Cross stitches
X or + shaped embroidery stitch / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
This article is about the cross-shaped stitches. For the embroidery style called cross-stitch or counted cross stitch, see Cross-stitch.
Cross stitches in embroidery, needlepoint, and other forms of needlework include a number of related stitches in which the thread is sewn in an x or + shape. Cross stitch has been called "probably the most widely used stitch of all"[1] and is part of the needlework traditions of the Balkans, Middle East, Afghanistan, Colonial America and Victorian England.
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