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Today I plan to teach my granddaughter how to cross stitch...by hand.. I can't remember where you start ...Is it top to bottom?
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It doesn't matter at all! The only important thing is that all stitches are the same. I always start top left to bottom right.
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Oops - just realised you asked the question twice!
I do it the same way, but I've seen books started at the bottom. Never mind, as long as they are all going in the same direction.
This is the direction that I work also. That way your hand and threads are not traveling over the design as you work.
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edithfarminer
19 Jul 2012
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I believe I always started in the centre of materila with the centre of design, but quite some years now since I did any
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I was always taught to start in the center - that's great that you are trying to continue to teach the 'old ways'-you never know if they would ever get the chance to have an emb mahine to do the work for them - GOOD LUCK! Charlotte :-) It keeps the handwork arts going!
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I learned that you should start on the bottom right side. All the stiches should go in the same direction. First stich half : reight to left than come back on the same row and stich from left to right.
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At the end, all the upper stitches should be in same direction. If you do that, the work will be so perfect in the end, it will look like a painting
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I find it easier to start in the middle as the middle of the design is easier to find than count all the way either up or down! I find the middle of my cloth by folding it both ways to crease it & then put a pin in until I can get started. Do usually count over & start at the beginning of a line. Post what she does!
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emily16838
19 Jul 2012
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Egads I should have said that the cloth is colored so she would have to count...just tried to get all the stitches going the same way.
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wouldn't I mean
I love the printed pattens! The only thing I could see to count any more is probably burlap or monks cloth, hee hee hee, and then I'd have to write the numbers on it or I'd forget.
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shirlener88
19 Jul 2012
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I hop e you share a picture of the finished piece in PROJECTS soon.
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I would start by running a thread every 10 stitches across and the same down, then find the center and count from there making the item or figure beginning there. I did some great work but gave it up before my eyes gave out!!
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crafter2243
20 Jul 2012
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It doesn't matter. Just make sure that the top thread is always going in the same direction.
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Lovely question and so many different answers. I always start bottom left to top right!!! My very first x stitch many years ago I did not have the stitches all going the same way and it does show. Enjoy teaching your GD. Sarah.