I bought some evenweave a few months ago and finally decided to try it. I know you’re supposed to “stitch over 2” with this stuff but that seemed like it would still end up just looking like 14 ct aida so I decided to try this instead lol
Does anyone have any tips or techniques for this type of stitching, or do you just use it the same as you would any other aida cloth?
I’ve done both. I prefer even weave to aida, and I like stitching over 2. I don’t think it looks like aida at the end. IMO it looks like tapestry. If you stitch over 1, it’ll be very hard to do half stitches (if there are any in your pattern). Over 1 looks like petit point to me, so I guess each has their place depending on what you’re going for.
I’m enjoying it so far! I stuck to something pretty simple since this is my first time using evenweave, so no half stitches here lol! I do have some patterns that involve a lot of half stitches that I kind of gave up on when using aida so I may try those again with evenweave and stitch over 2 on that one
However, BIG caveat. I’m doing it all in tent stitch (half stitches), which I did a test square of before starting to make sure the coverage was good. Obviously the main difference is stitching over 1 you end up with a finished piece half the size of what the pattern probably says it should be, but as a bonus you get to use (and therefore buy) less floss. So swings and roundabouts!
I think 2 over 1 full cross stitch would’ve been a bit much for this fabric, I’d probably have tried swatching 1 over 1 to see what that looked like. But honestly just do whatever you want, no stitching police are gonna come knocking at the door :D
Personally I really love the look of stitching over 2 on evenweave because the relatively chonky stitches contrast with the finer fabric. But ymmv!
I’m quickly realizing that 2 over 1 probably would have looked fine, but I’m just going to forge ahead at this point because I’m having fun with it and I like the way it looks lol. If I decide to do 1 over 1 again I will probably choose a pattern with less complicated lettering! I’m having to do parts of these letters one tiny stitch at a time lol!
I definitely had to crank up my light as bright as it would go lol! I may make another post soon about everything I’ve had to do differently in case anyone else wants to try this who hasn’t before. It has definitely been a learning experience!
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