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Designer Spotlight: Crossweb

January 16, 2026 by Sarah White

Crossweb is a British Etsy shop that has a lot of holiday patterns, florals and more. Let’s take a look!

As of this writing the shop has just under 90 patterns, and they are organized into a lot of categories such that some only have a couple of patterns in them. This is one shop that might be easier just to scroll through unless you are looking for something in particular. 

In my scroll through I found this pretty pot of strawberries cross stitch pattern that I wanted to share. I love the coloration on the strawberries because it makes them look more realistic. 

The design is 79 by 74 stitches, which comes out to 5.64 by 5.29 inches, or 14.33 by 13.43 cm, on 14 count fabric. It calls for 19 colors and includes full cross stitches and back stitching on the berries. 

The biggest category on the site is Christmas, which only has 10 patterns, including a few sampler style patterns, a cocktail recipe and a very tired looking New Year’s owl. 

Other “large” categories include botanical, flowers, food and bookmarks. I don’t know what makes something a botanical versus a flower because there are flower cross stitch patterns in the botanical section. 

You’ll also find Halloween (and one Easter) cross stitch patterns, projects for weddings and babies. Rounding out the shop are projects related to art, animals, ballet, birds, cats, “under the sea” and insects/creatures (which has only one project, a super cute collection of bugs on flowers that would be cute in a child’s room). 

There’s also a category called best wishes that includes a Mother’s Day project, a stitched birthday card and, for some reason, an English country cottage. Which I think proves as well as anything the statement from earlier about just scrolling through all the patterns to see what’s available because you never know what you’ll find. 

Check out all the patterns at Crossweb on Etsy. 

[Photo: Crossweb]

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Everything You Need to Know About Embroidery Hoops

One of the most common supplies for cross stitch, aside from fabric, needles and floss, is an embroidery hoop. A hoop isn’t needed for every project, and indeed there are some stitchers who prefer not to use them at all. I generally don’t use a hoop when I’m working on a small cross stitch project, especially something that’s shape isn’t conducive to using a hoop (like a bookmark). 

But embroidery hoops can be really helpful for cross stitch because they hold your fabric at an even tension, which allows you to stitch more evenly without any more work on your part. It’s great for beginners to use hoops because the tension on the fabric can both help make your stitches more even and make the holes in the fabric a little easier to see. 

I’ll admit to always just buying whatever hoop is available in the right size when I’m ready to start a project without giving it much more thought than that. But there are things you should consider when choosing among the different kinds of hoops, which Caterpillar Cross Stitch covers in their great guide to embroidery hoops. 

The post walks you through wooden, plastic, spring tension and flexi hoops (which I’ll admit to having never heard of; they’re made of vinyl and plastic apparently), as well as Q-Snap frames, which aren’t really hoops because they’re made of plastic tubes that you snap together in the size and shape you need. 

It also covers what size hoop you should use for the project you’re working on and how to actually use a hoop in the right way. 

Whether you’re new to cross stitch or more seasoned, you’re sure to pick up a tip or a product to try in this post, so go check it out over at Caterpillar Cross Stitch. 

Do you have a favorite kind of embroidery hoop to use for cross stitch, or do you go without? I’d love to hear your thoughts!

[Photo: Caterpillar Cross Stitch]

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