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Cross stitch trends are always changing, and the history of cross stitch shows us this. But over the last 12 months in particular, we've seen big shifts in the cross stitch being sold online and in stores, from threads in spools, the closure of US stores, and shifting kit trends. So we've taken over 10,000…
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 Opinions may now be outdated.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…
With the recent closures of JoAnn's in America, cross stitch forums and social media have been awash with images of stripped shelves and thread hauls. However, there has been one constant in these images; DMC thread packs. I've personally mostly stayed away from these, but are they a good thing for a cross stitcher to buy,…
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…