Introductory Class

Counted cross-stitch transfers a design from a printed graph onto evenweave fabric. The stitcher uses embroidery floss to place X's on the fabric corresponding to symbols on the chart. Each symbol on the chart represents one X on the fabric. The different styles of symbols on the chart represent different colours of floss. Cross-stitch is easy to learn and requires only a few skills and supplies. The price includes a beginnerís cross-stitch kit, which has all the required embroidery floss, fabric and needle. You will have the use of an embroidery hoop, which you may purchase.

In your very first cross-stitch lesson, you will learn the following skills:

• To understand the use of different kinds of materials – what material when
• How to read a chart – find the centre and understand the different symbols
• How to centre the pattern onto the material
• The use of stranded cottons – how many threads to use, how to separate threads, how to stop threads tangling
• How to use an embroidery hoop or frame
• How to start stitching – beginning and ending threads
• The importance of direction when stitching

Three hour class (includes morning/afternoon tea)