Flosstubeversity FABRIC SERIES - Aida Cloth

WELCOME to Flosstubeversity Episode 2! FABRIC SERIES
Our goal here is to share information regarding stitching skills and the history of all things stitching related. Each episode is roughly 10 minutes or less.
This series is all about finding the best fabric choice for YOU and YOUR project, everything from fabric considerations to ironing out memory wrinkles to dealing with the selvage edge.
Today we will take a look at Aida Cloth. What is Aida? What are the pros and cons of this fabric choice? We will discuss Aida count and how to convert from a called for linen count to Aida count. We will look at a few common Aida brands.
***In this video I should have addressed the common misconception that Aida is an evenweave fabric. I will speak more too this in the episode regarding Evenweave. There is a lot of confusion in the Crosstitch world regarding this. aida fabric and evenweave fabrics are different.
Some people have referred to Aida as an evenweave citing it has a perfectly evenweave pattern. While overall it may appear to be even, the weave is not. The weave is a repeating pattern not an even pattern. For Aida cloth, the weave has 4 single threads clustered together then a space and this repeats: thread, thread, thread, thread then space. This creates the holes you see in the gridded appearance. This is known as an “open-weave”. Aida cloth is 100% cotton.
Evenweave fabric is constructed of a single thread evenly spaced over the warp and weft for a perfectly even thread count. This results in a soft and even thread count. Evenweave comes in higher counts than Aida and is composed of cotton and rayon. In needlearts there are 2 types of evenweave fabrics: 1) lugana (52% cotton/48% rayon) and 2) jobelan (51% cotton/49% rayon).***
By no means am I an expert in any of the topics I am researching. There is always room for learning. Should I be mistaken in any of the information I have shared please reach out and help to inform me and our cross stitching community :)
Happy Stitching!
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