Xstitchmd: Tutorial #1 HOW TO DO THE PIN STITCH - EASY WAY TO START & END THREADS FOR CROSS STITCH 

Humble. You are so pleasant and funny, you’re adorable.your stitching is lovely. I’m glad you had a terrific time at Stitch North. Keep on stitching. See you in a month with your beautiful finishes.

Thank you for showing both starts and stops…so tidy! Game changer!!!

Thanks Shilo. Great info.

Best tutorial! Thank you!

I love your method of diagonal pin stitch to finish your thread off. I’ll use that from now on. It looks so neat and tidy.

Thank you. Great instructions!

Thank you so much for this tutorial. I did not know how to do pin stitch. I always tied a small knot on the back of the fabric. Have a terrific week.

I've been stitching for over 40 years but I'm so excited to learn this trick, I only wish I knew this years ago. Never stop learning, folks!

Than you for this, I’m on my second ever crossstitch and the back is a terrible mess, sent here for guidance by Blushing Pink Stitches

Thanks for the tutorial. I actually watched it twice before trying it. Have a great day!

Thank you so much for this! I had no idea how to do pin stitch until I watched this... It goes to show that, even after 30 years + of stitching, there is always something new to learn!

Gtrat tutorial. We are always learning something. I'm adopting this method now. I've been overdoing the securing of my threads, so I definitely need to change my methods! Thanks.

Thank you! I also prefer the diagonal pin stitch and will definitely start ending my stitches the way you demonstrated.

Very nice tutorial, but you were making me seasick,lol. Have a blessed day.

Genius!! Thank you so much! I've watched several pin stitich tutorials. Yours is my favorite. I like the diagnoal better too. It's essentially invisible. I love how you end diagnoally. Ending has been my hang up with this. Also, your advice to split the thread, genius! Thanks so much, again!

The diagonal method blew my mind, I'll have to take a few days off of RU-vid to recover

Oh my stars! I am going to try this right now!! Thank you for the tutorial!

Wow! This is the clearest tutorial on the pinstitch that I’ve seen! Thank-you.

Thank you Shiloh! I always tend to forget the pin stitch unless I have to use it. Your tutorial reminds me that it looks so neat on the back is a good incentive to use it more often.! Thank you!

Thank you! Definitely trying for my endings now.

I never knew you could do a diagonal pin stitch! Thank you so much for this!!!

Thank you for sharing this well demonstrated technique! 60 year young gal here who has always wanted to cross stitch. Am an avid knitter for 40 + years. Am just now working on my first cross stitch piece and catching up on cross stitchers from the Atlantic Provinces. Found you first before Darcy…(but we won’t tell him..lol) I live in northern New Brunswick. Your work is wonderful and it is such a joy to see that you also like to knit. I’m still searching for Canadian suppliers of cross stitch cloth and supplies, as where I live, it is limited. I did though, find a source of Anchor floss just around the corner. Anyway, your content is very pleasing and I really appreciate your time involved in sharing your passions. Thank you

Thanks for the tutorial. Can't wait to try it out on my newest pattern.

This video is so helpful! I found out about ink circles designs through your floss tube videos and using pin stitch is keeping my elegant squid very neat!

Thanks for this pin stitch tutorial - I haven't ever done a pin stitch, but I'm going to try it!

Thanks for showing this stitch. I’ve been wanting to learn it and having trouble with just a diagram.

Thank you for that very helpful tutorial. Next time I try the diagonal pin stitch.

Thanks so much Shiloh! I did it, I did a Pin Stitch. Awesome tutorial.

I love doing pin stitch. Thank you; for some reason, I could not wrap my head around on finishing the diagonal though.

Excellent tutorial!!! I have mastered it 😊😊 THANK YOU SO MUCH❤️

Thank you for sharing this video helps out a lot. Have a great evening and happy stitching 🧵😊❤️🤗

Thank you so much for this tutorial! It's so useful!

Wow! Thank you. So helpful, great explanation and the view of your examples was so good. Thanks again! I will be doing this method now.

I start with diagonal pin stitch but never thought to finish with it! Thank you so much for this awesome tutorial. :) My back should look so much neater this way!

That was very helpful! Thank you!

Thanks Shilo, Great tutorial. Very easy to understand. Kim

Thank you for this video! I love using the diagonal pin stitch to start, but your video helped me figure out how to end with it as well. I'm currently working on After the Roses by Ink Circles, 1 over 1 on 25 ct, and there are a ton of color switches, so this has been super helpful! Thanks!

Oh my gosh, you are a wizard! I tried the diagonal pin stitch and it worked perfectly! Thanks so much!

Thanks for the useful and very clear tutorial.

Great tutorial! I have been doing pin stitch a little differently for years but I like your way better. Thank you!

Thank you! That was super helpful! I knew how to start pin stitch but I couldn’t quite figure out the mechanics of ending with it. That was great!

Awesome! I'm a newbie and this is the best tutorial I've seen of all! Thanks!☺️👏🏻👏🏻

This was super helpful! Thank you so much!

Thanks so much for Sharing!💖

I might actually get it this time! Thanks! 💝

This tutorial video was very well made; I was able to follow and COMPREHEND both versions of the stitch. After seeing both, I think that I'll probably use the diagonal pin-stitch, as well. Plus, I really like how you do your ending pin-stitch; ingenious!💗 Thank you 👏

Thank you for this video. This is a game changer!!!

So helpful!! Thanks!!!!

