When it comes to cross stitch and tools, there are a whole bunch. From random laying tools to something as simple and widespread as a thread shade chart. As a result, many cross stitchers ignore news of new accessories and notions, expecting them to be worthless. However, this isn't always the case! It is…
This post was originally in XStitch Magazine Issue 7: Love, and has been adapted. When you look up love in the dictionary you can get a whole series of definitions, however, at its core, love is an intense feeling of pleasure in someone or something. However, if you look up the definition of similar…
Cross stitch needles have two different eyes. And we don't just mean those double eyed cross stitch needles either, one side of the cross stitch needle is slightly more open than the other. Let us explain. How They're Made We're not going to go into a lot of detail here, but we will talk about…
When I first started amassing threads in an effort to collect all 500 DMC threads, I came across the three threads that weren't numbered like the others. These threads had special names, specifically BLANC/WHITE, B5200, and ECRU. It's that last one that interests me the most now as, despite the fact that I've had…