Best video yet I've seen for learning Laguna!! Thank you!!!

I've never used a waste knot before! I typically use loop start but if I have to tie off and start again, I have always used my non-needle hand to hold onto the tail and flip my Q-snap back and forth when anchoring the first few stitches. I have smacked myself in the face more times than I can remember. I will be trying waste knots tonight when I get some stitchy time! Thanks for the tips.

Oh. My. God. I have been cross stitching old school, these are genius ideas. I'm so glad I watched this ! I learned cross stitch when I was 9 or 10 from my grandmother and my mom. I need to keep watching these to get more ideas. Never worked on even weave but you have made it very clear in case I ever do. I can use thses start and end techniques right meow!!!

Thank you for this demonstration. I’m fed going to try evenweave! And I loved all your starts!

I love going through your how to videos as I expand out and learn more about stitching. Yours are the videos I go back to again and again. You explain things in such a practical straightforward manner that is SO easy to understand!!!!

Thank you. It was very helpful. I appreciate you taking the time to demonstrate and help us. Hugs

SUPER helpful video. I have been dying for a video like this. You explained everything well AND we can see what your doing!!! A++

I thought it would be very difficult stitching on evenweave but, after watching your great tutorial, I am definitely going to give it a try . You are a great teacher! Thank you so much!

Great video! One trick I have found with starting a thread under a previously stitched area is once I run the thread under the few stitches (like you did on your coffee piece), is that I will take the needle and go up and then back under the last stitch closest to where I am starting my new stitch where it loops around it (hope this makes sense) as it will help anchor the floss even more and not really add any bulk. This is especially good when working with metallics or outlining with 1 strand of floss.

Thank you for taking the time to make this tutorial.. Gosh you never know how much it helped me understand the 1-1 stitch! I look forward to more of your tutorials!

When threading the floss for the loop method you can just thread the needle with the loop. In place of fighting to get both strands threaded on the needle. Much easier to thread the needle I promise you! So loop in the eye of the needle, not the double ends.

@Stitcherista

6 жыл бұрын

Meghan Burns I will try that! Thanks.

Thank you so much. I’ve been looking at my even weave material trying to figure out how to start. I’m now ready to start thanks to your video.

Thank you, you've given me the confidence to move from aida.

I know this is an older video....but I just had to let you know how much this video helped me......thank you so much!!!!!

Thank you for this demo. I have never learned or seen how to do the loop method. In addition, I have learned the single completed stitch method properly. I have always been afraid to ask at my LNS and I have been stitching for over 45 years. Wow, old dog learning new tricks!! Thank you soooo much.

Danielle, you're awesome!!! Thanks so much for this video. It helped me a lot and I will always have something to go back and look at if I forget anything. Take care and best wishes.

Love your nails! I learn new stuff all the time, loved the waste knot idea!!

Thank you so much for this! I tried stitching on evenweave today and was a little unsure but now after seeing your video I feel much better to continue my stitching.

Thanks Danielle. Love your pj's and those nails.

OMG! I started stitching 30+ years ago but haven't stitched regularly in over 10 years (eyesight and like you, I got bored with it). I started watching you for diamond painting and now that you are stitching more, I have picked it up again. I'm off today and decided to go back through some of your old tutorial videos for some tricks and tips, so glad I did! I have never thought about doing that knotting thing! Fantastic idea!

@richardwardynski2655

4 жыл бұрын

Lisa

Thank you for the video-I have been afraid to try evenweave and now feel like I might give it a try!

Thank you for this tutorial. I am getting ready to stitch on evenweave for the first time and I appreciate the tips. I have always been intimidated by anything other than aida, but now after watching your video I think I can do it. Keep up the great videos!

Thanks for a helpful demo. Hope you continue to make more.

I've wanted to try evenweave, I had no idea you went over the 9 hole block. I would have thought that'd be like working over two. Good thing I watched this first

Thank you...your instructions were clear and your stitching made it so clear.

Always great to see somebody do same technique as you do yourself for years

I really love demonstration that you doing with the actual stitches. Thank you very much . I will give everwave a try.

I finished my project on evenweave. It took longer than on regular aida cloth but, the result was really worth it. I am now beginning another project so re-watched your video to make sure I remembered all your great tips....Thank you!

I was so excited when I learned the loop method. But then, someone showed doing the loop method on the top of the fabric. I have been doing that.

@RaffiGalessi

6 жыл бұрын

I learned starting with the loop method from the front of the fabric and it's veeeery useful. The lady I learned it from is Carolyn Mazzeo on flosstube ❤️

I just started to cross stitch and this has been a huge help since I LOVE the look of even weave much better than Aida and this tutorial is awesome! Thanks God bless and stay safe❤️😉👍🏼

Very helpful! I look forward to viewing more of your videos. I'm a new stitcher 😀

Excellent! This technique was new to me! Very tidy👍

Loving your nails!!

