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Thank you for your comment. I’m glad it’s been helpful to you ☺️

You’re welcome - I’m happy to hear it is useful for you ☺️

It’s not something I would recommend as I’d worry about it showing through and how it might affect the thread & fabric over time.

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No problem - hope it was helpful ☺️

Ya very useful

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Glad you found it helpful 😃

I’m glad you found it helpful. Thank you for commenting 😊

Needle threaders are a great help with threading needles 😃

I’m glad you’ve found some useful tips. Just remember it doesn’t need to be perfect, it just needs to help you achieve what you want for the front of your work ☺️

Good points. If I’m marking a paper pattern I often use pencil in case I make a mistake and need to erase it, but I prefer having the pattern on my iPad for marking so no danger of any ink or pencil marks on my work.

I’m glad it has helped you. 😊

It’s my favourite way to stop me losing my place on patterns 😊

It is my favourite way to keep track of what I’ve stitched and haven’t stitched. You can just use your finger or there are other cheaper alternatives to the Apple Pencil that it might be worth investigating.

Hope you give it a go now 😊

Hope they are useful 😊

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Stiffness of fabric can vary depending on the brand. However, I haven’t found the black Aida any different in stiffness to the white when buying brands I normally use. You could try washing the fabric before using it, but this may make it too soft for you. It is also possible that it will loosen up as you stitch on it.

It’s always good to welcome a new stitcher to the community- hope you find the tips helpful 😊

It’s a good way of securing your thread when starting to stitch. For more methods check out this video: Methods for securing your thread when starting cross stitching (Cross Stitch Video 12) ruclips.net/video/E0VyttUNtUE/видео.html 😊

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My pleasure - hope it was useful 😊

Glad to have provided a helpful tip 😊

You can mark off using a finger instead, although it may be trickier to mark off accurately. However, I believe there are alternative stylus to the official Apple Pencil that could be used (I’ve just never used them myself). 😃

Well spotted. The amounts are estimated by the computer program I use to create charts and I guess as it’s such a small amount of those colours used it wasn’t enough to register a value when rounded to 2 decimal places. It’s something I need to be aware of when creating charts, so thank you for pointing that out. 😊

It’s my favourite way of keeping track of where I am on a pattern 😃

Now mine too:-)

Thank you for sharing. That’s good of the shop to do that for you 😊

I’m glad you found it useful 😊

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I know some cross stitchers who get really worried about the back of their work, which is who the video is aimed at. How neat you want the back to be is down to personal preference, but, like I say in the video, for me, as long as it doesn’t impact the front of the finished work then it’s fine.

Personally for me, having a messy back makes it a lot harder to work well.

@wavesonme1460 this is definitely a good reason for trying to keep the back neat 😃

Hope it helped 😊

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In my next video I’ll make sure I show how I hold my wool before covering the next stitches.

I show how I hold my wool in this video: Basic Crochet Stitches Part 2 (Crochet Video 3) ruclips.net/video/7iyRBw_SnJE/видео.html. Hope it helps.

@@HayleyRoxannaCrafts thanks Hayley. Am currently away from home but will look when I get back.

Thank you 😊

If you mean you want the back to have crosses too I’m not sure that’s possible. Due to how cross stitching is done the back will always have vertical or horizontal lines as opposed to the diagonal lines to make the crosses on the front.

Well I saw a young girl who showed front and back and other than a few bumps where she tucked the thread start and finish. The whole back looked just like the front.

Wonderful tips and easy to follow. I like the back to be nice and tidy, not a rat’s nest.

Thank you. Hope you find some of them useful to prevent the rat’s nest look 😊

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No I haven’t - it’s never appealed to me.

Thank you for your comment. The knots I make tend to be quite small and I try to get them between holes. Occasionally, the odd one can get slightly in the way, but changing the angle I put the needle through tends to solve it. It certainly doesn’t bother me enough to go without the extra security of the knot, but it‘s why I show more than one way so people can try the various ways out to see what works best for them. 😊

@@HayleyRoxannaCrafts I see. I need to start this b/c the back of the fabric is what makes it took bad (although it doesnt matter). I've only framed 2 of my projects b/c they were gifts. Everything else is in a stack in my closet lol. I forgot to ask...where did you find that zippered pouch to hold your material together for pretty much EVERY one of them? I literally put my current project material in a plastic Walmart grocery bag until finished lol.

I got those from Amazon - I searched for A4 pencil cases, but mesh document wallets or mesh pouches are other names for them.

@@HayleyRoxannaCrafts thanks; gosh I wish I could share photos here lol

I’m on Instagram, Facebook and TikTok too - you can DM me on any of those (HayleyRoxannaCrafts on all of them).

My pleasure - I’m glad you found the video helpful 😊

@@HayleyRoxannaCrafts very much so! Working on an abduction piece and was trying to figure out how to keep my stitches the same direction and found this. Perfect!

I’m so glad it’s helped you 😊

Thank you for your comment. I am so happy my videos are helping you. 😃

Whoops - replying to myself! - just realised how to access the list below which includes details of bobbin cards!

Glad you found the answer - pretty much anywhere that sells cross stitch supplies usually stock bobbin cards 😃

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Hope you found it useful 😊

Hope the video helped 😊

Thank you - I’m glad you found it useful. 😊

It can be hard to see holes on higher count Aida, but a good light helps. I use 14 or 16 count Aida when making cushions and then use cotton fabric to make the back. In my Hayley-Roxanna Designs Etsy shop I have patterns and instructions for making Christmas hanging decorations, which are small cushions with a ribbon attached to hang them up by (www.etsy.com/uk/shop/HayleyRoxannaDesigns). You could also look at using Evenweave fabric for making cushions too. To make a picture the same size as on 14 count Aida you would use 28 count evenweave and stitch over 2 (in my cross stitch playlist there is a video on stitching on Evenweave - ruclips.net/video/q0dVUKT_rdg/видео.html). Hope some of that information helps. 😊