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Cross Stitch Mona Lisa by MrXStitch (source: mrxstitch.com)
Often within the stitching community the question of art or craft comes up, and on a general basis, it can be answered. However cross stitch always sits outside the classifications, and no one is really sure. It's not an art form in its own right, its part of embroidery, however, there are LOADS of art…
Star Trek Cross Stitch Book Cover by John Lohman and Lord Libidan
I've now been published twice under my own name and had patterns/writing in 4 others. I just released a Star Wars cross stitch book, and I even have another project in the works with the same publisher. Many of my contemporaries are doing the same, but still, whenever someone picks up my book I get…
TED addicted gif (source: giphy)
So you like cross stitch, and it has it's health benefits, but are you addicted? Your fingers are always twitching to itch That's how it starts, that's how it gets you. The first thing you know you sit there at work, or in the super marketing, and you just wanna get back home to stitch…
Yarn Tree Cross Stitch Calculator (source: yarntree.com)
A cross stitch calculator is basically a requirement for all stitchers. Sure, if you wanted you could do the maths, but who has time? And who want's to check it three times over to make sure its right? Neh, instead, pull out the calculator. There are a few out there now, each doing slightly different…