Thank you for this video! I’m actual going back and watching all your videos now as I start to pick up cross stitching again. It’s been at least 20 years since I’ve picked up a needle and only ever stitched on Aida and linen. I hated linen and am looking forward to trying lugana. My last piece I ever stitched was Mermaid of the Pearls on linen and that linen (and kreinik) is what made me give it all up! It’s a beautiful piece, but I was over it! Excited to get back in to stitching...so many new things!

Thank you so much. The diagram help so much. And again thank you for showing the loop method. 🐾

Thank you soooo much for the waste knot tip. I have always wondered how to do that. OMG too easy!

Omg thanks for this!! I didn’t realize that overdyed floss should be 1 x at a time. It makes sense now. About to embark on my first evenweave project (with some overdyed floss) and I’m so thankful I watched your video first! 😅

This is brilliant! So much great info! Thanks so much! (Love your nails!)

Thank you so much for this video. I am getting ready to start my first piece on evenweave... a la di da sampler. Your instruction was very clear and easy to understand.

Thank you for this tutorial, it's just what I needed!

This was very helpful! Keep em coming please!

I do pretty much exactly like you do. Good to know I'm doing it "right" ...........love your nails.

Thank you soooooo much for that I have wanted to start on even weave and was afraid I'm an aida girl I know now I can do it and I just bought my first irrigated thread from weeks dye works for a new pattern didn't really know that about the stitches thank you again for the demo you've made my day can't wait to start.

Thanks again for the wonderful demo!! After watching your demo I realized I've been stitching the wrong way when I use the variegated thread. I was finishing each stitch as I went along, however, I was doing the loop method to start & I really did not see a lot of color change. I want you to know I tried your method this morning and WOW I could see a differences in the color change. Just had to let you know how your demo really helped my stitching. Thanks again.

Thank you for the video. I'm trying to get out of my comfort zone and work on linen and even weave. I'm going to try it out.

Watched every second. Learned a lot from you.thanks. XOXO

I only ever use the waste knot. I love it.

Exactly what I was looking for!! Thank you

You did very well explaining n showing how to. thank you so much.

Thank you! Wonderful tutorial, really needed this

Thank you it’s been a great help. I’ll be trying it again.

Good tutorial. Good choice of color for both floss and fabric. (And I love lugana too.) I do my stitches from upper left to lower right, then upper right to lower left, so it looks weird to me to see someone stitch like that. But kind of cool to watch a different way. I kind of think you could probably do a video of just the stitching and it would be soothing to watch, sort of like asmr or the Jackson Hole live stream. I've done variegated in both individual stitches and like normal (all one way, then all the way back). Doing the "wrong" way just makes it a more subtle effect to it, sort of a mottled look to it. I have a White Willow tribal butterfly with that and it looks just fine. I have another one, their tribal cat I'm doing in the variegated greens, that I started last weekend that I'm doing the individual stitches and it's much bolder. And I've been told if you go vertically with individual stitches instead of horizontally, you get a nice effect as well. I haven't had the chance to try that yet. Another thing that is also helpful with evenweave is railroading your stitches.I get lots better coverage when I do that. One thing I've found people need to be careful about with the loop start (and not just for the example mentioned with variegated) is that when you do the loop, the strand has two differently running grains to it. And depending on the quality of the floss, that could mean one strand might be weakened and possibly shred. If you tap the ends of the floss, the one that "blooms" more is the end to put in the needle. I always do that and keep them lined up, like how you did the variegated one. Looking forward to what you post next. :)

I love the look of even weave. I purchased a piece to do a Joan Elliot but I ended up using Aida. . I just have old eyes and found myself not finding the holes. I might have to get stronger glasses and try again. You made it look easy. Thanks.

Thanks for this tutorial. Now linen doesn’t look so scary to me. I will give it a try.

Thank you very much. evenweave drove me crazy - now I have a chance to make it great - didn't understand the over two holes - but when you explained the 9 holes - I GOT IT. Thank you. [all over coverage, I use Aida, why not?, but if it is just a little piece, the evenweave looks so nice] THANK YOU AGAIN.

Thanks so much for the video. I just stitched on evenweave last night and couldn't figure it out, so I did 2 over 1.. It was so bulky and little. Now maybe I can figure it out.

