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Best Cross stitching kits
from:Cross stitching kits were a great invention for those who want to learn cross stitching. They make learning fun and easy because they provide all the supplies you need in a single kit so you can focus on learning.
After youve made your first kit project, you will find that you really do know how to cross stitch because there isnt much to this craft to begin with. What makes a stitching project more or less complicated is its size and some of the embellishments you can add to any project to enhance it.
There are two kinds of kits you should know about. Stamped cross stitch kits and counted cross stitch kits. The difference between these two is that in one the pattern is actually stamped or printed on the fabric, kind of like a coloring page. Counted cross stitch requires that you read a pattern and then stitch it on the fabric.
Typically stamped cross stitch is for beginners and is part of a kit. It makes it easier to focus on learning the handful of easy embroidery stitches that are considered cross stitching.
The only additional skill you need to make counted kits is to be able to count and read a chart or pattern. Either kind of kit will teach you cross stitching.
The supplies in these kits include aida fabric, a needle, the DMC or embroidery floss for the design and sometimes a hoop as well as a design and instructions.
The patterns in these kits are typically very simple designs, though some are quite elaborate. Two very good brands for cross stitching kits are made by Bucilla and Janlynn. They both make all kinds of embroidery, needlepoint and cross stitch project kits.
If you have ever played tic tac toe then you already know how to make the main stitch used in cross stitch because it is just like drawing the x. You take your needle up from a top corner in the grid fabric called aida cloth, and take the needle down on the opposite corner of that same grid, just like the diagonal line you make when you are playing tic tac toe.
Then you bring your needle back up on the other top corner and diagonally back down at the other bottom corner of the grid to make the x. Its that simple.
Other than that you should know NOT to tie a knot in your cross stitch floss before you start stitching. Instead, leave a bit of a tail and old it so that as you make other stitches you kind of sew over it.
When you get to the end of your thread or need to change colors, just run your needle under some of the other stitches already there on the back. Thats sufficient for cross stitch to keep the end from coming undone.
You may find that placing your fabric in a embroidery hoop or frame will help hold it taught for you and make it easier to hold while you stitch.
When you are done you can frame it and hang it up or include it in some other larger project like a pillow, hand towels, bib or bookmaker.
These cross stitching kits make great gifts for wedding showers or baby showers too! Look for Disney designs or wedding themed kits.
Many designers/companies produce cross stitch kits that are not good value for money. Before making a purchase, you will need to ask them what is included in a kit - if you are buying online, look for this information in their website. If there is not, then send them an email and ask them.
When buying a kit you must receive:
Pattern
Fabric (usually aida)
Threads
Needle
The pattern needs to be enlarged and clear to read, listing all the threads usually by DMC/Anchor/Madeira etc numbers. The fabric must be more than enough to be able to frame it when finish the design. Here is where most companies/designers are making our lives difficult. Most cross stitch kits come with the threads in bulks listed as colours. For example dark blue, light blue, very light blue.
If there is a variety of blue, one can not tell the difference between them and it is confusing which colour goes where. So you need to look for kits that include threads in a card organiser filed by thread colour and number.
Also make sure you check the refund policy, in case you need to return the kit back. Since most of us pay a lot of money for the cross stitch kits, we might as well get the best product available to help us start stitching immediately without any help. I wish you best of luck and happy buying!
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