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Subject: Re: Need x-stitch hints
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 Liz Stokes gives a lovely bit of X-stitch history...

The concept of COUNTED cross-stitch is later, mostly in the latter part
of the 17th c, when decorative designs other than blackwork that are
worked on an even ground become popular.  The first real major use of
cross-stitch as we know it is in samplers, and the like..some bed
hangings.

The lovely bits that Mary Stuart, the Queen of Scots did while in
captivity in England still exist and can be seen in many books on
cross-stitch, but the cross-stitches that made up the design are not
exactly like what we do today as counted cross-stitch.  The biggest
difference is the fact that modern cross-stitch is worked on an even
ground..a fabric woven to be used for cross-stitch with a regular weave,
and a particular number of threads to the inch.  Older examples are
worked without a regular grid to maintain the geometric precision that
makes reproducing a charted pattern so easy (figuratively).

Hope this helps.
Susanna Richardson
on her SO's account
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