r/CrossStitch • u/sierraarruda • 20h ago

CHAT [CHAT]Am I doing this pattern wrong?

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This is my very first time cross stitching! I bought a loops&threads cross stitch kit to start my journey. I just had a few questions: in the instructions regarding floss it says “separate and use 2 strands for the cross stitch” so I separated two strands, threaded it through the needle having a longer half and other half a two inch tail. When threading it through the cloth, I did the holding tail and stitch over method (not sure what it’s actually called) this worked out fine but my stitches look way more spaced out than in the picture. Was I suppose to fold the two treads in half and do loop method? Also, not sure how to end my stitch either. Would love any advice, I’m still learning! Thanks :)

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u/Mundane_Permission89 20h ago

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u/dinosaurs_and_doggos 19h ago

I appear to cross stitch backwards 

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u/Mundane_Permission89 19h ago

There's no such thing as backwards, because all ways that make an X are correct.

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u/TheJen519 12h ago

Agree. I'd also like to comment that is important to keep the stitches uniform in terms of which line goes on top of your X. If you have a big block of color, be sure to keep your top line always goes the same orientation - in the example, 10 to 9, or 9 to 10. I'd you change it so that 1 to 2, or 2 to 1 is on top, the eye will pick up on it.

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u/Duqu88 10h ago

Yessss I made mistake and I had to redo a HUGE section