It doesn't matter who is rounding up cross stitch books; there is one book that always appears: Jane Greenoff's New Cross Stitcher's Bible. Even our own list of best cross stitch books does. But in every review you see for the book, there is always a negative, always something holding it back from that big…
Recently, a lot of my posts have been focused on the changing nature of cross stitch and how AI, in particular, has created some odd situations like Reddit groups adding in anti-AI rules, and AI stealing free patterns for profit. But there are good things to come out of the changing history of cross stitch.…
Earlier this year, the largest cross stitch Reddit group started asking everyone to post close-up images of their stitches. Changes in rules happen a lot, but the reason behind this one is actually one of the most interesting AI stories out there right now. You see, you have to show your close-up to avoid people…
Every month, fashionistas and trend setters around the world send around round-ups of what is hot and what is not. They've done this for years, decades even, but for the first time in a long time, cross stitch just came up. And with it, we just became trendy again. This Isn't Our First Trend…