So what is the difference? Let's compare Full Cross vs Tent Stitch side by side
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 4 ส.ค. 2024
- Hello all,
Following my first stitch-with-me video I received so many comments on Tent Stitch vs Full Cross and questions on the fabric counts.
So here is a side by side comparison to see if I can help to show the differences and sizes.
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I am a needlepointer turned Cross Stitcher so the tent (Continental or half Stitch) feels comfortable for me. I love full coverage and detail. I love them all, but I think if I ever do a HAED I’m going to do 25 count 2 over 1 tent. Thank you soooo much for showing us!!!!
This was really helpful Teresa. Thank you very much for helping me in the week. Kay x
great to see it all up close - many thanks!!
WOW!!!! No matter what type of stitching you do Teresa, it is BEAUTIFUL!!! I really enjoyed seeing all the differences of fabrics, patterns, and stitches in this video! Thank you for pointing these out so clearly and up close, as well!
It looks like, since every pattern is different, and the many different types of fabric to be able to stitch them on, the best way to base a decision upon what type of stitching to do is based on all those factors together.
I'm still new to Flosstube, about 2 months at the most now, and I've learned SO much! I never even realized before there is stitching 1 over 1. I have learned so much, especially from YOU! Thank YOU for taking the time to make these videos! These DO make a huge difference! I've been stitching since I was a child, but I had no clue how much more there is to cross stitch since I stumbled upon Flosstube and the wonderful people like you, Teresa, taking the time to teach us many different things about this craft! If I had not stumbled upon this, I still would never know now! The unfortunate thing is there are not many brick-and-mortar stores that sell specialty items such as these, or if there are any, they are often a several-hour drive away which sometimes is almost impossible to be able to get to, let alone the ability to be able to take classes from. Thank goodness for TH-cam and people like you, Teresa!
Thank you so much for taking the time to compare the stitching, very helpful
Thank you -- it was very informative to see the various fabric counts and stitching methods side by side.
Good video, thanks for doing it. Love the new introduction.
Loved your video! I am going to do my first full coverage. Very informative! Thank you
Thank you for taking the time to explain of the options to us. I’ve been wanting to do a tent stitch piece for quite some time. Beverly
Thanks for the comparisons. It was very helpful. I just started my first haed and am doing it full cross. I will definitely try the tent stitch next time around.
Thank you for a really great video. I've seen example comparisons before, but never with so much stitching of actual projects. It makes a huge difference in being able to understand how a finished project will look with the different stitches and sizes.
Great video....love 25 count it is amazing to work in.....thanks for taking the time to sharing...
Three years ago and I am still learning from you! Thank you sweet Lady❤😊
Great explanation. I always enjoy your videos! Happy stiching🙂
Teresa, thank you so much for this video. It was wonderful to see the comparison between the thread count fabric, the full cross and the tent stitching. I am jazzed now to begin my first HAED on 25 ct. I am a relatively new stitcher and vowed I would NEVER do counted cross. Well Flosstube has really bitten me hard. I really enjoy all your videos Teresa and thank you again for all your help. Hugs from across the pond, Louis.
Goodness, Teresa! What are you doing to me? I am so drawn to your videos, that nothing is getting done in my garden (by English standards: in my farm 😉). All I want to do now is stitching and listening/watching your videos. Love them! Have a lovely afternoon! 💖
Very informative. And thank you so much!!!!💖💖💖💖. I've never heard of these stitches before??
I'm so glad you taught me something...Never to old.....I really like the staggering effect. So happy you made this video....👌👌👌👌
thank you so much for this video really helped a lot, i'm doing my first HAED and planning to do more since it's addicting, this will help me for my next project. love your videos :)
Very informative, I have been stitching a long time and never realized what a tent stitch was! Live and learn I guess!
Thanks so much, Teresa. I haven't stitched a full coverage piece yet, but I'm anxious to try a smaller one. I just started learning GoodReader.
