I know I'm way behind everyone else, but I've kitted everything up and am ready to start my stitching. I've been stitching around 60 years and have never had the courage to try a pin stitch, but thanks to you detailed explanation, I can now do them. Thank you for all the time you have taken to this together for us and I look forward to learing lots of new things xxx
I am soo very excited to have learned so much from just this episode! I have been cross stitching for more than 60 years and am thrilled to comprehend these new concepts of reversible stitching! And the way you show and explain it…I really understand it!! Thank you so much and I enthusiastically look forward to learning more and utilizing these techniques! I’ve never finished my thread on top before. WOW! You are so special to do this for us!
Just catching up with the videos and I learned so much from this one. Thank you again for sharing all the different options to stitch. Last year, Vonna Pfeiffer shared the Vonna pin stitch. It was on Instagram and the date was 6.11.23 and on the second slide she shows how she does a pin stitch. I have used this when there is that one stitch that stands alone for you can also thread it under your stitch on the back. I start in the top right so I just started mine that way. It has been helpful and your thread is not wasted in the back. Your pin stitch on the other video is amazing. Looking forward to the next video.
I learned so much in this video. One of the main things I learned is how to work cross stitch using the English method. As a kid, I learned the Danish method and never knew any other way until recent years. However, whenever I've tried working one stitch at a time, it always looked most untidy and not at all like any thing else I did with cross stitch, embroidery or hand stitching needed for clothing construction. So I was frustrated because I've always taken great pride in my ability to form a neat and tidy stitch on wherever my needle had to travel. I also appreciated the demonstration of the pin stitch as I'm still working on getting that perfected. Knowing that the needle must pierce the thread is the key that helps me know that the whole thing won't ravel to bits years from now. I really loved seeing how to make reversible stitches. I have some pieces (a couple of HATS, actually) awaiting their turn when finally kitted and I feel more prepared to work them now. I like that working these stitches adds a little more coverage because sometimes a single thread leaves things a bit of a bare appearance. Thank you, Nicola, for your wonderful instruction. Even an old cat like me can learn something new.
Thank you so much for this video showing starting and stopping threads! I learned SO MUCH! Also about the blades on your scissors! Hopefully my backs will neaten up a lot!
I find the pin stitch laid on the diagonal to have less bulk and not leave a bump as the other method does for me. Thanks for all the useful tips and demonstrations. No matter how long one has been stitching there is always something new to learn!
Loved the lesson. Learning so many tricks. Thank you so much. Can’t wait for the next videos. Trick I learned from dmc you pull the thread where the numbers are
Miss Nicola, Thank you so much for doing this series. I have been stitching for more than 50 years and I know I can always learn new things from my fellow stitchers. I have a love of the needle arts and I am thrilled there is a welcoming and caring community of stitchers that feel the same. Thank you for bringing us together and sharing your knowledge. And… I hope your 4-legged baby, Handsome Hugo is feeling better. Kay from Texas
I have been cross stitching, probably 50 to 60 years. I was taught to hand sew, so I come up on the top left and went down on the bottom right. Come back up on the bottom, left, and go down in the top right. When I do a row of stitches, I am sewing or cross stitching from the right to the left. I feel like I'm doing it backwards but it works.
Thank you so much Nicola. I will watch again then write my instructions in my notebook. Looking forward to starting the sampler. I think you are a natural teacher.
Thanks so much Nicola, you really knocked it out of the park today! I paused & restarted as you went along so I could make my notes, and now I will be able to apply several of your lessons to my current project. Your method of teaching is spot on, so very clear and easy to understand and visualize. I appreciate the gifts you give our community ❣️
Thank you, thank you, thank you, Nicola! Your knowledge and expertise are rivaled only by your exceptional teaching ability. I am simply overwhelmed by your generosity in making these tutorials for the stitching community. What a treasure you have given us!
Oh. My. Goodness. What a fantastic video. The best instruction I have ever seen about elements of cross stitch that I thought I knew entirely. I love these videos, and I thank you, Nicola.
Thank you Nicola for sharing your knowledge of cross stitching. After 44 years of stitching (self-taught), I learned a few new methods of starting and ending my stitching and the reversible cross stitch. You are a natural teacher and your instructions are clear and precise. Looking forward to starting and next weeks lesson.
