About Fabrics to stitch

didipr

i like the linen, recently i found a new fabric (for me), the Jobelan 28 count, to for cross stitch, it’s the equivalent of a 14ct Aida when stitched over two threads. Is so smooth..i love it.

rteixeira63

I really like linen but it isn't for all projects.

lovestitches

Useful info. Thanks a lot.

lovestitches

I have a lot of evenweave from my trip overseas but in Vietnam where I live, there is no fabric other than Aida 11ct and 14ct. Most stitchers here stitch on pre-printed 11ct kits because it's a lot faster and they get really big pictures. I prefer quality over quantity and there are so few of us :'(

h127

Super useful info - one thing to bear in mind though is if you have fractional stitches and swap from evenweave to aida it will be harder on the aida fabric because you have to create holes in the fabric.  But for full stitches or half stitches not a problem.

Countedout

There is a further breakdown into categories of "evenly woven" fabrics though.

And that is difference between Linens, (made from the flax plant fibre) woven to even counts, from rarer 25 count, 28 count, 32 count, 36 count, 40 count (again v rare) and 42 count. There are some types of linen that contain less slubs (fatter threads) than others, that can be sold as evenweave Linen.

When most charts refer to "Evenweave" they aren't talking about linen fibres. Evenweave is a cotton/synthetic mix, woven from even warp and weft fibres, containing no slubs at all. The different names for evenweave eg. Jobelan, Monnaco, Laguna, are from different manufacturers, all offering different cotton/synthetic mixes. (100% cotton evenweave is very hard to find now. Most evenweaves are produced in 28 and 32 count. Laguna in 25 counts and Linda in 27 counts.

mardy

This is very useful for when I teach friends to cross stitch, thank you

Marina63

Мэри, спасибо за интересную тему. Вышиваю на любых тканях, в зависимости от дизайна

Voloroku

Very useful article, thank you

shtuchka

спасибо!