This is such a great video thank you

thank you soooo much. best explanation I've heard

Ah fantastic! Thanks for posting this video, you've really helped a girl out! I found a small stitch kit in my stash (ufo) which was 27ct evenweave and I wasn't sure I was doing it right. The one strand stitches in the background look a bit sparse, and some of the stitches look uneven but I just needed a little bit of oomph to move me in the right direction!

OMG..so helpful. That was great to learn something new. Great and so helpful!! I use to cross-stitch years ago and just picked it up again. Great to learn new ways and makes things so much easier. I have never stitched on Lugana before and anxious to try it.

Thank you for the demo, would you talk about the different fabrics (even weave, lugana, etc) a video? I would find that interesting to understand the differences & why to stitch on them or why people might like the differences.

@Stitcherista

6 жыл бұрын

Marnie Hines I will do that in a future video!

Thank you for this video hope to start on evenweave soon

Sooo helpful! Thank you !!!

Thanks for the tutorial - especially the section with two threads (been looping so long I think I've forgotten how to do anything else. lol! Kidding - I think. :-s :D ) Seriously though, I appreciate this on evenweave - I recently got a pattern that calls for it and I've been putting it off. Now I don't have to. :)

666 is now and forever "bird lady red" for me. Also love your nails.

just deciding whether to do the pandemic cross stitch pattern on 28ct as I have only just taken up cross stitch and have only used 14ct and 18ct but like the look of the 28ct evenweave, so thank you for this video as just ordered a piece. Take care and stay safe hugs Cal x

This was awesome

Great information, thanks so much!

Thankyou learnt alot. Apreciate your video. Thankyou

Good demo.

So easily explained thank you so much

Thank you this video is helpful.

Great tutorial, I'm not happy with my stitches and will try the methods you showed. I stitch on Aida because of my eye site but would love to try evenweave.

Thank you so much for this video!

If I can find one with a large cat I'd love to try this your video was very helpful.

Great detail however, you need to "finish" the stitches before you cut the thread ..go under 5 nearby stitches (or the ones you just made), otherwise, those X-stitches you just put in, can very easily loosen & become unstitched... & stitches are gone!!!

love your nails btw

This was very helpful! I am switching to Evenweave instead of Aida!

Thank you for the video

First, thank you so much for all the instruction you give. Second, I have a favor to ask. It has to do with Stitching on the horizontal on 28 count luguana. If you have time I would like a visual of how it is done. I have just started a piece that I am using 28 counts lugana easy grid. And I am stumbling around in the dark. The piece has quite a few color changes in it and is 232 x 287. This is a piece that is pushing against my conform zone of only stitching on aida, a learning tool. However, before I get too far into this piece I want to make sure I am stitching it correctly. Thank you and I wish you and your family peace.

@Stitcherista

3 жыл бұрын

I found this video on KZread. kzread.info/dash/bejne/lX2Mu9WxZLC2lc4.html

Thanks for tutorial

Great demo. I always stitch on either Lugana or jobelyn, but jobelyn is too soft, so lugana is my go to evenweave too.

I start my loop start from the front. It is so much easier! 😀

Thank you SO much for this tutorial! I have only stitched on AIDA fabrics, and have had the urge to try evenweave/linen fabrics. Your tutorial was very clear and I appreciate your help! I actually purchased two pieces of 28 count evenweave last night, just to give it a try, and woke up to this tutorial....meant to be? LOL Thanks again! BTW, I have been a subscriber to your channel for a while now, and have enjoyed your stitching videos, as well as the cosmetics videos. Your sassy personality and passion for what you do, is addicting! Carson aka ladytoothdoc on instagram

I loved your video. I did mine wrong it is too small. I need to skip 9 threads. Thanks again.

Just found you. Great tutorial. You mentioned something about the new frame you got. Can you share more about that? I have started using Q snaps and like them

@maryannroths2434

2 жыл бұрын

You didn’t tell me which frame you bought

Thank you

Thanks for another great tutorial! Do you ever use pin head stitch for starting and ending? I have watched several videos and they don’t make sense. Could you do a tutorial? I have learned so much from you. Your directions and video quality are excellent.

@Stitcherista

5 жыл бұрын

I stitch on aida now for the most part so I don't use a pin stitch. But I have in the past when i stitched on evenweave.

I am always confused about the weaves. Do you go over two or three threads to make your cross stitches? Thank you for your answer.

@Stitcherista

6 жыл бұрын

Virginia Cook two threads

I have a question for you. Could you tell me if you start your first stitch in the middle of the piece of the fabric and work your way out just like counted cross stitch? Is it one in the same? Thank you

@Stitcherista

5 жыл бұрын

Yes, that is how I do it.

