Jennifer Ackerman-Haywood, host of the CraftSanity podcast, visits Lorilee Beltman, owner of City Knitting in Grand Rapids, Michigan, for a quick “Continental” knitting lesson. As a veteran “thrower” or English style knitter, Jennifer didn’t want to pass up the opportunity to see how the other half knit.
She brought her video camera along to record the tutorial for all of you.
Duration : 0:9:48
I am a novice Cross Stitcher and have purchased a Thomas Kinkade printed kit. I’ve already put samples of the corresponding floss by the stitch symbol chart and taped the edges of my canvas to prevent fraying. I’m ready to start the project, but I’m noticing that the chart and the actual print on the canvas are not matching up in the count. For instance, there are more squares on the chart from a point to the edge than there are from the corresponding point on the print to the edge of the printed canvas. I"m also noticing that the chart and printed canvas aren’t really matching up from point to point either. I seem to remember my mom saying something about finding the center of the canvas and starting from there. So can someone who is practiced and knowledgable about this craft please tell me how one follows an embellished cross stitich pattern correctly?
I too purchased a Thomas Kinkade printed kit and it really isn’t a cross stitch pattern…it is a piece of work that you need to use your creative side, the pattern (paper part) really is just the guide the real work is the adia cloth, use it exclusively and use the paper part as a guide for color and you should be fine. If you have a scroll hoop I would use it as a circle hoop would make things harder to frame later. Slow and steady is my recommendation. It is the type that isn’t ment to follow the pattern exactly but to have an artistic flavor to it…. good luck