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All the guidance you need for cross stitch success!

Fiona Baker

Your materials With just a few essentials, you’ll be all set to stitch straightaway… Fabrics You’ll need either aida or evenweave for your design: Aida Great for: Beginners, as it has regular woven blocks and obvious holes. Aida is stiffer than evenweave so keeps its shape better. 14-count is the most common. Bad for: Fractional stitches. If you stitch a design with fractional stitches on aida, you’ll have to make an extra hole in the fabric, using a sharp needle. Evenweave Great for: Fractional stitches and a neat finish. This fabric is softer than aida, with a finer weave and more threads per inch – 28-count is the most common. On evenweave, you work a cross stitch over two threads of the fabric, so you have a central hole spare for your fractional stitches. Bad for: Beginners. It’s best…

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