LEAR'S MACAW Lindy Stitches Cross Stitch Pattern Endangered Species Club #6

Lear's Macaw is one of the most beautiful and striking parrots, I think!  This pair is demurely sitting together in the Brazilian sun.  This is a cross stitch pattern by Lindy Stitches, the fifth pattern in our Endangered Species Club.  To see the other patterns in the club, click here.  

This parrot was named after the English limerick genius Edward Lear. Before he was known for his nonsense poetry such as the Owl and the Pussycat, Lear was a teenage bird painter. Before he was 20, he published a volume of his parrot paintings which were done, in his own words, “at the West End / painting the best end / of some vast parrots / as red as new carrots.”

Stitch count:  107 x 107

Fabric:  32 count Silver Moon linen by Zweigart

We also carry:  Silver Moon in other fabrics / counts.

▶FLOSS LIST:  To complete this pattern you’ll need the following flosses:

To complete this pattern you’ll need the following flosses:

Weeks Dye Works Americana (2 skeins, DMC substitute 311)

Weeks Dye Works Blue Bonnet (2 skeins, DMC 517),

DMC 18, 310, 402, 414, 420, 436, 444, 469, 733, 762, 823, 3778, B5200.

DMC conversion listed in the pattern.

The Endangered Species Club series has six installments, releasing throughout 2025. Each pattern will highlight one endangered species.  The patterns are all on the same size and will be charted on the same light neutral fabric (Silver Moon by Zweigart).  

The patterns are full page size and easy to read.  Charted in all DMC with 2 or 3 overdyed cottons each.  Each chart will be the same stitch count -- 107 x 107 stitches.

▶CHART FORMAT:  This chart comes in your choice of two formats:  A printed physical copy which will be mailed to you, or a digital PDF chart.  The physical copy will come was a printed black and white pattern.  The PDF will contain both black and white as well as colored charts.