Grid Project

For my grid project I did cross-stitch.  Cross-stitch is a form of counted thread

embroidery in which x-shaped stitches are used to form a picture.  Counted cross-stitch transfers

a design from a printed graph onto a weave fabric.   This fabric is called aida cloth.  Embroidery

thread is used to place x’s on the fabric corresponding to symbols on the chart.  You first do a

row of half stitches (///) then you work back (\\\) to complete the x’s.  You count the threads in

each direction so that the stitches are of uniform size.  This is called counted cross-stitch.  Each

symbol on the chart represents one x on the fabric.  The different styles of symbols on the chart

represent different colors of thread.  Cross-stitch projects are worked from a gridded pattern. 

Cross-stitch is the oldest form of embroidery.