In our now annual post about the world of cross stitch in the past and coming year, we look at last years 2020 cross stitch and see just how accurate we were, and look into 2021 and see what might be in store. Its been somewhat of a crazy year, and whilst we didn't…
I have a railroading tool, or to give it the correct name, a laying tool, in my cross stitch kit. And I use it all the time. But I don't railroad my cross stitches. Perplexing, right? Whilst a laying tool can be used to railroad, it can also be used for a whole bunch…
A few months ago we asked the question is Etsy a good thing for the cross stitch world? And whilst we found that it was in principle good, we got a lot of people asking about Aliexpress. So we've broken down the main areas AliExpress operates in, and deep-dived into how it impacts cross stitch.…
Considering we use them so much, cross stitch needles or tapestry needles to give them their rightful name, are staples for our craft. Therefore, when I spoke about the best types of cross stitch needles in a previous post, I thought I had all of them covered. For a while, I thought there were no…