Love your videos Teresa x
Great video, it was useful to see all the different counts and threads. Late last year I worked on evenweave for the first time and I freaked out, starting one project four times. I tried again this year but in hand and I love it. Strange old world. Thanks for spending your time on this video. Have a great weekend. Washing should dry quicker with our weather at the mo. 😊 lol
Great overview. I've been stitching full coverage for around a decade but only fairly recently started to use tent stitch. It really does speed things up. Saying that I've not been able to finish many since I too work and have a little one to look after. Oh well. Love your videos, keep them coming! 😊 xx
I am finally ready to start my 1st full coverage doing tent on 25 lugana. I've watched your videos a few times to get all the knowledge that I can before jumping in. Thank you, you've been extremely informative
This was very helpful Teresa. Thank you. I am attempting my first HAED, it’s a mini called Gods Loving Touch. Using 25 count I initially used two over one, very puffy but great coverage, bit harder to needle after awhile. I ripped all that out and restarted one over one on 25 and it seems like very scant coverage and I am being mindful to not stitch with too high tension. I’m now trying to debate after almost 2000 stitches to start over yet again on 28 ct one over one which I know I live that coverage. The struggle is real my stitching friend, but I’m so thankful for your wonderful videos!!
Thank you once again, brilliant to see the difference between counts and stitch types, 25 count 2 over 1 tent for me, can’t do 28 count eyes won’t let me 👍 look forward to seeing the progress on these beautiful pieces.
Wonderful teaching! Very helpful! Thank you!!!
Glad it was helpful!
I wish I had seen this much sooner. I always thought even weave was very different than aida but apparently it is not. I am kind of new to stitching again although I taught myself to cross stitch way back in 1980. I didn't know so many NEW things have been brought up until I discovered flosstube last year. Thanks for all you do to inform us!
OMG I love the look on the 25 and 28 ct. My pattern is is calling for 14 ct and I was thinking of working it on a 18 ct. But after seeing the differences I think I'll try the 28 ct. Thank you for sharing I'll order my fabric next week. This was very helpful for me as this will be my first full coverage piece.
Hi thanks for this Teresa just seeing the different counts together helps going to give 25 count a go
This was so helpful! I want to try a tent stitch full coverage. And would like to try parking... I'll have to see if you have a video on that!
Keep up the great work!
Excellent video! Thank you so much!
I love listening to you. You're informative and easy to understand, but I also just find you so soothing to my frayed nerves! I hope that doesn't sound weird. I felt the same way about Bob Ross. Just a great voice.
You are so welcome and I don't think it sounds weird. I have a few favourite calming people that have that effect on me too :)
Thanks for that as I was always wondering about evenweave and 25/28 count. I do full coverage and use only 14c aida. We don't get a big variety here in Greece unfortunately. That was really good thank you !
It was very helpful to see the comparisons
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This was very helpful thank you!
This was so very helpful! Thank you.
Glad it was helpful!
Thank you, I’m new to your channel and returning to cross-stitch after many years. I must admit I didn’t realise Tent Stitch was a thing, I’m looking forward to giving it a go, I can see how much quicker it would be. 👌💕
Glad it was helpful!
Great video!
Tks for sharing with us. 😘
AWESOME!!! Thank you SO MUCH.
Teresa, thanks for sharing your comparisons. Beautiful stitching! I have done some needlepoint and wondering if you have tried doing your half stitch like needlepoint where the stitches form a basket weave pattern on the back. The stitches lay differently with the basket weave stitch and I don't see many cross stitchers do this with full coverage pieces. Let us know if you give it a try and would love to see a comparison with this as well. Thanks again!
Thank you I learned a lot
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Great video! Thanks!!
Glad you liked it!
Thanks for such a detailed comparison. The thing with tent stitch is the finished product will be biased because all stitches go the same way. A full cross evens the material to avoid that. Maybe lacing or pinning can correct that for framing.
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Hi yes it dose ...thank you ....see you soon x
Thank you for this comparison. Especially the close ups are very good. I find that on the higher counts I actually prefer the look of the tent stitching.
btw your work is lovely. Staggering does avoid page lines.
