A Touch of
Holly |
(in JCS Mag.
Dec 1996) Star Ornament: The symbol 1 should be DMC 762. |
Autumn Faerie |
(These
corrections do not all apply to the book of four faeries.
Use them as needed)
- In the forward most wing, there
are some missing symbols:
- Square box with diagonal slash
from bottom left to top right should be DMC 3787
- (in the four faeries book,
this is still an error)
- Diagonal slash from bottom left to
top right and one dot above and below should be
DMC blend 436/3778
- (shown as 434/3778 in the
four faeries book, use whichever suits
you)
- Diagonal slash from top left to
bottom right with dots above and below should be:
DMC blend 738/3743
|
Birdhouse
Bellpull |
See Treetop
Sampler (below) |
Brilliant
Plumage |
Some of the
charts incorrectly list the size of the fabric needed for
this design. For example, with a 160 x 160 stitch count,
the design size on 25 ct. fabric over 2 threads should be
12.8" x 12.8", not 6.5" x 6.5" as
listed. (don't forget to allow extra for finishing!) |
Camelot
Sampler |
The number
for the #12 pearl cotton is # 388 med. ercu, not 833 as
shown on chart. |
Carousel |
- There are a few 1/4 stitch symbols
missing on the canopy's upper right hand side.
There is no "official" fix, so use
whatever you think looks best.
- It has been suggested that you may
need 2 skeins of 611, 612, 613 and 3031, and 3
skeins of 610 for this design.
|
The Castle |
- The "||" symbol that
appears in the confetti on the foot should be
"#" (793)
- The "A" symbol that
appears on the confetti on the tail should be
"x" (729)
- On the right side of the spade-shaped
part of the tail, there is a vertical line of 3
"x" symbols on the left side that
should be symbol "r" (315/3041)
- The chart and the picture on the
front are different. The picture has 3 claws but
the chart has 4 claws.
- All the "filled-circle"
symbols on the lower right-hand rocks should be
the same (414/3041).
- There are some "V"
symbols on the trees at the bottom that should be
"del" (upsidedown V) symbols (3345).
- The "/" symbols that
appear on the left wing on the far right "feather"
(between some "3" symbols and some
"script e" symbols close to the tower)
should be an "x" (729).
- There some 1/4 stitches missing in
the dragon's outstretched wing that you can just
fill in using a nearby color.
- The re-printed leaflet has pink
and magenta backstitch lines on the chart which
are not shown as pink and magenta on the color
code/instruction page...only as black and grey.
This is a printer error, and if you have one of
these leaflets, please call Customer Service at
Leisure Arts: 1-800-526-5111. They will
supply you with a corrected color code/instruction
page which has the proper color backstitch lines
indicated at no charge.
|
Castle
Sampler |
- The symbol listed as a lower case
"u" should be a script "u" -
DMC 762.
- The symbol "v" on the
throne should be "v with a dot in the center"
- DMC 644.
- The symbol that look like a
reversed "L" should be "arrow
pointed to the southeast" - DMC 415 (may be
correct in kit version)
- The symbol ".." should
be ":" - DMC 3774 (may be correct in
kit version)
- The "arrow pointing SE with a
skinny head" in the queen's headdress should
be an arrow pointing down towards the right with
a filled in head, DMC blend 3743/762.
- In the far-left tower of the
castle, 5 rows below the roof, there is an "upside-down
left facing L" that should be an "upside-down
right facing L" like the other symbols
nearby.
- It has been noted that there are a
few mistakes where a single wrong symbol has been
charted. If the color looks wrong, try replacing
it with one of the nearby colors.
- Helpful Hint: The space between
the M and the N on the border is 4 spaces, not 3
like the rest.
- On the re-printed leaflet, there
are several rows missing from the chart on page 3
(Section 1) of the leaflet. Please contact
Customer Service at Leisure Arts: 1-800-526-5111,
and request a copy of the missing rows. Leisure
Arts will not replace your incorrect leaflet, but
they will supply the missing information at no
charge.
|
Christmas
Ornaments |
Byzantine
Ornaments: Vatican gold (102c) from Kreinik was omitted
from the leaflet instructions:
- Ornament #1: Straight stitch
around all the dark green diamond eyelets.
- Ornament #2: Straight stitch
around the purple diamond eyelets near the center
of the design, and around the diamond eyelets
stitched with DMC 316/3354.
