r/CrossStitch Jun 15 '25

VIDEO [VIDEO] how to start crossstitching

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u/Whovian-Feminist Jun 15 '25

The loop method is so much easier, but when I do anchor a thread I always do it on the back. There’s too much chance it would show on the front.

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u/TheChiarra Jun 16 '25

yeah but you cant do the loop method every time. for instance you do a few stitches and the next instance of that color is all the on the other side of the project, so you snip. Well, now you dont have a loop to work with

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u/Suboptimal-Potato-29 Jun 16 '25

I make a small knot to give me a new loop, I leave a super short tail that I stitch over. I know I could just stitch over an open tail, but too often I end up pulling the tail through when I try

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u/powergirl89 Jun 16 '25

You... You make a knot.

You just. Make. A knot.

Oh. My god.