Can you do full coverage on raw linen. Loving the videos
I love all your videos, you have a great way of sharing information which is to the point and concise. I do have a question about tent stitching. How do you keep your project from warping when doing tent stitching on heavy confetti charts like HAEDs? I can't see being able to use the continental stitch which would prevent it because you're just not going to get a lot of the same color side by side if at all. Do you have a video to demonstrate how to do it? Thanks in advance.
Hi there thank you for your comment. I find with so many colour changes and parking of threads in the block below factored with the staggering of my blocks I don't get warping on the full coverage on my projects using the tent stitch method. Also my tension is not super tight - so maybe that is another reason.
I have only done tent stitch once to make part of a design appear further away and never considered doing a whole, full coverage, design. I'll have to experiment before I start my HAED pattern.
Can you please show how you would carry your threads when you are parking and working on a diagonal? Thank you! I LOVE your videos! I have been watching your videos since you started doing them and have learned SO much from you!!
Hello there Melissa and thank you for your lovely comment. So really is no secret on the parking. So you say when I am working on a diagonal. I don't do the actual diagonal stitching like the needle bugg or Blitz stitch. Mine is still very simply 10 x 10 blocks - just instead of full columns or rows I stitch staggered blocks in 10 x 10. So I will still park all threads directly under the block i'm working in or if there is not a need for that colour there, sometimes if I know I don't already have a parked thread for the block next to the block I am working on I will park there so not needing to end the thread and start a new thread in the block when I get there. Does that make sense?
@@TeresaLittleStitcher so, basically, you would carry and park the threads in a similar fashion as you would normally for a 10 x 10 square. But you wouldn’t work them in rows or columns. You would pick up the carried threads in the block diagonal from the one finished instead of next to or below.
There really isn’t a good way of explaining it without it becoming confusing, is there? Haha
Hi, love your videos! I was wondering if you have a video with what frame and stand you use for the bigger full coverage ones? Thanks!
Hi Marisa! No I don’t but maybe I should😁👍
I'll need to find a beginner video..I don't understand what she means...but i. Happy I found this channel.
I'm very new to cross stitch and I like the tent stitch. However, I am using a 14 counted cloth/aida and two strands of thread, but it's not covering the box as good as it could. Should I change to using 3 strands of thread? I'm also using a size 22 needle. Any advice will be greatly appreciated. ty.
Thanks for this, Im going to try my next one on an 18 count, its easier to see and good coverage. I dont like the material showing through. I dont want to strain my eyes too much too.
Thanks for sharing your stitching comparisons. It was a big help. I recently returned to cross stitch and started on 28 count evenweave. Once I got started it wasn't hard at all. I am doing 2 x 2. Sometimes i don't think the coverage is the best, but now I am experimenting with different threads. What are your favorite threads? See you in the next video.
Thank you for your lovely comment I have to confess my favourite threads are the silk ones lol they slide through so smoothly lol! But I could not justify stitching a full coverage with silks lol
@@TeresaLittleStitcher thank you for information. I don't think I could afford it also. Lol.
I am so glad I didn’t continue to try to stitch over one on 28 count. I find the 25 count hard enough. The coverage is beautiful though with tent on 28 and I do get some show through 2/1 tent on 25.
You have to go with what makes you happy to stitch sweetie x. If your dread it you will never finish 😉
Another awesome video...just subscribed 2 days ago. My question is what is the closest evenweave count to 18 Aida. Dont think I could see anything comfortably that was too much smaller than 18 Aida, but dont like the fabric when not doing full coverage....hope this makes since.
Hi Jodee maybe you could try 20 count or 22 count.
I am starting a new project with 32 count and will be doing 2 over 1 tent stitch, except in the corners of the project. Those i am going to do with 1 as the bottom leg and then 2 on the top leg to match the rest of the stitching. i think this makes the corners look a little more finished and kinda hides the tent stitch going through the project.
