Stitch Linen
Posted in cross stitch on 06/23/2010 01:01 pm by adminCross Stitch - What does this mean?
I just bought my first standalone cross stitch pattern and all of the supplies for the project. I've only used kits and aida fabric to this point. This project calls for 32ct linen fabric and says "...using two strands of floss over two threads of linen" I know the "two strands" refers to using two of the 6 strands of floss...pretty standard. But, having never used linen, what does the "two threads" mean? Does this mean that a "square" for a single cross stitch actually consists of 9 holes in the fabric?
Also, how much fabric should I leave around the outside of the project when I cut my fabric?
Aida is a "block weave" fabric, which means if you look at it, it's made up of clusters of threads woven into cloth. Linen (or evenweave) is made up of individual fabric fibers. Rather than stitch each hole as you do in aida, you stitch every other hole when you're using linen or evenweave. Picture a tic-tac-toe board, like #. Come up at the lower left, skip the middle hole, go down at the upper right. That's stitching "over two". Finish your X by doing the same steps from the other direction. Personally, I much prefer linens/evenweaves to aida because the background comes out looking so much nicer. Also, as you gain experience and start to explore other kinds of stitches (eyelets, Rhodes, etc.), they're far easier on linen. Just plain old quarter stitches (the ones that look like ` and drive you nuts on aida) will be much easier on linen because you don't have to punch an extra hole to do it. BTW, 32 ct linen over 2 comes out the same as 16 ct aida.
I prefer to leave a 3" fabric border on all sides.
HTH
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