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It is very similar to fishing line so doesn’t split and is easy to remove once you have finished
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If you are going to grid using this method I recommend you use ’Easy Count Guideline’ which is available at most Stitching shops. If you are unsure It may be worth taking a small piece of the fabric, trying out the pen and then washing it to ensure it is completely removed.
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This way of gridding is the quickest but you need to ensure your pen is water soluble unless you are stitching a full cover design where the lines will be hidden by the stitches. These lines now correspond to the darker lines on the grid of your chart. Now turn the fabric through 90° and repeat the same process until the fabric is gridded.ĥ. Starting from the centre line and working towards the left draw a line every 11th hole until you reach the edge of the fabric, now repeat on the right hand side.Ĥ. Now draw a straight line through the centre of the fabric and then turn the fabric through 90° and draw another straight line through the centre of the fabric, draw the line so that it goes OVER the holes in the fabric.ģ.
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Find the centre of your fabric either by folding in half and then half again or by using a ruler.Ģ. If you are going to draw the grid onto your fabric you will need a water soluble pen in a colour that stands out from the colour of fabric you are using.ġ. The fabric is divided into 10 stitch x 10 stitch sections and there is two ways to do this you can either draw the grid onto the fabric with a water soluble pen or stitch lines to mark the sections. Gridding makes the fabric look more similar to the chart and helps when counting to find where to place your stitches. To help with following a cross stitch chart some people like to prepare the fabric by stitching a grid onto it, this is known as ‘Gridding’.