Thanks for the video. Very helpful. I’m just getting back to cross stitch so I’m looking for this kind of linen. Can you tell me some places i can locate it? Thanks

@Stitcherista

6 жыл бұрын

carolyn king you can get evenweave at 123 stitch and just about any cross stitch store.

Love the video it helped a lot, never done even weave before and this new pattern is just that. One question is ( I'm no expert in fact very novice) following a pattern graph ? I have symbols all over the place which is the best way to work. If I change colours do I finish one colour fasten of and go to.next colour! Or do I leave the thread hanging below. Would be good to follow someone doing a graph 😻

@Stitcherista

3 жыл бұрын

It personally is up to you how you go about stitching a pattern. And depending on the pattern I may do it differently each time. I do end my thread off each time I switch colors.

@gloriathomas9873

3 жыл бұрын

Stitcherista thank you

1/3/2021: Hau’oli Makahiki Hou ( Happy New Year ) from Hawaii. I have never stitched on EVENWEAVE but I am tempted to try. It looks very interesting indeed. Maybe do a very small project. Do you have a video on HOW TO STITCH on LINEN?

@Stitcherista

3 жыл бұрын

I do not have a separate video on how to stitch on linen. It is pretty much the same concept as evenweave.

@JESUSISLORDforever888

3 жыл бұрын

@@Stitcherista Thank you

Thank you for this very helpful tutorial. What scroll frame are you using? Is it a lap frame or floor frame?

@Stitcherista

6 жыл бұрын

Michelle Wandzilak it is a floor frame. A stitchmate. They are not made any longer.

@michellewandzilak3556

6 жыл бұрын

Thanks so much! I saw a floor version that looks decent so I'll give it a whirl. It was on Michael's and Joann's websites. Love the tutorial and your recommendation for which evenweave product to buy and why. Ordering now. :)

I have just started to stitch a pattern on Lugana 28ct., which I’ve never done before and my stitches feel very uneven and sloppy...not sure why? I’ve been stitching without a frame so I’m wondering if that may be why. What is the stitch mate you are talking about? Do you have a video on it? Thank you! I love all your videos!

@Stitcherista

6 жыл бұрын

Using a hoop or qsnap or scroll frame will make your stitches a bit more even. I do have a video on my stitchmate on my channel. If you go to my channel page and put in stitchmate in the search bar it should come up. Sadly, the designer of the stitchmate passed away so the stand is not made any longer.

Hello, I have a pattern that is mostly back stitch on 32ct evenweave, and was wondering, is the back stitching all done over 2 also like the stitches? This is my first time working on something that's not aida, and I'm a little confused lol. Thank you for the video, it has helped me understand a lot!

@Stitcherista

4 жыл бұрын

Yes, the backstretch is over 2 as well.

@Melinda_Hunter

4 жыл бұрын

@@Stitcherista That's what I figured, but wanted to make sure! Thank you so much!

Thanks for the video. I always stitch on 14ct aida,but have been thinking of venturing on to different fabrics and have heard laguna would be a good one to start with.However i don't have an LNS anywhere near me,so can't see and feel what it looks like.So what do you think,would that be a good one for me to start with,i know i can order from joann at 123stitch,just not sure if it's what i should order or is there another fabric that would be better for someone like me?? Love your videos,some of them crack me up!! It seems you are doing well now with your health,sorry you had to join the BC club,but we are strong and we are overcomers.I just celebrated my 9 year cancerversary(bc also) hang in there,stay well,keep recording. Ps love the nails today..

@Stitcherista

6 жыл бұрын

Davis Kathi ordering from 123stitch is great. They have small cuts you can try out.

@daviskathi1233

6 жыл бұрын

Thanks,i had forgotten that.

Could you please make a video on one over one on 25ct even weave? I have diligently followed all the rules on neat cross stitch and my stitches still look terrible no matter how hard I try.

@Stitcherista

6 ай бұрын

I actually do not stitch 1 over 1 at all anymore on evenweave. I do have a video, though, on how I stitched 1 over 1 a long while ago. kzread.info/dash/bejne/kZitxJKGfMKwY7w.htmlsi=iY1IassQUUmXSTe1

That fine for 2/2 but I want to do 1/1 on 24 count evenweave…I don’t think I can do this without knotting?

@Stitcherista

11 ай бұрын

You can do one over one on 24 count. Many people do one over one on 25 count or even 28 count.

Do u work on linen the same way as it's will be my first time working on linen very soon as I've worked on evenweave before

@Stitcherista

6 жыл бұрын

Zoe Monk check out this link. blog.pinkcastlefabrics.com/how-to-cross-stitch-on-linen

@zoemonk9020

6 жыл бұрын

Stitcherista thank u very much Hun xx