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Cross stitch has changed massively over the decades, and as new technologies come out, patterns in particular, change a great deal. But with recent inventions like AI, and the rise of pattern only stores like Etsy, cross stitch patterns are evolving more than ever. But what does the future hold? We go through the history…
This post was originally in XStitch Magazine Issue 23: Myths & Legends (2022), and has been adapted for the blog. Opinions may now be outdated. When it comes to cross stitch and myths; there aren’t any. In fact, there really aren’t many legends either. There are some questions that still persist through the years that…
In the past we’ve covered if the likes of questioning if Etsy is good for the cross stitch world, and in both cases, the answer remains both as a positive, and a negative. But I regularly get asked to review another retailer; Temu, and let me tell you; it’s pretty much all bad. The…
Since November this year, I’ve been inundated with messages from the US with reports that Anchor Threads have been discontinued and are no longer being carried by any retailers. But is there any truth behind this story? The Background: DMC Threads Purchases Anchor Threads Back in August of 2023, we broke a story that…