- Ornament #3: Straight stitch
around the dark blue 8-sided eyelets, and around
the light blue diagonal satin stitch blocks.
- Ornament #4: Straight stitch
around all the purple plaited cross stitches.
- Ornament #5: Straight stitch
around all the dark blue diamond eyelets, and
around all the light blue square eyelets.
- Ornament #6: Straight stitch
around all the light green 8-sided eyelets,
around all the dark green plaited cross stitches,
and around all the light green diamond eyelets.
The diagram for
Plaited Cross Stitch used in Byzantine ornaments
1, 3 and 6 appears to be incorrectly shown as a
slanted herringbone. The correct stitch diagram
should be: |
|
Stitch
diagram is owned and copyrighted by: Leisure
Arts, Inc., P.O. Box 55595, Little Rock, AR 72215
(from the Fantasy Triptych design) |
|
Dragon Ride |
- Some stitches were ommited when
the chart was converted to color. They are on the
over 2 (main) chart at the blank spaces (for the
over-one), at the front edge of the rider's head.
Add the following stitches to the main chart:
- row 1: add a stitch using
598/794
- row 2: add a stitch using
598/794
- row 3: OK
- row 4: add a stitch using
597/793
- Also, there are a couple symbols
on the chart that are "+" with a blue
background on the dragon's head, near the mouth
area. They should be "+" with a gold
background.
- And, along the bottom part of the
border in the top straight part of the 6th "link"
there is a P symbol where there should be a 5
symbol
|
English
Cottage Sampler |
- There were letter put after the
numbers on the Mill Hill Beads on the chart's
floss list. These should be ignored as they are
not part of Mill Hill's numbering system.
- The lazy daisy border around the
swans (the upper right hand corner where the U is
on the topmost righthand block - count 3 stitches
to the right) has a leaf with the symbol "K"
that should be the symbol "L".
- There are some errors on the
trellis in the border in 3 or 4 places. It is
shown in some places when it should not be and
missing from others.
- The Q is missing two backstitches
from its tail. Look at the R to see where the Q
should be similar. Also, the lowercase Y is
missing it's tail.
- Only 3 rows of the chart were
shaded on the overlap instead of the 7 that
should have been shaded.
|
English
Garden Sampler |
- There are about 5 quarter stitches
in and near the top peacock that don't have a
match on the chart floss list. They should be
3013.
- Ignore the 3 solid diamonds near
the top of the right topiary that should not be
there.
- The fountain scene perimeter
backstitch should be done in 3362.
- Some charts may have an error in
the floss key were the symbol that looks like a
capital S lying on it's side was left out. It
should be a blend of 415/927.
|
English
Garden Welcome |
- The blank spaces between the
leaves in the narrow border and around the
WELCOME should be filled with the iris beads. The
symbol is a bullet with an x through it.
- Another symbol that is missing is
the infinity symbol, DMC 3013. This should fill
in the blank spaces above the bridge and on
either side of the far grassy bank.
- In the special instructions for
the last satin stitch, the 5232 should have been
listed as 523.
|
Fall |
- It has been suggested that you may
need 2 skeins of 611, 612, 613 and 3031, and 3
skeins of 610 for this design.
- Be careful on the number of spaces
between sections in the chart. It has been
reported that in the book of all 4 horses,
vertical overlaps have 11 spaces instead of 10!
|
Fantasy
Triptych |
- Some 1/4 stitches are missing
their symbols. The first occurence is in the
bottom right corner of the castle panel up
against the border. The second is around the
Maiden's head. The suggested fix is to fill these
with a color or blend that matches a symbol next
to the blank spots.
- On the chart, the bead holes in
the borders are not showing a backstitch like the
other bead holes in the panels. Suggested fix:
DMC 610.
- There is a gap behind the maiden's
head next to the foreground tree. Suggested fix:
502/3363 blend.
- There is a missing symbol for a
half stitch at the bottom of the unicorn's mane (three
over from the tree trunk). Suggested fix: DMC 524/3013
blend.
- There is no backstitch listed for
the horn. Suggested fix: DMC 413.
- The seal is missing from the
center of the shield on the knight's horse.
Suggested fix: DMC 316/3726 blend, to match the
other five seals on the armor.
