Cross Stitch Guide by Kathleen M Dyer
- Backstitching
- beading
- beads
- cleaning
- evenweave
- fabric
- floss
- Fractional Stitches
- framing
- French Knots
- hoop
- hoops
- knots
- linen
- location
- magnifiers
- magnifying lamps
- matting
- mounting
- needle
- needles
- q-snaps
- scroll bars
- signing
- silk gauze
- skein
- skin color
- stains
- stitching over one
- stitching the x
- storing
- strand
- stretcher bars
- thread
- Thread Length
- threads
- Tweeding
- twists
- Variegated Floss
- Waste Canvas
Lauren Mills·
Magnifiers and Lamps
Good lighting, of the proper strength and colour, can make a world of difference in the ease with which you can sort thread colours or see those teeny holes in the fabric. While natural lighting is the best, most of us don't want to limit our stitching time to daylight hours. Below are some extracts from postings about this topic. From: Gillian Cannon <gillian.cannon@solar.org>... Fluorescent lamps (tubes) come in different colours, just as do incandescent lamps. Designer Warm White in a fluorescent lamp will give you true "daylight" colours. If you do not get the correct colour of incandescent lamp...
Categories
- Backstitching
- beading
- beads
- cleaning
- evenweave
- fabric
- floss
- Fractional Stitches
- framing
- French Knots
- hoop
- hoops
- knots
- linen
- location
- magnifiers
- magnifying lamps
- matting
- mounting
- needle
- needles
- q-snaps
- scroll bars
- signing
- silk gauze
- skein
- skin color
- stains
- stitching over one
- stitching the x
- storing
- strand
- stretcher bars
- thread
- Thread Length
- threads
- Tweeding
- twists
- Variegated Floss
- Waste Canvas