Thank you sooooo much! I enjoyed starting over after years of not cross stitching. You are a treasure!

Thanks so much for doing these beginner videos. I've been subscribed to your channel for awhile but your pieces were advanced and intimidating to me as I'm a beginner. I love your work so much but figured I could never do anything like that. Your videos are so helpful so I'm going to be brave and try it now. I'm getting a late start at 72 ☺ Thanks again!

Can’t thank you enough for these beginner videos - the only ones that have made sense to me as I try to be a cross stitcher!

OMG😲🤪! For two years now, I've been starting my stitch... bottom left to upper right, then upper left to bottom right no matter which direction I go after having other stitches. OMG! How you explained how to do it makes so much sense🤗😉! In all the basics of cross stitching videos I've watched, I don't remember that being said🤥. Thank you, Jan, for explaining this🤗👍. I am one that cares a lot about how neat my stitches look😉. Also, some of my stitches, after a long period of time, have looked fuzzy🥴. I believe this might be the reason why it's happened🤔. Thanks again...😄👍

I’ve watched so many beginner videos and this one is the best. Thank you.

1:00:14 OMGosh I can't thank you enough for this information!!!! THAT is why my work sometimes looks "sloppy" to me! OMGosh!!! I can't believe I actually thought I didn't need to look at all your "Basics" tutorials because I cross stitched years ago (a little bit) and thought I already knew the basics. Wow, I'm just silly sometimes! LOL! Jan, you are an amazing teacher and I'm learning SO much from you... thank you so much! #AhaMoment

Hi Jan, thank you for doing this. I have been stitching for over 30 years. Wish I knew you when I was starting out, made a lot of mistakes. My mother taught me embroidery and needlepoint. Then I found cross stitch and have been in love with it ever since. Looking forward to your next video.

Turning 70 and looking to learn a new craft. You were wonderful in your real life stitching dos and don't.. ( do I follow all my rules all the time ...... ) lol. Thank you so much !!! I'll be checking back many many times.

So many years later this is still so helpful

The loop start is the best thing I ever learned when I came back to stitching! It makes stitching so much more enjoyable for me💕Michele

Since I downloaded the pattern I am going to try it and work tomorrow

For crafters who get into making their own thread or yarn, it’s important to know that 6 strand embroidery floss is not actually 6-ply. It’s 6 strands of 2-ply thread. But for 99% of your viewers, they won’t need that accurate technical detail. Great intro video, thanks! Coming back to counted embroidery after 30+ years doing other fiber/fabric crafts. Appreciate the refresher a lot. I watched many videos over the last couple weeks, and yours is in the top five most relevant and enjoyable.

I've been cross stitching for a while and learned several new things from watching this video. Thank you!

Thank you so much Jan. The back of my first piece was a mess and now I know why.. I will be re-doing it the correct way. This is invaluable information for the newbie and very comprehensive. I will be coming back for more[ and sending my friends. Thank you again.

Very helpful video.

Omg. This is the best cross stitch video ever!!! As a novice, I know the basics and as I’ve been cross stitching, I’ve come across things I have questions about such as keeping thread straight, planning which way I should stitch, etc. This video is exactly on point AND the best part is, I can see what you are teaching. Thank you so much for making this video!!!🥰🥰🥰

Even though I started stitching 30 years ago (with a 20 year break), this is an excellent video for me. When I started stitching there was no youtube or facebook or websites devoted to cross stitch so I'm basically self taught. When I restarted stitching (due to covid lockdown last spring) I'm finding the same frustrations I had years ago. You answered so many of my questions about starting and stopping, loop stitch, and back stitch. And single isolated stitches. You are a wonderful teacher, Jan!

I am also starting again after years of not stitching and am very happy to have your videos to watch! Thank you 💕

Thank You Jan...I learned a lot....haven’t cross stitched for years but am eager to pick it up again...wish KZfaq was around then. I taught myself and obviously not the right way....🥰🇦🇺

Thank you for this excellent tutorial. I’m just returning to cross stitch after a 20 year hiatus and this is such a fantastic refresher course.

🙋‍♀️ Jan you are awesome and doing a great job explaining everything about cross stitching. New cross stitcher's are very lucky to have these tutorials by you. ❤🐈

Thank you Jan I am just getting back into cross stitch and threads aren’t laying flat all of the time so this video was very clear ways to get flatter stitch’s. I can’t wait to see the difference in fabrics

Even though I have been stitching for a number of years, I have picked up a few great tips. Thank you.

Jan you are sooo clever about the floss end, having it on the “top” of your work further on so that you don`t have to hang onto it! I`m so glad I watched this as I have so many problems holding the ends on the back and invariably catch one but not the other - will try!!!

Happy Thanksgiving!

"are we worried that its ooohhh not exactly in the centre" Yes, yes I am HA! I think this is why this is the video series I come back to time and time again - it makes everything so approachable without being overwhelming

Hello from Australia. I have been stitching for about 8 years now, and found your videos this week while on leave from work. I found your videos very informative. I have picked up more from watching your beginner course than I have with my craft group, especially with evenweave. I have made so many mistakes on my evenweave by miscounting, the projects have been put in the naughty corner. I am eager to get back in to them now. Thank you for making these videos.

This is exactly the information I have been looking for. Thanks so much for creating these beginner videos

Thank you for explaining and showing about going up in clean holes. I’ve been getting messy stitches because of coming up in dirty holes. Game changer!!! Thank you!!

This is the best beginner crosstitch video I've seen. Thank you!!!

This is the exact kind of information I was looking for. Thank you!

Thanks so much for helping us with cross stitch. You are a GREAT TEACHER!!

