can anyone tell whether it is ok or not to resize cross stitch designs?

As Martine has said - resize all you like but test stitch to find the right thread and fabric to show it at its best. I've been playing with some designs today and have just posted pictures in projects.

Great question. I have some CS sheets. They are only 6 x 6 in size with a 14 ct. Can I machine embroider on it using either sticky hoop or hydrofuse stabilizer. It is pretty stiff. Should I wash it first? Then I can use a specific design for a 14 ct. Sound good?

Good question. Some great answers. I'd be interested to hear how it turns out. Love Chris

The way the crosses are formed makes resizing easy. However, don't enlarge them too much or they'll look very 'open' - which does not matter too much with letters but in flowers etc it can spoil the effect.
Decreasing may give the usual problems: rock solid embroidery.
So in both cases, not too much and test first

I have seem on several sites "not" to resize, I really have not tried it, so go for it and test stitch to be sure. Let us know what happened.

how do I know what size stitch they are using in the designs?

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by dragonflyer 12 Mar 2013

Some are marked in the name of the design...some are not...but you should be able to count the crosses and measure in your software if they are not labeled...

I have resized them without any issues...but, remember that most of the cross stitch designs are developed to be a certain number of crosses per inch...just like the aida cloth...and many come in sizes like 11, 12, 14, 16, 18, 22...these are the number of crosses per inch in the design. If you are not worried about the number per inch...you should not have a problem. If you are combining several cross stitch designs or elements into one larger piece, I would recommend using the same "size" file (like 14 crosses per inch) for all of the elements and resize the large combined design all at once rather than sizing each individual design...that way your crosses will look like they are the same size and you won't have some large crosses and some smaller crosses in the same project...hope this is making sense to you...

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by marianb 11 Mar 2013

thanks