Thankyou for showing this but l still can't do it l need to do a cross lol
I recently became subscriber to your channel and have seen all your recent videos and have gone back to the first ones. As I saw the one in which you asked for your viewers opinion to help you decide which HAED on full cross and which on tent considering your bad experience with the owl, I would like your opinion on how to to stitch a HAED, Crane by Meredith Dillman because of the design with a lot of white and black. I don’t know what to do: tent 2-1 or full cross 1-1 on 25 ct. You pay much attention to detail, so your opinion would be very valuable to me. Thank you Teresa 😊.
Hi Patricia, Thank you for your lovely comment - I lovely design you're planning to stitch! So it really depends on your own preference. That said your design does not have intricate detail of lots of small little things so I think you should be fine with 2-1 tent stitch. But really is your own preference - good luck :)
Hi Teresa could I please get your thoughts about doing 2 strand tent on 18 ct. Will wash fluff up stitches enough?.
Hi there. Well I personally have not done 2 strands tent on 18 cnt so couldn't say. My only advise would be do a 10 x 10 block of it and see how it looks and then give it a little wash. I personally would only do 2 stands full cross on 18 cnt - but like I say it is all very much personal preference. Happy stitching!
This is awesome. Do you know what program I can download for a amazon Fire iPad. Good notes is not in the Amazon App Store. I want to download my pattern to it. Thank you
Hi Scarlett! Can I ask is it a heaven and earth designs chart? I know that there is one called Pattern Keeper - but I think it only loads a selection of charts from respective suppliers.
It's a great video but i do have one last question. I've been working on Queen of Freedom it seems like forever with all of ripping I've done, it just never looked right. I'm working it on 18 ct but theonly way it looks decent is 1 over 1. Do you think that's going to look ok or do i needto take it out again and do the 2 over 1. I think a lot of it had to do with using white floss. Opinion.
Hey Lisa! I’m sorry to hear you are having such a hard time with your queen of freedom. Like I said in the video it really is personal preference of how you like it to look. Some people like a delicate look whilst others like the coverage to be puffy and full. I personally would not do less that 2 over 1 on 18cnt as I like a good coverage and would not like to see too much of the fabric behind. Have you thought of using 25 count 1 over 1. That way it is not too full but great coverage even with white - which ever you choose you need to enjoy stitching it x
Hi Teresa! Thank you so much for this video, I´m new to stiching and I really want to do a very great full coverage work and I´m so unsure what to buy. I wanted to do full crosses with only one thread (to spare money) on 25 ct. fabric, thought evenweave, but I thought it should be 2 over 2 in the pattern, now I saw that big world map that I want to do in another video just with tent stiches, but 2 strands (to spare time)... lol, I´m now a bit overtaxed ... why didn´t you stich 2 over two with the evenweave? Stiching with two strands it seems to be so uneven (I´m just doing my first piece, aida 14 ct. two over one), maybe that´s because I´m stiching in hand?!? Happy knitting, I need more of your videos!
Hey Regine, thank you for your lovely message. congrats on starting your first full coverage. Well as I always say coverage and 1 strand verses 2 strands is all very personal preference. Hence why I always say test stitch yourself 10 x 10 blocks in the difference strands and full cross v tent stitch and see which one you like most and looks best for your way of stitching. what works for one doesn't work for others - like you say in hand stitching vs frame stitching and tension of thread plays a big part too.
@@TeresaLittleStitcher Thank you so much for your answer, yes, you´re right, I should test it, I have too less experience, that´s what I´ll do, thank you so much!
Hi Teresa ,does evenweave 25 count come in magic guide and colours ? If so do you know where to buy the fabric ?
Hi Beverley, The 25 count magic guide usually only comes in either white or ecru
Theresa, do you ever stitch 25 count lugana 2 over 1 full cross? I am starting my first HAED. Did a test stitch of 1 over 1 full cross and didn't appear to cover as well. 2 over 1 full cross seems too tight. Tent stitch doesn't seam to cover very well either??