- Just below horse's nose, the green
stripe is missing a half stitch. Suggested fix:
DMC 502/3363 blend.
- Suggested fixes for backstitch on
the border: DMC 611 on the extreme outside edge.
The 610/3787 blend for the wood-like brackets at
the bottom corners of the panels. DMC 610 on
everything else.
- Helpful Hint: Watch carefully in
the Knight panel around the top of the horse's
legs. There are 3 different half-filled circles
symbols in that very small area that are similar
(filled left, filled right, and filled bottom
halves).
- Helpful Hint: If you are stitching
on 28 count you might want to purchase extra of
the following: 422, 452, 453, 502, 503, 610, 611,
612, 613, 3032, 3033, 3363, 3787 to maintain the
same dye lot.
|
Fruit
Bellpull |
- Where the chart shows "up
arrow", it should be "arrow pointing NE",
DMC 522.
- Where it shows "M", it
should be "solid heart", DMC 3363.
- Where it shows "triangle
pointing left", it should be "triangle
with square corner at bottom right", DMC
blend 371/3045.
- The lowerstem of the apples should
be filled in with "?" and "k".
- The lower case "m" in
the chart should be the uppercase "M"
in the symbol list.
|
Holly and Ivy
Sampler |
- Over-one chart: The bold dots (which
are shown on the code as petite royal plum beads)
should be bold squares (DMC 3362) instead. This
includes the dots in the little holly leaf motifs
as well.
- The backstitch lines in the over-one
lettering should be stitched using one strand
3362.
- A backstitch line is missing: On
page 6 of the chart booklet, part of the
backstitch line between the gold border and the
whitework border is missing.
|
Lily Maiden |
|
Mademoiselle
Mimi |
- Head's up: There are two symbols
for DMC 223, the open heart and the double right-slanted
lines. Both are correct for this color.
- There are some symbols
"=" (equal sign) which should be "#"
(number sign)
- If you have any other symbols on
your chart that you find are unclear, TW has
offered to identify them for you if you will send
her a photocopy with the symbols in question
circled or highlighted.
|
Magical Night |
There are some charts that have an
error in the backstitch listing. This was later
corrected in a reprint.
The backstiching for the wings and
body of far horse and for the fur trim on woman's
clothing and crown was incorrectly listed as DMC
317 instead of DMC 414.
The backstitching for the wings
and body of nearest horse was incorrectly listed
as DMC 414 but should have been DMC 317.
|
Mermaid |
The mermaid's nose is backstitched
using 3032.
3041 is used to straight stitch
the spokes on the shells in the border.
Use 930 to backstitch the horizon
line.
|
Merry
Christmas Cat |
- On the Fiddler's Cloth version,
the backstitching is incorrectly listed as 810
but should be 801.
|
Millennium |
- A "=" symbol is missing
from the left middle bottom of the arch. The over
one chart shows the correct placement.
- Near planet J (right bottom just
outside the over one area) a symbol has been
rotated, the half black parts of the circles
should all be at the bottom.
- On the Earth chart (over-one chart
A), there are some "C" symbols that are
shown as "U" symbols.
|
Night |
The symbol
that looks like "3" should be DMC 3045 |
Noah's Ark
Sampler |
- On the face of the lion, the eyes
of the Cat, the Bighorn Sheep, & the
Hedgehog, and the nose of the Rhino, there is
appears to be a 1/4 stitch on the over-one chart.
Actually, the black "bullet" is a
symbol for the french knot. Just do a full cross
stitches, then put in the backstitch, and then
place the french knots.
- Stitchers have noted that an extra
skein of 792 is needed (or at least a portion of
a 2nd. one).
- In the JCS magazine version (only),
the backstitch instructions for the animal names
was omitted and should be 611.
- The french knots for the minks is
3799 (missing in the JCS magazine version only).
- The backstitch for the minks
should be 839 (incorrect only in the JCS mag. ver.).
