How to grid cross stitch fabric

With hundreds of tips and tricks out there for cross stitchers, what are the best ones to follow, and which ones should we have been following already?

Tired of miscounting? Try gridding your project in advance to make it easier to count your stitches! Learn the different options for gridding

Gridding your cross stitch fabric can mean the difference between a relaxing evening and hours of frustration. There are multiple ways you can go about it, ...

Cut your stitching time by up to one-third. Gridding is a way to make your fabric look more like your pattern chart by dividing the fabric into 10×10 sections – just like in your chart. With a grid on your fabric, it is much easier to do counted cross stitch without miscounting. For any counted cross stitch project, you can more quickly look up from your stitching and find your place in the pattern.

What is cross-stitch anyway? We have your guide to learning all about this needlecraft art form, including its history and characteristics.

Spending a few minutes preparing fabric for cross stitch can save you from ripping out whole rows of your project or the constant annoyance of frayed edges. Here's how to avoid most mis-steps.

Answers to questions like: Will it Hurt My Cross Stitch if I Don’t Prepare My Fabric First? When Would You Need to Prepare Your Fabric for Cross Stitch? Do You Wash Your Fabric Before Cross Stitching? Should you Iron Aida Before Cross Stitching?

How to cross stitch on fabric while keeping the aida grid. I never would have thought of this!

What is cross-stitch anyway? We have your guide to learning all about this needlecraft art form, including its history and characteristics.

A few months ago, when I first started guest blogging here, I talked about how I prefer to stitch smaller projects. It's mostly because they don't take

How To Frame a Cross Stitch

This is one of those things in cross stitch that I know is so important and helpful but that I rarely do, or at least not well enough for it to be totally helpful. Gridding your cross stitch fabric is Read More ...

In the video I show you how I grid black Aida fabric to make it much easier😃💜 #byIrisNikolopoulou #Irishandmadeart #tutorial #crossstitch #crosstitchhelp #grid #blackaida #blackfabric

Taking up needle point? If so, one of the stitches you'll need to learn is the cross stitch. This ancient, cross-cultural embroidery technique is also known as counted cross-stitch. The pictures below will show the method as worked on a...

33K views · 1.9K likes | Cross stitch patterns with snark and sass on Instagram: "Now I know it seems like this shouldn't work, but it really does! 😯 Not sure when to use it or why it's useful? Here are my top two scenarios: ☝️ When backstitching with one strand, ESPECIALLY when I'm doing text in the middle of a design with no cross stitches nearby to bury the thread ✌️ When stitching with three strands on 14 count, again usually when I don't have nearby stitches to easily bury the thread…

The backstitch is an easy stitch that you'll find in many cross stitch patterns. Learn how to backstitch with this beginner tutorial!