I think everyone stitches with slightly different tension and what works for you might not work for me. I found 2 over 1 too tight for me. I am loving one thread on higher counts now. I have moved some of my full coverage to tent stitch and also a couple of my 25 are 1 over 1 full cross. the way I stitch all my pieces can be found in this document.
docs.google.com/document/d/12fhIR4FI8fRpwyD9PmRXZHn3GkXQwRlGeqcbuqPUFoY/edit?usp=sharing
thanks for watching and happy stitching!
I enjoy stitching tent stitches on 28 count linen, two strands over one. It's certainly twice as fast. I think I do get more warping of the piece and I find I have to damp block the pieces with tacks a few times to get them straightened out. I'm not doing full coverage designs and if I'm stitching a house or a rail fence, any kind of thing which should be obvious straight lines, I get a warping that I don't remember experiencing with pieces I cross stitched. Is this your experience?
I think this can be a tension and way of stitching. As I do alot of parking on my pieces and will park below or to the right I have not found this the case for me as yet - but I have not fully completed a full coverage in tent stitch - so I guess I will find out at the end. Watch this space lol
I want to start a full coverage but I was wondering if you ever have done one with 28ct 2 strands over 2 squares with tent stitch?
Hi Jennifer! Yes my mini red queen red dragon is 28cnt 2 over 1 and it is a lovely coverage for my stitching. I will have to do a stitch with me using that piece sometime in November so you can see.
Hi - I’m after some advice please. I’ve just started(only a few stitches in) my first ever huge project on 32 count evenweave - I started doing full stitch (1 strand) and I’m already “losing the will to live” with it. Can I do the whole thing in tent stitch? Will it still look the same at the end? I have only ever worked on 14-ct so this is all very new to me. Thanks. I was thinking tent/half stitch using 2 strands? :)
Hey Joanne thank you for your message. I'm guess you are doing a full coverage piece is that right? I personally have starting doing tent stitch on most of me new big full coverage pieces to speed up the process lol. The only time I have known it to make a difference was when I did an owl and with tent stitch i wasn't seeing the feather details how I wanted them but other than that all the projects look fine in tent stitch on higher counts. Hope this helps in some way and happy stitching!
Thank you. Yes it’s a huge full coverage piece - think I’m mad. Just thought that tent stitch may be the quickest and easiest way to go but have never done it on a full piece before.
The difference between tent stitch and cross stitch is the shape of your pixel. Assuming you're achieving full coverage, a cross stitch is a square pixel on a square-set grid, and a tent stitch is a 2x1 rectangle tilted 45 degrees in a stretcher brick grid. Considering that there appear to be hundreds of apps for turning photos and other artwork into cross stitch patterns and none whatsoever for tent stitch, the distortion in the image comes from the incorrect pixelation.
Why would you need a special app to turn a photo into a tent stitch? I just use a cross stitch pattern and only sew it with the one leg of the cross stitch, which is the tent stitch.
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Does the fabric you use come with the grid already printed on it or do you draw it on.?
It is a pregridded material when you hand wash it the lines come out 😉
Teresa Little Stitcher Where can we get this fabric?
Hi I'm watching ur video 2 over 2 and 1 over 1 on evenweave I wanna start on evenweave.. Do you start with a loop method or waste knot ? Can u to a tutural on 2 over 1 tent stitch please
Hey Elaine, Thank you for checking out my video. If i'm working 2 over 1 tent then yes I will use a loop start method. I will see what I can do on a tutorial for you :)
Dear Teresa, I was wondering how you start and end your tent stitch. Kind regards, Guylaine
Hi there! Well there is no rocket science - I literally complete the first half of a normal cross stitch and move to the next square - if that makes sense?
@@TeresaLittleStitcher Hi! That makes sence. And you start with a loopstitch?
what size needle do I need for a 28 ct or a 25 ct?
Needle size good question - I personally just stitch with what i feel makes my stitches look best on the fabric count but the guide suggests as follows:-
• 22 cnt = size 22
• 25 cnt = size 22
• 27 cnt = size 22
• 28 cnt = size 24
• 32 cnt = size 26
What pattern is the lavender and pink stitching on 28 count?
