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The wonderful world of cross stitch-Part 1

So as I promised in the previous post here I am revealing all the secrets that this mysterious hobby called cross stitch has to offer and more importantly I will show you how you can use it to create wonderful hand decorated items you can use every day, after all, that is our main love. So what is cross stitching? It's something where you get to stab something thousands of times without being arrested. ( Talk about stress relief.) On a bit more serious note, it's exactly what it sounds. It's a type of embroidery where you create tiny x shaped stitches until they form the design. The things you can decorate with cross stitch? Pretty much everything! The most common perhaps is still stitching a picture then framing it, but there's so much more you can do with cross stitching! We have tote bags, backpacks, baseball cap, bookmarks and we continuously adding new items to our stitchable kits. There's also an abundance of designs out there, you're sure to be able to find whatever takes your fancy, whether it be something cute, funny, modern, traditional, sophisticated, crazy,  flowers and so on.

Are you totally new to cross stitching? Don't be afraid! I show you everything!

Let's start with what you would need: 1., Fabric to stitch on 2., Floss to stitch with 3., Needle 4., Pattern to follow 5., Pair of scissors

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Benefits of a hobby

As a keen cross stitcher I often take my projects with me wherever I go and this has created numerous conversations with others about what am I doing.I always get so excited at these times and happy to tell people about cross stitching but more often than not, there are 2 kind of responses I get from people and basically this has prompted me to write this post.

Benefits of a hobby-cross stitch

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A little tutorial for our Mystery SAL

We weren't sure if everyone was comfortable to start stitching at the corner of the design or not, so we put together a little tutorial on how to start your Mystery SAL. You will notice that each page has its number and also a little square at the bottom, indicating which part of the design that page contains. That's a good indicator for you to see where are you at that moment.

You can also see the grid lines with the numbers printed at the left and on top of the page, telling you exactly in which square you need to stitch.

We recommend you start with page 1. You see on the photo below we circled our very first stitch, which is 38 stitches down and 34 stitches to the right from the top left corner of the design. Now we need to find the same spot on our aida.

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