How to grid faster? Need tips..

tcca

I have been gridding for a project and OMG it is taking so long. I have been gridding for a whole day now, and I still havent finished the fabric yet - it is 16" x 20" .. I am using a contrasting color to grid and putting lines in at every 20 threads since I am stitching over 2.  I dont like to use a pencil to grid, but really there must be a faster way!

Does anyone have any tips on how to make this go faster?

medillon61

DMC makes a pen and pencil just for this.  It works great.

LouAnna

When I grid, I grid by sheet.   I dont do the whole cloth, yes I will mark the centre, but if Im working from left to right I do the top, sides and bottom lines of the sheets, if I am "out" on a part, then I will grid to see where I went wrong.    So if I have 3 sheets across the top, I grid those, when I am finished them I grid the next 3 pages down and so on.  
I am too impatient to grid the whole darned thing.
I did read in a post from an embroiderer that stated some of the marking pens will have marks that turn yellow over time.    I use fishing line then remove it.   I dont trust the pens and some pencil wont come out, Im not going to do a major project then have it get ruined over time because I didnt know if the pen ink would leave traces or not.  

pepperjack

There is alos gridded fabric out there as well. If your doing something that the fabric color is no worry Il look into that then.

fei2x

I grid my fabric with Pilot Frixion all the time. The ink will disappear when you heat it with a clothes iron. The ink will only re-appear if you pop your fabric in the freezer. Ive been using these pens in 2 years and theyre great and fast to use and erase.

CutieMark

I use a blue quilters pen - washes out in water, and fades slowly otherwise.
Ive been curious about the Frixion pens though, ill be trying it in my next for me piece just in case. ;)

StitchnTime

I had gridded a piece of fabric for a large project a few months ago.  I didnt like the way it was turning out on 14 ct so I decided to redo it on a smaller count.  Since the fabric was already gridded, I decided to re-purpose it for another large project which should be fine on 14ct white.  
Anyway, I realized where I started stitching was off so I washed the fabric to take the grid lines off of it and I SWEAR that I can still see them even tho everyone else says they dont see anything.  Am I just imagining things?

Hammy

I only grid really large pieces and with an 50 x 50 grid.
The long stitches are 5 hole long, but I do full lines 50 hole distance from each other.
Works for me.

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When I grid, I grid by sheet.   I dont do the whole cloth, yes I will mark the centre, but if Im w ...

Does fishing line come in colors that can be seen on white?

hedgehog69

i will try fishing line. its kinda blue-ish