Thank you for a fantastic tutorial! I really appreciated the reversible cross stitch demonstrations as I want to stitch a reversible sampler in the future. Happy stitching! 🧵🪡
Thank you Nicola for sharing your stitchy knowledge, I like your way of teaching you are down to earth you have a voice I could listen to all day. One stitch at a time.
Nicola, Many thanks for sharing your knowledge of stitching. I learned so much from this and am grateful for your generosity in sharing all of this! Thank you, thank you! ❤
Excellent tutorial, there is really so much more to learn with this craft other than the basic cross stitch. Thank you for taking time from your busy schedule to fit in these modules. Put your feet up enjoy your tea and the rest of your day.
I will run out of superlatives for you and this extraordinary opportunity to learn and grow in our stitching journey. Thank you from the bottom of my heart. ❤️
I'm so excited to learn new ways to expand my knowledge and to learn to stitch better. I am so excited! Thank you once again and always for your generous heart and for sharing your passion with all of us ❤️ Kimberly XOX
Nicola your teaching is wonderful. I’m been stitching most of my 80 years but I can always learn something new or reinforce something I already know. Thank you.
Thank you for being so generous with your knowledge and instructions. I came back to stitching after many years and cannot believe how much I didn't know. My notebook will fill up quickly. I appreciate your tutorials and will view them many times.
Nicola, thank you so much for this wonderful tutorial. It was really interesting, and a perfect length. Lots of good information packed into it. It's so kind of you to do this, and to offer the sampler to us all. Take care, and happy stitching, Arleen
This was so helpful! I appreciate the intentionality of your teaching. I hope you are encouraged by the response of your students. You have certainly given us a most generous gift of your time and knowledge! Thank you!
Thank you so much for your instructions. They are very clear. I always learn something new when I listen to your talks. Appreciate you taking the time to do this.
Nicola, thank you so very much for taking the time to make this video. It has helped me tremendously. Now to figure out how to make my threads lay neatly. Your hands are perfect so do not fret about that. Thank you again so very much.
Thank you Nicola for sharing your knowledge with us- you are a wonderful and thorough teacher. Although I've stitched for decades, there are always new and interesting things to learn. Looking forward to this series !
Hi Nicola! I’m a young adult stitcher based in Cardiff at the moment and I’ve just started your online workshop with my grandmother in Texas! I learned from her but we are both learning a lot from your videos. I find your stitching methods really interested and based on this video alone I have already adopted your method for starting loop stitches and ending threads on the front! Lovely and super helpful, Thank you ❤
I just love your furbabies. They love you oodles❤❤ What an amazing tutorial for the start of learning new things. I will need to watch this several times to get it all in my brain. 😊 Thank you for offering this to all of us. ❤❤ Blessings ❤
Thank you so much for these classes! Your teaching is wonderful. Would you show how to finish off a confetti stitch. I always seem to have a hump of thread behind my stitch.
Thank You Nicola, Your tutorial was wonderful! Please dont apologise for your pup coming in on your video it was lovely to see him. They should be where their Mum is and that is sitting at your feet how lovely.(I own a standard Schnauzer) so I totally understand. The starting loop was a wonderful idea among many, that is what I will be using and the cross stitch way sticking to the same way another great tip. Thank You so much again. Looking forward to next weeks tutorial.
Not sure if this was mentioned in any of the comments on how to start unwinding a skein of DMC floss. Start by finding an end near the larger label (it has a bar code and the DMC color number). Pull slowly to avoid any knots, wind on a bobbin or just take the length of floss needed.
Thank you for this wonderful tutorial. I love that you've presented various ways of achieving the same thing. It is so nice to have options, and a good reminder that when one stitching method doesn't seem to be working for you, there is probably another way to get the job done! I just wrote up all of my instructions/notes, and now I need to actually practice these. Grazie! 😘
Hi Nicola, I chose to do reversible cross stitch method 2 for the top corner, and for letters A-F I did method 3. I probably have too many legs in some of my stitches but they worked out and look great. It's the corners that give me issues but writing it down and doing the path in my head really help. Thank you for all you kind words of wisdom and sharing techniques. I look forward to the next lessons. And this was not too long. Time flies when you are having fun. ❤
Thank you for your earlier suggestion of taking notices. I stich from botton left to top right so as you were sharing on how to do the reversable stitch wrote exactly as your were doing the stich and then I made it my own using botton left to top right. You are amazing for sharing your stitchy knowledge with all of us.
