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Hello all!!
i've loved cross stitch for yeeeears and decided to get back into it. I've only ever used kits but I'd really love to get into creating and making my own deisgns. I'm based in the UK but don't really know what I'm looking for when it comes to the basics so would love recommendations on brand names to use / avoid for the tools needed.
Many thanks and i look forward to seeing more from you all <3
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Mommatiger,
Welcome and I hope
you find the freePatternWizard helpful! 
I've done the graph paper/colored
pencils thing and it works, but it's unfortunately very, very
tedious.
I've done the graph paper/colored
pencils thing and it works, but it's unfortunately very, very
tedious.Hello all!!
i've loved cross stitch for yeeeears and decided to get back into it. I've only ever used kits but I'd really love to get into creating and making my own deisgns. I'm based in the UK but don't really know what I'm looking for when it comes to the basics so would love recommendations on brand names to use / avoid for the tools needed.
Many thanks and i look forward to seeing more from you all <3
Mardew,
Welcome! While we have
c2c in our plans, I'm sorry to say it's not available at the
moment.
Lauren,
Welcome!
What a lovely
idea!
The four color palettes
are:
DMC: This is a popular brand of floss,
though availability is different for different areas.
Anchor: This is a different brand, also easier to get in
some areas than others.
Madeira: This is
another brand, one which I haven't seen in my area; it may be more
readily available in Europe.
Red Heart Super
Saver: This is NOT embroidery floss; it's worsted weight acrylic
yarn. This is not at all suitable for cross stitch, but it was
added to the palette for people who are stitching in techiques that
produce square stitches.
Ordering the floss
is tough, but not impossible. It sounds like you live in a cross
stitch store desert, as I do, sigh, so the next best thing is mail
order. (I'm sorry to say we don't sell floss through our
site.)
You may want to try a search for
"embroidery floss" and then your general area and see what kinds of
results you get. You may have to order from someone in your country
but outside of your area.
If you're asking
about how many plies to use, this is determined by the count of
your fabric. An 18 count may only require one or two strands; an 11
may require two or three strands. For instance, I've used mostly
two, sometimes three strands on 11 count Aida, and though the
coverage was much better with three, I personally preferred using
two. With 14 count Aida or linen (stitched over 2) I discovered two
strands were optimal. With 18 count I've used two strands - I liked
the results better with more coverage. For something like a 24
count Congress cloth, I've used one strand and that worked
well.
The number of stitches you'll need
will be based on the size of cloth you're using. If you're using 14
count Aida and you're in the US, for example, you'll multiply 14 x
8.5 to get the number of stitches across, which equals 119
stitches. If you're using a different size, such as an 18 count, 18
x 8.5 = 153 stitches, etc.
With your image,
the best thing to do is reduce it to the size you need, since the
freePatternWizard isn't a graphics program and taking a very large
image probably won't give a good result. So for example, if your
desired size is 100 x 150 stitches, it's best to make your image
that will be uploaded 100 x 150 pixels, where pixels =
stitches.
Hope that helps!
Just a
thought...it sounds like you might be feeling overwhelmed by all of
the different options...perhaps before you start on this large
project, you might want to find a very small cross stitch kit that
includes all of the floss, fabric, pattern and instructions you
need. There are several online resellers of kits like that and if
you pick out one of those, it might help to answer many of your
questions in a way me just talking about it can't do, because
you'll be able to look at it up close and actually SEE it.
Ann,
Welcome!
If you're going
to stitch it turned 90 degrees, yes, your stitches will no longer
be the horizontal ones the program has plotted for you. You can
remedy that by turning your image 90 degrees and choosing
horizontal, where both will be in sync.
The
problem is that if you simply change the stitching to vertical when
making your pattern, I'm not sure if it would be enough to
compensate. You could try a swatch that way, to see if it keeps
true to the pattern. If it does, great! If not, turning your image
90 degrees would be your best bet.
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