Книга Cross Stitch for Beginners Lauren Hahn

Cross Stitch for Beginners

A Complete Step-by-Step Guide with 30 Easy Counted Patterns on Aida Fabric, Including Needlework Techniques and Sampler Designs for Adults

Автор: Lauren Hahn
Език: Английски език
Корици: С меки корици
Издател: Independently published
Наличност: Външен склад
Изпращаме след 9-15 дни
22.24 43.50 лв
Your first completed cross stitch row takes about fifteen minutes. Everything that comes after that...

Информация за книгата

Автор
Език
Английски език
Корици
Книга - С меки корици
Издадена
2026
страници
110
EAN
9798180307132
Enbook ID
52816294
Издател
Теглоt
276
Размери
216 x 280 x 6

Пълно описание

Your first completed cross stitch row takes about fifteen minutes. Everything that comes after that is about having the foundation that makes every hour you spend with a needle worth something.

You have probably seen a cross stitch pattern and wondered where you are actually supposed to start. Not which design to pick first, but what to buy, what each item does, and how you recover when something does not look right. That gap between wanting to start and knowing how is exactly what these pages close.

30 Patterns Built as a Learning System

  • Equipment chapter with real costs: exactly what to buy, what to skip, and why
  • 30 counted patterns progressing from a two-color motif to a six-sampler finale
  • DMC thread numbers specified for every pattern, so color selection is never guesswork
  • Seven technique chapters covering Aida fabric, chart reading, stitching, tension, and finishing
  • Full cross, three-quarter stitch, back stitch, and French knot taught step by step
  • Hoop tension, thread length, and counting errors explained before they occur in the work
  • Washing, pressing, framing, and long-term care for finished pieces

Most beginners who lose momentum do so within the first two projects. Almost every case traces back to foundation work that was skipped. These chapters exist to prevent that.


What You Know Before Pattern One
  • Exactly what to buy and why, before you spend a single dollar or pick a design
  • How to read any counted chart from center to border without confusion
  • The stitches every pattern in this book requires, explained from first principles
  • How sampler design works and why it produces more skilled stitchers than motifs alone

This is a craft that produces visible, real results in the first sitting and fits into a bag you can take anywhere.

The thirty patterns here are not a random collection but a deliberate sequence, each one building exactly the skill the next requires. By the final sampler design, every technique in this book is part of how you stitch.

Start at page one and stitch exactly where this book takes you.