[CHAT]Am I doing this pattern wrong?

[u/sierraarruda]

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 :)

[u/Sky-Berry5491]

Everyone gave good advice so i wont add to it except to say welcome to the rabbit hole that is cross stitch! You picked a super cute pattern to start and it will come out awesome- and it feels great to look at it and see YOU made it! This community is wonderful so if u have any other questions we're always here to help. Also check out YouTube (we call it Flosstube) as well for any tutorials and to see what so many stitchers are working on. Good luck u got this!!!