Wow! I had no idea of the many different stitches even though I have done specialty stitch Samplers. Incredible! I will have to take this class after all! Thank you for teaching these to us! Priceless!!!
Thank you so very much. You may not be a "qualified" teacher but you teach so well. You explain clearly and precisely and I very much enjoyed this first tutorial. I had actually never even heard of reversible cross stitch and I was quite intrigued. Also I've always run my finishing threads on the back side of my needlework but now I'll try it on the front. Again, thank you. You are so appreciated.
Loved our first class! Never tried to end a thread on the front of my work..so great and easy. Had fun with the three versions of the RCS. Wonderfull video!❤
Good morning. Thank you for showing the one over one method of stitching. I have excluded many beautiful samplers due to one over one but now feel I could do this stitching. I will be referring to this video many times in the future. Looking forward to moving along with the additional videos.
I have always been intrigued as to how a reversible cross stitch was constructed without having either a vertical or horizontal line somewhere; now I know - you have to have one but it’s not obvious. Thank you ! I don’t know if other commenters have mentioned but DMC thread is pulled from the end where the number label is. After 30 yrs of being a DMC girl, I only found that out in the past couple of years. You live and learn.
Good morning Nicola, great video to wake up to. So many great tips. Thank you. Have a great week. Hi and hugs to Berty. He’s your special guest ⭐️. TTFN
Nicola, thank you so very much for sharing this very informative video! I look forward to more! I've only been stitching for 3 years and learned mostly from your videos and other established needleworkers videos, as I do not have an LNS or friends who cross stitch. I learned a thing or two today that I previously did not know, and I'm excited to learn more of the specialty stitches in this little sampler! Hugs, Candace
Thank you so much Nicola. I have never used a pin stitch start or finished my thread at the front. I will definitely do that. On this sampler. See you next. Week. happy Stitching ❤❤
Thank you! I agree with the second reversable stitch method. I've actually done this before but had forgotten how. I need to practice the pin stitch start. I have been using the waste knot and it is very wasteful. This video is so welcome and helpful. Your boxers are lovely too. I've shared this video with my eldest son who had to put his sweet doggie Max down last year as he was suffering with cancer. Have a happy weekend Nicola.
Thank you! Your instructions are so clear. I love learning the practical amidst the pretty... Like the "trick" of counting a long row of stitches by doing half stitches but doing whole stitches every 10th. I happened to be at a spot on a project where that helped and I tried that while you talked... Worked so well! I look forward to starting my little stitch journal and some cross stitch on the NPW (Nicola Parkman Workshop) sampler. Happy stitching from Texas to all!
Thanks for your great and clear instructions ❤ love especially your approach to the „over one“ stitches. Your method will save me so much thread … Just to add what I have learned about the „right“ thread to pull on a skein … it will always be the threadend which comes out on the outside of the color number … now to try your „over one“ method 😊
Thank you so much Nicola. I have a sampler with Marking Cross in it which I have been struggling with forever. I was thinking maybe the girl who stitched the reversible stitch you cannot figure was having trouble figuring it out too, but you did find it in a book. I've used 3 or 4 different books and videos and have done a version, but I don't think it is quite right. :) I use a lot of fiber making those letters! I love your teaching and look forward to the upcoming videos. Thank you so much for doing this. I learn things from you every time I play one of your videos. They are very informative and so very interesting. Have a lovely week.
Thank you, thank you. Having done xstitch and hardanger for over 30 yrs, I was taking your course as a refresher. Forget refresher you showed me so many new ways to do the stitches and other steps. I love your teaching style. It is so easy to follow. 2 questions 1. What are your thoughts on size of needle to use. 2. If working over one with DMC, can you use one strand to decrease the thickness of thread. I can’t wait till your next class. Hugs