- A stitcher (Thanks Moira!)
suggested adding Kreinik blending filaments to
the rainbow:
422 |
Light
Gold |
002 |
3046 |
Yellow
Beige |
002 |
223 |
Dark Pink |
007 |
316 |
Mauve |
007 |
3726 |
Dark
Mauve |
007 |
3727 |
Light
Mauve |
007 |
|
3773 |
Dark
Flesh |
013 |
3364 |
Light
Yellow Green |
015 |
3041 |
Dark
Violet |
023 |
793 |
Blue |
025 |
794 |
Light
Blue |
025 |
503 |
Green |
029 |
|
792 |
Dark Blue |
033 |
502 |
Dark
Green |
085 |
522 |
Light
Grey Green |
085 |
746 |
Yellow |
091 |
224 |
Pink |
092 |
3042 |
Violet |
093 |
|
|
Peaceable
Kingdom |
The symbol for the
outer border, a triangle with a dot, isn't listed
on some of the charts. It should be a blend of
422/3045.
On the two halves
of the chart, there is a symbol that is mirror
imaged. It is < on the right half (340/793)
and > on the left half (3032). It is suposed
to be < (340/793).
|
Peacock
Majesty |
(For kit only)
In the peacock
tail, the blue eye of the feathers have 3 filled
in circles with a slash through them (blend of
501/792) in a triangle formation (one in center,
then down a line and one, another symbol and
then one) The symbol in the center is a filled in
circle which doesn't appear in the floss key but
should be DMC823.
In the rocks in
the wall, there is a bold U which should not be
bold (451/3787)
|
Peacock
Tapestry |
Where the backstitch is too light
on the charts for the leaflets or kits, Leisure
Arts has a replacement for the asking. Contact
Sue Galucki at 1-800-643-8030, ext 458.
There is a pattern clarification
file at http://www.crl.com/~dmcmahon/correct/tw-pt.txt
Update: this website
appears to be down but I will keep the
link here in case it come up again in the
future. Anyone with information, please
send me an email! Thanks!!
Some of the charts had an
incorrect stitch count (which was corrected in a
later release).
Also some charts have no overlap
lines printed on pages 3, 4, 6, 7 and 8. The
charts have the correct amount spaces, they are
just not shadowed to show the overlap.
Tien is stitching the peacock in
silks and has developed a conversion list which
is now archived at Peacock Tapestry
Silk Conversion List.
|
Rapunzel |
Count 60 squares down from top and
46 stitches left from right edge, in between the
curtain and its gold border there is a quarter
stitch with no symbol. The picture suggests this
should be "Z" or "W", take
your pick.
In some versions, the window scene
has a "circle" symbol that should be a
"2" symbol.
Between the gold tassel at the
left of the pillow and the bench cushion, there
is a square containing two quarter stitches. The
top right is a "Z" while the bottom
left is shown as a "S". I think this
should be a "3". Putting an S here
makes a 1/4 stitch of that color in the middle of
nowhere (& I hate to stitch those).
Where the hair meets the ground,
by the little curl, count 31 stitches from left
and 6 from bottom. There is a square with two
quarter stitches. The top right symbol is a
"circle with a horizontal line through the
center" and the lower left is an "open
circle". This should be a solid circle (890/500).
In the middle of the castle, a
little below the line of backward L 's, there is
an arrow pointing to the bottom right hand corner.
This should have been another backward L.
Just to the left of the poof
sleeve on the gown, there is a stray X (perhaps a
small cursive "u" here?)
In the bottom left 1/4 of the
pattern on the gown, I found 2 symbols that don't
seem to go. Located just left and below the gold
sash ring, they are filled in lower left-hand
triangles with an upper right-hand dot (perhaps
the O with the right hemisphere filled here?).
Also near this area and slightly
to the right of the sash (below the gold sash
ring and just after it angles to the right) there
is a stray = symbol outside of the backstitching
of the sash on the blue area of the dress. This
makes a purple stitch in the middle of all blues.
I think I used the O with the right hemisphere
filled here.
Some of the backstitching in the
bottom section of the window frame isn't marked
on the pattern. The lower "loops" have
two lines of bs - inner and outer - while the
upper "loops" only have outer bs.
Backstitch in the same color as the inside of the
upper loops.
The blue backstitching on the gown
and pillow should be 930 and the floorboard
backstitching should be 3021. Both were left out
of instructions by the printer.
I also added a diagonal backstitch
line on the lower hand (on sill) to make four
fingers (showing) instead of a fatter middle one.
Helpful hint: The half cross
stitches for the clouds should be in the same
direction as the top leg of your crosses.