This makes it so easy! Thanks Doc! :)

Thank you for making this wonderful video! You did an excellent job of explaining both methods. The diagonal pin stitch is brilliant! I tried it today and made one change. Instead of having the tail in the back and flipping back and forth I started from the front in the upper left corner of the stitch I was starting on. Pulled so I had a short tail, completed the diagonal pin stitch, snipped any remaining tail and completed the final stitch so my needle ended in the upper left which pushed down any remaining tail. It’s a game changer for me. I just have to master the method when finishing. I need more practice with that for sure. I appreciate your thoughtful tutorial.

I am so glad you recorded how you do your pin stitch! I have been trying to figure this out as I have a few designs that have single stitches using 1 strand and now I feel i know what i am doing finally! Thanks so much 🥰

I would love to see more tutorials or even like a stitch with me timelapse type video!

Whoa! I've used the pin stitch before, but gave up on it because I didn't like the added bulk. I never knew there was a diagonal version. Game changer! I have a piece with lots of scattered snowflakes which are just one stitch each that I wasn't sure how I was going to handle. That all just changed! I'll do a loop start and a diagonal pin stitch finish. w00t!

Love doing the pin stitch it does make everything look lovely. I was looking at your finishes for 2019 and saw the amazing world finish. If you have it fully finished I would love to see it.

Love a demo - thank you! I have adapted the pin stitch you demonstrated which I also learnt from Vonna. I now do a waste knot right nearby and then do the pin stitch entirely from the front and snip the waste knot. It is so fast and secure.

Thank you!!

Thank you!

Never seen the diagonal method. Going to try it.

When I use a pin stitch to finish my thread, I don’t pull the second leg of my X all the way through. I bring up my needle for the pin stitch, put it in the middle hole. Then I pull the second leg through. It’s much easier to find the middle hole this way. Love the diagonal pin stitch. Thank you!

Thank you for the tutorial. Over 2 I always start with a variation of the diagonal pinstitch as well, I loved seeing how you ended with that. I’m wondering how you would start and end with a pinstitch if you had to do just the one stitch.

Great tutorial...just thinking there must be some way to start with 3 strands of floss. I found your tutorial which ... bonus... shows how to end as well. New to pin stitch...thank you.

I use this method. 😊

Love your tutorial. Will save it for future reference. Thank you so much ❤️. How do you finish a single confetti stitch as in maybe snowflakes?

I do my pin stitch different than that, but its nice to see how people do things different. Thank you for the video

This feels like magic, is it magic?

Excellent tutoria. Agree with you on diagonal stitch and want to practice today Good to know the horizontal stitch and for that matter vertical as well. As far as diagonal stitch: I guess you leave the little loop in the back to ensure that when you come back you can split the thread to secure the stitch? When you end the tread: Do you do the same then by leaving a little loop?. Thanks much! Esias

I'd love to see how you actually sit to do your cross-stitching......do you use a special light, chair, glasses?

I’m Im a LONG time stitcher and I’m petrified! Of the pin stitch Petrified !I will not let myself do it! That needs to change I’m going to Just Do It.! Thanks. I’m Im a little mixed up on the ending pin stitch but I’m going to learn it that’s a Oct. goal for me Take care and stay safe.

Thank you Shiloh! This might work out better than previous attempts I have tried on certain projects. My main issue is when I am stitching on a stand on how to start odd numbers of thread, 1 or 3, without a mess of waste threads and ending the threads. I don't really like the look of running the threads through the stitches on the front of my work. Any helpful suggestions? I will definitely try this when I get a chance.

Thank you for this tutorial! I just realized that the pin stitch I was doing is only half a pin stitch (I go from middle right to the middle, then cover it with a full cross), which explains why it never worked with ending threads lol

Thank you for your video! Could you clarify what it means to split your stitches?

Great tutorial! How do you end your thread when you only have 1 stitch all by itself?

Love pin stitch, I used the diagonal version but I do it all from top so I don’t have to flip my project on my stand.

This was great - thanks! I have been using the diagonal pin stitch to start, but didn't know how to use it to end. I'm going to try your method.

Are you able to link to or do a second tutorial for starting and stopping the same stitch with diagonal pin stitch on aida? I have some confetti that I've been putting off

I am doing a full coverage with 1 over 1 on 25 count. How would you go about doingthe pin stitch

Question: when ending in this method, wouldn’t the thread come undone pretty easily? Or is it that since it’s underneath the top thread, that’s enough to be held down by that thread?

On ending, will the second half of the last leg be secure?

Can you do pin stitch when stitching 1 over 1?

I have been doing the diagonal pin stitch. The problem I am having is ending a SINGLE strand CONFETTI stitch where there are no adjacent stitches. I cannot find this addressed in any tutorial.. This is especially challenging with a single strand confetti stitch using 46 CT linen.

Easy tutorial, but I’m curious how it would work with aida 🤔

This tutorial is my Favorite way to do a Pin Stitch. How do you do a Pin Stitch when it’s one over one?

how do you do the pin stitch on aida? Thanks so much!

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I really like the diagonal pin stitch... Im going to practice that one. it is a lot neater. Im wondering for backstitch letter when there is no other stitches to anchor the floss do you do the same thing, us a pin stitch. I need to learn how to do backstitching letter with one and two threads. I don't know how to start it.. thank you for showing this tutorial.

Could you make tutorial about keeping the back side of work clean? It's hard for me :/

Oh man. I’m doing 1 over 2😫

Why wouldn't you just pin stitch on that very bottom stitch first "locking" in that stitch on the diagonal instead of the middle horizontal & covering it? It just seems like a tricky thing to try with one over one on 30 count fabric. You know _them_ things is TINY. 😂😂

This is was too tricky for me