6 Basic Cross Stitches

Cross Stitch | Basic Embroidery Stitch Diagrams

There are many rules for cross stitch, but the most important one is that this is a self-entertainment activity, and you can embroider according to your own preferences.

【Remember: As long as you pick up the needle and thread, you are a real cross-stitch embroidery friend! 】

Many embroidery friends have asked questions about various embroidery methods. Today, I will sort out the basic embroidery methods of cross stitch. It is a dynamic picture~

1. Cross stitch (horizontal back and forth embroidery)
Cross stitch (X) is the most basic stitch method in cross-stitch, and cross stitches side by side can only be used for back embroidery.

2. Cross stitch (embroider one by one)
For independent or vertically side-by-side cross stitches, one-by-one embroidery can be used



3. Quarter stitch and half cross stitch (1/4X and 1/2X)
The supplement of the cross needle is mostly presented in the corners of the pattern.

4, The hook
The outline around the pattern makes the pattern distinct



5, The French knot
Appropriate use of the French knot, and decorative patterns, works vividly.



6, Z-shaped embroidery
The unique embroidery method, which is used in some drawings, is both beautiful and neat.


The above answers the questions that some embroiderers often ask about cross stitch.