I love to help my fellow cross stitchers to make this craft easier and more enjoyable, so I love sharing tips when I come across them that will make it easier to have success.
When you’re working a small project, it’s generally pretty easy to keep track of where you are in the project relative to the chart. I usually stitch something small from one side across (or up or down) rather than from the middle out, because it’s just easier to follow the chart that way.
But when you’re working on a big project and you need it to fit exactly, starting from the center is the way to go, which can also make it harder to keep track of where you are in the pattern. Add in working in a lot of different colors, and it’s a potential recipe for confusion.
These tips on how to keep track of where you are in a cross stitch pattern from Stitched Modern are super helpful. The idea of having a working copy of you pattern that you can mark up and make notes on is a great one, so if you ever want to stitch it again you’ll have a clean copy.
I have learned through the years doing a lot more knitting than cross stitch that the more notes I can leave myself the better, and the same applies to working big cross stitch projects. Especially if there’s any possibility you might stop working on it for a short (or a long!) time, you want to make it as easy on yourself as possible when you come back to it.
Check out the tips from Stitched Modern, maybe go buy some highlighter tape, and let me know if you have any other tips for keeping your place in a cross stitch pattern.
[Photo: Stitched Modern]
