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View ArticleStitching in the sky
My mother is flying round the world in September/October and is keen to while away the long hours in the air by doing cross-stitch. Are non-blunt needles still banned on airlines? Is it possible to get...
View ArticlePunk knitting: Has youth culture gone mad?
Steven Wells reports on how alternative culture has ditched rebellion for cross-stitch patterns and bobble hatsSo this is how punk ends - not with a bang but with a jumper. Today, all over the world,...
View ArticleBarack Obama cross stitch: Make your own inauguration souvenir
Celebrate a momentous day in political history by crafting your own Barack Obama cross stitchIf you know exactly what you're doing with the chart above, grab your needle and thread and start...
View ArticleHarry Potter and the cross stitch pattern
Celebrate the UK release of Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince by crafting a magical Daniel Radcliffe cross stitchClick here to download a bigger version of the pattern (pdf)Standing in line...
View ArticleHow to make a cross stitch bookmark
Cross stitch is seen as an outdated craft, but it is still relevant - even subversive, says Sally Cameron Griffiths. Whatever you want to say, let your stitches do the talkingI love cross stitch, but...
View ArticleRobert Pattinson cross-stitch pattern
This Halloween, show your allegiance to the vampire world by crafting a cross-stitch sampler of Robert Pattinson, the star of the Twilight filmsDownload a pdf version of the pattern here, which allows...
View ArticleWayne Rooney cross-stitch pattern
For a novel way to celebrate the World Cup, look no further than our amazing Wayne Rooney cross-stitch sampler - it beats these souvenirs hands downDownload a pdf version of the pattern here, which...
View ArticleThe art of knitting: masterpieces reimagined
Each year amateur knitting group The Materialistics take on a wildly extreme project, involving hundreds of knitters in their South Tyneside community. Last year it was a Victorian house kitted out for...
View ArticleRoyal wedding: Kate Middleton cross-stitch pattern
The craft world has wedding fever. And what better way to mark the tying of the royal knot than with a pattern of the bride's face?The craft world loves a good excuse to break its needles out. Be it a...
View ArticleThe women teaching cross stitch to convicted murderers
Fine Cell Work has been teaching needlework in high-security prisons for 15 years. Now the charity has won the highest honour for a volunteer group, and opened a pop-up shop selling the prisoners'...
View ArticleMatt Smith cross stitch: make your own Doctor
Stitch by stitch you can create a portrait of the Doctor Who star who recently caused an upset by announcing he will leave the show later this yearIf you know exactly what you're doing with the...
View ArticleThe lure of the needle - fashions in sewing: from the archive, 10 April 1926
Not all needlework is beautiful, but it is just this naiveté which is half the charm. Sewing has another object than merely to pass time: it is a domestic artThere is no one who does not take pleasure...
View ArticleIf you do one thing this month … perfect your Cumberstitch
Indulge your Benedict Cumberbatch fantasies and make cross-stitch patterns of the hunky HamletYour fan art contributions so farIf you missed out on tickets to see Benedict Cumberbatch playing Hamlet,...
View ArticleBeyond sourdough: the hobbies that helped readers cope with lockdown
As lockdown restrictions continue to ease, Guardian readers tell us what pastimes and skills they’ve discovered – and rediscovered – during the pandemic During lockdown, my husband and I have taken...
View Article‘It’s been invisible’: Spanish artist brings embroidery to the streets
Valencian artist Raquel Rodrigo says her huge cross-stitch works adorning buildings are asserting a feminine artWhether it’s a clutch of yellow flowers wrapped around a window in Spain or dozens of...
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