14 Count Aida Cloth Calculator
14-count Aida has 14 squares per inch, or 5.5 per cm. Most kits and printed patterns are charted for it, so if a pattern does not name a fabric, assume 14-count. Divide your stitch count by 14 to get inches, or use the calculator for inches, centimeters and the fabric to cut.
Last reviewed September 15, 2026 · How these figures are calculated
Fabric count
14-count Aida · used by most kits and patterns
2 in for hoops, 3 in for framing
Units
Enter the stitch width and height to see the fabric size
Fabric = (stitches ÷ stitches per inch) + (border × 2)
14-count Aida at a glance
- Stitches per inch
- 14
- Stitches per cm
- 5.5
- Square size
- 1.8 mm
- Strands of floss
- 2
- Tapestry needle
- Size 24
- 100 stitches
- 7.1" / 18.1 cm
14-count Aida size chart
Finished design size for common stitch counts, with the fabric to cut when you leave a 2-inch border on each side. For a design 150 wide and 200 high, read each dimension from its own row.
| Stitches | Inches | cm | Fabric to cut (2" border) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 25 | 1.8" | 4.5 cm | 5.8" |
| 50 | 3.6" | 9.1 cm | 7.6" |
| 75 | 5.4" | 13.6 cm | 9.4" |
| 100 | 7.1" | 18.1 cm | 11.1" |
| 125 | 8.9" | 22.7 cm | 12.9" |
| 150 | 10.7" | 27.2 cm | 14.7" |
| 200 | 14.3" | 36.3 cm | 18.3" |
| 250 | 17.9" | 45.4 cm | 21.9" |
| 300 | 21.4" | 54.4 cm | 25.4" |
| 400 | 28.6" | 72.6 cm | 32.6" |
A worked example on 14-count Aida
Take a mid-size chart, 140 × 98 stitches. This is the size band most printed charts and kits fall into: big enough to need planning, small enough to finish in a season. Every number below comes from the same formulas the calculators on this site use, so you can follow the arithmetic rather than trust it.
140 wide x 98 high, counted from the chart. This number never changes with the fabric.
140 and 98 divided by 14 stitches per inch. That is 25.4 x 17.8 cm.
The finished size plus a 2-inch border on all four sides, for hooping and for the frame to grip.
13,720 stitches at 2 strands is 13,720 inches of single strand, before the waste allowance. That total is spread across the colors in your key, not all one shade.
At six strands to a 315-inch skein, with 15% added for starts, ends and mistakes.
The largest standard hoop that still leaves grip on every side of the fabric.
At 150 stitches an hour, a steady average pace. Backstitch and colour changes add to this.
Why almost every kit is charted for 14-count
14-count sits at the point where two things are true at once: a beginner can see the holes without magnification, and a full design still finishes small enough to fit a frame sold in shops. Designers chart to it because the rest of their instructions — two strands, a size 24 needle, the thread quantities on the back of the packet — are written around those squares.
That makes 14-count the reference point for every conversion. The stitch count of a chart never changes when you switch fabric, only the finished size, so moving a 14-count design to another count is one multiplication: 14 divided by the new count. To 16-count, multiply by 0.875. To 18-count, by 0.78. To 11-count, by 1.27. Nothing on the chart is redrawn.
The practical planning question on 14-count is usually the hoop rather than the fabric. Allowing half an inch of clearance inside the ring, a 6-inch hoop shows about 70 stitches across, an 8-inch about 98 and a 10-inch about 126. If a motif is wider than that, you will be re-hooping over finished stitches, which is what crushes them — a scroll frame avoids it.
What goes wrong on 14-count Aida
Trusting the fabric that came with the kit
Kits are cut to a margin, not a generous border. Measure the supplied piece against your design size before you start: many leave barely an inch on each side, which is not enough to hoop or to frame.
Using three strands because coverage looks thin in the hoop
Coverage reads differently under tension. Three strands on 14-count gives a raised, padded surface and uses 50% more floss. Stitch a small block, take it out of the hoop and look again before changing.
Assuming 14 HPI is a different fabric
HPI means holes per inch. 14 HPI, 14-count and the European label 5.4 per cm all describe the same grid.
About 14-count Aida
Each square is about 1.8 mm: small enough for detailed designs and large enough to see without magnification. In Europe the same fabric is often labeled 5.4 or 54 holes per 10 cm, and some shops list it as 14 HPI (holes per inch).
Two strands of floss is the standard on 14-count. Three strands gives fuller, raised coverage; one strand suits backstitch and fine outlines. A size 24 tapestry needle fits the holes.
14 vs 16 vs 18 count Aida
The same 140-stitch width measures 10 inches on 14-count, 8.75 inches on 16-count and 7.8 inches on 18-count. Moving from 14 to 18 count shrinks a design by about 22%; moving to 11-count makes it about 27% larger. 28-count evenweave stitched over two threads gives exactly the same size as 14-count Aida.
For every count side by side, see Aida counts explained. To estimate floss for this design, use the floss calculator.