nickis915 Publish time 2014-3-17 03:36

Long Stitich

I am new to cross stitch, I just review one of the charts that my friend gave me.It said "all outlines are in long stitch, not back stitch", what does it mean? I didn't find much on youtube for this....

CraftyLouAnna Publish time 2014-3-17 05:18

It means the stitches are longer to stretch across a larger area.   If it's not to be framed I tack down the longer stitch in the middle to keep it from being snagged, just don't pullthe holding stitch too tight as it will make a jog in the long stitch.

HannaSolo Publish time 2014-3-17 06:52

A long stitch is used when the stitch doesn't follow the corner to corner of the cross stitches. In other words, the stitch may go one across but two down ..... or two down and three across. I found a couple of pictures but this site won't allow me to post links or URL addresses. One site is the Vermillion Stitchery but I got to it from a Google search of "long stitch directions for cross stitching" and I don't know how to get to it from their home page. Another site was Heritage Crafts (hcrafts.com) and going to the "site map" at bottom of page then Counted Cross Stitch Tutorials in the left column. Long stitch is at the very bottom of that page.

nickis915 Publish time 2014-3-17 07:17

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It means the stitches are longer to stretch across a larger area.   If it's not to be framed I tack...

thanks so much, really need to examine how to do it

nickis915 Publish time 2014-3-17 07:17

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A long stitch is used when the stitch doesn't follow the corner to corner of the cross stitches. In...

thanks so much, will have a look on those sites

wongwy93@gmail. Publish time 2014-4-21 19:25

Thanks for sharing!

sela120658 Publish time 2014-6-17 06:17

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A long stitch is used when the stitch doesn't follow the corner to corner of the cross stitches. In...

Gracias por la informacion :)

htsear13 Publish time 2022-2-10 05:58

Thanks for sharing

Knitpurlsm Publish time 2024-4-8 06:14

Thanks for the info!
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