If you've ever seen a traditional cross sampler, after the first look, you might just see that some letters are missing. This tradition has crossed borders and is even seen in modern samplers too. But why? The Missing Letters Most of the time if you ever see missing letters it's J, Q, X, Y &…
We all know how hard it is to buy gifts for hobbies we don't know much about. So here's an updated cross stitch gift guide on what to buy the cross stitcher in your life. They're arranged by price from lowest to highest so you can find the perfect gift for any budget! Updated for…
Title: Hunted Date Completed: July 2023 Design: Lord Libidan Count: 16 Canvas: Black Colours: 2 Pop Culture: Animals & Black When Mr X Stitch came to me and told me that the next issue of the XStitch Magazine was going to be themed "Black" I was a little stumped. There had previously been an…
This post was originally in XStitch Magazine Issue 19: Yay, and has been adapted. If you've read any of my Libidan lectures before, you can probably tell a few simple things about me; I love cross stitch, I love tea, and I love Japan. Therefore, when a colleague gave me a reading suggestion recently, it…