Gridding for HAED

ambbie719

Gridding is a godsend for big pieces. I'm paranoid about marker not washing out so I use red fishing line. It takes a bit of time to get ready but its definitely worth it.

Slige

I use sulky Sliver metallic thread

Elvira

I grid with a special stift that washes out with water. I first tried on a towel and it did vanished completely. Sometime I work too long on a pice  that I have to grid it for a second time and guess that will also wash away with water. It called a Aqua trickmarker. Prym sells it.

tricialynn

I have never gridded any of my work including HAED. I just count my design area using the stitch count. I've never had a problem. No matter how large or small a design is, the stitch count is all that's really needed plus I add two inches around the design.

Darcyandrick

Lakeland 2015-5-9 15:36
Ah!  I have to admit, it's been a very long time since I completed a piece of cross stitch; I have j ...

I too have had a recent resurgence into stitching again and this site provides so much motivation.  I was wondering about using those wash out pens for gridding, but how do they work if you don't have the steadiest of hands?

carolinebrown66

no, i now use magic guide

Marga13

I don't grid. Too much work for me before actually starting! :)

Morganza

I am too lazy to grid the entire fabric and i also noticed that the grids fade away with time, so I just make small dash with a pencil of 10 squares while i work, not to lose track. And i also think that for some larger projects it is quite important, especially if, like in my current design, there are vast swaths of the same colour, so it is so easy to lose track of what is going on...

Ladybug17

Morganza 2016-8-12 17:10
I am too lazy to grid the entire fabric and i also noticed that the grids fade away with time, so I  ...

How do you wash the pencil marks out after finishing the piece?

Morganza

Ladybug17 2016-10-1 21:47
How do you wash the pencil marks out after finishing the piece?

They are under the threads, so i do not use anything special to wash them off, just wash the entire work. Never had a problem with them showing so far. Though, as I said, i do not make the entire line, just small dashes here and there...