Hi Cheryl it is a heaven and earth design chart called mini red queen red dragon 😉
mine is 14ct, so how many strings should i use to stitch?
all very personal preference. The best advice I can offer you is to test stitch on a scrap of fabric a 10 x 10 block. Try 3 strands and work your way up until your happy with the coverage and that your stitching looks nice and neat :)
huh I never thought of doing full coverage ones in halfstitch...
How does the Andromeda chart show up when you are doing Cross stitch and tent stitch 1 by 1?
Hi I am not sure I understand your question - Andromeda is stitched mostly 2 x 2. I only changed the skin to 1 over 1.
@@TeresaLittleStitcher So the chart presents all stitches as 2x2 all along, it never mention 1x1? My question here is - if you change to 1x1, doesn't the count go wrong as you need the make the same stitch 4 times = to the same covered area as 2x2?
Ok right I see what you mean. So when stitching 1over 1 we do exactly what you just said so we stitch 4 little crosses to cover the area instead of one stitch. It makes for a lot more stitches but you get a more delicate look for the skin.
@@TeresaLittleStitcher thanks, that make sense now. It also means that you need to choose a higher count fabric to allow you to do 1 over 1, otherwise it will look odd like 1/4 stitch for 4 times on a 16 count.
@@ringingice I can't say for the Andromeda pattern but I've seen charts that have the skin as a separate pattern to the bulk of the project. The main chart showcases 2x2 and the skin detail chart will showcase the 1x1.
I started a Teresa Wnetzler pattern called Stroke of Midnight that utilized that method. Though I could be wrong on the stitches used. Kinda abandoned it for the HEADs.
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Tent stitch is similar to needlepoint?
Why would you want a 28 count stitch to be the same size as a 14 count ? Is there a reason ?⚾️
if your doing a partial cross stitch the background fabric which is left showing has a greater appeal visually for some people
Isn’t tent stitch more of needlepoint?
Hi Lisa, half stitch and tent stitch are also used a lot in full coverage stitching and some of the other cross stitch designs now too :)
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A member of a Facebook group I belong to, "Cross Stitch Club for Non-assholes," sent me here.
I am still hopelessly confused by all of this. I don't understand the whole "2 over 2", "1 over 1", "2 over 1". etc... and why there are so many names for basically the same thing? "Tent" stitch is still cross stitch, just on smaller fabric (like 22 ct versus 14 ct)? Right? And why is half stitch not just called Needlepoint since needlepoint is basically just half a cross stitch? I'm just so confused, lol!!! Cross stitch and tent stitch look exactly the same to me, just the tent stitch is much smaller. And I **really** don't understand the "2 over 2" and "2 over 1" stuff... is that the number of strands, but how can that be when you said one of those pieces was "2 over 1" tent stitch, but then said later that Tent stitch is basically like half stitch... ughhh I'm so confused. So what is "2 over 1"... is that 2 strands over 1 strand (cross stitching)?
Hey Amy, Yes the difference can be very confusing, but let me see if I can help you out on this. Half stitch and tent stitch are basically the same thing and are only the first leg of a cross-stitch. So most of the time when you're using a half stitch you will always use 2 or more threads. "Full cross" is your usual cross stitch with the 2 legs you stitch to create the x. Now when people are talking about 2 over 2 and 1 or 1, they are referring to the amount of thread and the coverage you're on the fabric. So 2 over 2 is using 2 threads on your needle and you are going over 2 threads on the fabric stitched on (mostly this will only be on an Evenweave or Linen fabric). When we say 1 over 1, that is 1 thread on the needle and we are stitching over 1 thread on the fabric, so to try and explain it - if you're working on an Evenweave material and you stitch 2 over 2, you will have 1 full cross. Now if we stitched 1 over 1 instead this would mean to cover the same amount of the fabric you would stitch 4 little x's instead of one big x to cover the same amount of fabric - does that make sense?
It helped me!! Thank you so much!! So happy I found you!!🙂 🧶
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