has 22 stitches per inch, so 3.75 x 22 = 82.5 workable stitches for this pattern.
If you want to use 14 count fabric, then 82.5 x 14= 5.89 approximate inches of work surface is necessary. So round up and use a 6" embroidery hoop!  You can see how this formula will work with any fabric count!
 
Have fun and happy stitching!