Cross stitch guides

Everything you need to plan and stitch a counted cross stitch project — from choosing your fabric to reading the chart. Written to go alongside Samplerly's pattern maker, which turns any photo into a stitchable DMC chart.

Aida Count Explained: Cross Stitch Fabric Sizes and How to Choose

What aida count means, a sizes chart for every common count, and how to choose the right fabric — with the finished-size math worked out.

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How to Read a Cross Stitch Pattern (A Beginner's Guide)

Read any counted cross stitch chart with confidence: the grid, symbols, the DMC key, where to start, and how to work full and fractional stitches.

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How to Convert a Photo into a Cross Stitch Pattern

How to turn a photograph into a real, stitchable chart — choosing the photo, and the exact width, color-count, and dithering settings that give a clean result.

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