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Gridding isn't often talked about in cross stitch, its often seen as an 'if you want to' kind of task, however, gridding is actually one of the best things you can do. Simply put, counted cross stitch requires (you guessed it) counting. The time you take to count can not only be massive, but you…
I recently made a post about needles and how its time to ditch those old cross stitch needles, and in it I said about using new needles every project. This has played on my mind recently, and whilst I would still strongly suggest starting a new project with a new needle, it does create waste.…
My needle broke! Oh yeh, we've all said that. It's just part of cross stitch... right? Wrong. Needles are a very important part of cross stitch, and they can massively range in complexity, material, and price, and so it seems only natural to stick to what you know; and stick to the same old…
I've been stitching now for well over 15 years, and in that time I must have frogged a good few hundred meters of thread (I stitch stuff wrong all the time), and frankly, it's not been fun. Frogging sucks. It's the bain of existence for cross stitchers everywhere, not only due to the fact that…