Helpful hint: Where the castle
meets the top line of the trees, there are two
symbols that are very similar "< with a
line through it" and "> with a line
through it". Take care not to get them
confused.
|
Spring |
Be careful on
the number of spaces between sections in the chart. It
has been reported that in the book of all 4 horses,
vertical overlaps have 11 spaces instead of 10! |
Summer |
Be careful on
the number of spaces between sections in the chart. It
has been reported that in the book of all 4 horses,
vertical overlaps have 11 spaces instead of 10! |
Summer Faerie |
This
correction does not apply to the book of the four
faeries, but it does apply to both the single chart and
the kit.
- In the top left hand corner of the
border there is an extra "e" symbol.
Compare this corner with the other corners, and
you will see the difference.
|
The
Storyteller |
The symbol "~" (used on
the prince's sleeves) should be ecru.
Also, the backstitching for the
border should be done using DMC 610.
|
Stroke of
Midnight |
In the over one section/Part B of
the dress, the design may be larger than the
space allotted for it on the over two section and
may need to be adjusted. A correction was made in
later releases of the pattern, so you will need
to count and see if you need to make the
correction. Remember to account for the
difference between sizes! The over-one needs to
be twice the size of the over-two space. On my
corrected pattern, the over-one is 116W x 92H
fitting into a 58Wx46H over-two space.
Suggested correction: Making sure
that the over-one pattern is turned with the top
rightside up, count to the 15th line from bottom
left side. Starting at 5th square, omit the first
10 squares. You can adjust this various ways but
this is the suggested method.
Helpful hint: It was suggested to
me to make sure that you have 2 skeins of the
greys as there is alot of grey in the design and
you want to make sure you have the same dye lot.
|
Treetop
Sampler |
Leaflet only
To make the border
symetrical, some stitchers have added a berry to
the top of left side.
On the chickadee,
the french knot for the eye should be one row
lower than shown on the chart.
|
Tradewinds |
- Watch for gridding errors on the
over-one charts. Column 5 has 11 rows and column
6 has 9 rows.
|
Wedding
Sampler
(Leisure Arts version) |
- The symbol "X" should be
"X with the dot in the center" DMC 520
- The stitch diagram of the eight-sided
eyelet in the heart motif area is drawn in the
wrong scale (too small). Stitch over
eight threads, with five stitches per side.
- The fractional stitches in the
leaf border should be stitched as 1/4 stitches,
not 3/4 stitches, because the backstitching
completes the cross and makes it less "bulky".
|
Wedding
Sampler
(JCS version) |
There are
evidently many errors and differences in the version
released by Just CrossStitch of the kit and chart that
are not present in the Leisure Arts release (perhaps
corrected in the later release).
- JCS chart does not use DMC 611 (see
below though), 3727 and 3790
- For the beads, JCS uses 03005 and
03021 BUT LA uses 03005 and 00123
- The chart does not list the
diagram or name for the stitch that goes in the
corners of the plaited stitch border of the heart
motif block. LA kit shows the corners are
plaited cross stitch in colors 422 and 3033 (DMC)
and it is backstitched in 611.
- The backstitching color for the
arch is listed as DMC 640 instead of the DMC 611
in the LA version.
- The heart motif border is missing
the backstitch instructions even though it looks
backstitched in the photo. (LA leaflet lists 611
for the backstitch color)
- Instructions for the diamond
pattern in the arch are to stitch with two
strands of 3032 and then wrap with the 872
marlitt. The LA version says to stitch with one
strand of 611 and then wrapped with 1034 marlitt.
- Instructions for the diamond
pattern in the heart motif block are to stitch
with one strand of 3032, then wrap with 1034
marlitt. The LA version says to stitch with one
strand of 611 and then wrapped with 1034 marlitt.
- Someone on the TW BB stated that
her kit didn't even mention the marlitt and none
was included in the package, so this may be yet
another variation.
|
Winter |
- It has been suggested that you may
need 2 skeins of 611, 612, 613 and 3031, and 3
skeins of 610 for this design.
- Be careful on the number of spaces
between sections in the chart. It has been
reported that in the book of all 4 horses,
vertical overlaps have 11 spaces instead of 10!
|
Winter Faerie |
This
correction applies to the book of four faeries, and
possibly to the kit. There has been to date no single
leaflet of this faerie released.
- The "k" symbol (DMC
blend 318/414) is missing from the symbol key.
|