Needleworkers have been cross stitching for centuries. While the simple “X” stitch hasn’t changed, what we “X” ON and what we “X” WITH has changed over time. Today’s threads include wool, cotton, silk, metallic, twine, bamboo, rayon, polyester, real metal, holographic, glow-in-the-dark, reflective, wired and more. We cross stitch on…
Are you a Cross Stitcher?
Our continuing assessment of themes in the mainstream cross stitch publication market turns its attention to CrossStitcher Magazine, one of the longest running titles, published by Future Publishing and then Dennis Publications. For each issue we focused on the main image offered in each issue, and categorised that design within broad…
Is This The World Of Cross Stitching?
We continue our analysis of the themes presented in mainstream cross stitch magazines with a review of The World of Cross Stitching. Our evaluation focuses on the main image offered in each issue, and we identified the broad themes offered in those designs. We accessed covers dating back to 2014…