This instruction is exactly what I was searching for great content. Thank you.

This video helps me a lot, thank you so much for sharing !

Needle minders are so awesome I really must get one someday

Thank you Jan for a great tutorial! I am new to XS and learned some great techniques here.

Great! You covered everything I wasn’t clear about. Thanks! Very helpful........

This is great Jan! I plan to share this on my IG, as Ive has friends interested in getting started. Thank you!

thank you it is makin sense now to me have a great day

Thanks so much for that really good tuturial. You explained it all brilliantly. I haven't done any for years so needed a reminder. I'm definitely going to do some now and watch your others. Very informative. X

"my noodle" hahaha I don't know why, but I had to laugh so hard! Hahaha. Thanks soooo much for this video, I was looking for something like this and couldn't found it.

Happy New Year Jan !!! Looking forward to see more of you in the coming year...

Thanks so much for this tutorial I’m working on my piece and this has been very helpful. I’m such a newbie but I’m determined to learn how to cross stitch. Your so very talented ❤️

Thank you so much this is really needed in cross-stitch!!!!!

Great comprehensive video! Excellent 💕

Thank you for such very helpful information!

just discover this video n i learn a lot from this tutorial thanks soo much

Wonderful instructions.

Thank you! I had no idea how to get the floss to lay correctly. Navigating the canvas takes some thought.

Great tutorial. Thanks.

When you get to the part about linen, please explain about starting by a vertical thread. I cross stitched for YEARS before knowing this!

Great demostrations!

Great video! Thanks!

That was great! Thank you!

👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻. Really great video! Cheers 😘❤️😍😊🥰💕

This is great I got many tips and tricks!

Great tips!

Love this video. I always thought I had to turn my stitching over to catch the loop! And, as I am a bottom left to top right stitcher for the bottom leg - I would have thought it was a big no-no to do top right to bottom left! This video was so very helpful. Oh, and please share where you got those lovely scissors!

Thank you! ❤️

Thank you very much for this Jan! 🖒 I'm a new subscriber to your channel and a fairly new beginner to this fantastic hobby. Ps: I loved the way in which you said "Bollocks!" 😂🖒. The reason so is that we in the UK use it all the time and I actually couldn't imagine an American using it, but thought it was fabulous the way in which you did. It's a great word bollocks and really adds richness and highlights how badly one feels about something. But thanks again Jan, your teaching method is fantastic and easy to follow. I really enjoyed it! -Chris x.

Thanks Jan❤️

Hi love your videos!

You are fabulous

Oh my gosh...love the way you do your tails. So much easier than trying to hold the back. Love it!. Thank you so much

Hi Jan. I'm from Baltimore and I've been really enjoying your podcasts and tutorials. Question: would you show on your video how to execute the 3/4 stitch in cross stitch??🌻

Hi Jan! I love watching your videos. I’m getting lots of great tips. I assume you stitch in hand mostly but curious if you ever use a q-snap for bigger projects? Asking because I don’t really know if I need a frame big enough to fit my entire stitched piece inside or if I can use a smaller frame and move it around? And if I can use a smaller frame, how to I clamp it over my stitches so as not to stretch or harm them? I also am super curious how to use the spool huggers (or how best to wrap the fabric close to the frame in order to use them I guess is what I’m saying). Would you be willing to do a short video on this too? I hate to ask but I’m sort of beginning from scratch, realizing that everything I did as a teenager was probably not best practice. ;) Thanks again for all the fantastic videos!!! 💕

Very helpful video. I'm just making sure I understand correctly. I should start the running stitch by hiding its floss tail on the back side in some of the stitches of the outer cross stitch border, right? Hopefully, the floss from the skipover won't be visible from the front? (Maybe I'm just obsessing over nothing too important.)

Jan, this was perfect. I can't wait until the morning to try and see if I can now make my stitches lay flat. This is something that has been driving me crazy. I also use the loop method but not starting from the front. I stitch with a hoop and I have been practicing stitch by hand. You make it look so easy. I don't know if you have received this request or not. I have been stitching on aida and would love to move on to 25/28 ct evenweave. Could show how to stitch on evenweave and when to us 2 over 2, or 1 over 2. Thank you Jan.

When the outline shows a long straight line, how many stitches maximum I could go across without making the resulting back stitch too loose? I suppose it depends on the fabric. On Aida I don’t go over more than 3 stitches but I was wondering what your view is. Thank you. This video was jam packed with useful information, thank you

thank you so much ...iam a sponge and i just requested to join your facebook page...Teach away i downloaded the chart you linked and its different But cute

Lots of info in this video - I always hold my opening tail on the back and stitch over it, but I am going to try your method of starting a short distance from the first stitch. Is there a reason why you do the loop method with the loop on the top of the fabric instead of starting the loop on the back? I was thinking if the loop was on the back, then you only have to come up to the front with the needle, and then go back down to the backside and make sure the needle goes through the loop that is on the back. Thanks again for such a great video.

This is such an informative video. Thank you so much! If you are working with light Aida and dark floss and need to skip to another section a few holes away, do you worry that the floss will show through? I am working on a piece with black lettering and it would be such a pain to have to start each one separately.

I rarely buy kits. I usually get charts and buy my own supplies. The only time I buy a kit is when the design is something that grabs me.

Starting without a needle threader works for me to an extent with real DMC, but the typical “cheap kit” floss that is super loose and slubby, it just... not gonna happen.

Hi Jan do you have a tutorial on the sewing method on either evenweave or linen?

New subscriber, new cross stitcher, thank you for the video. Just purchased my first kit, 2 questions? What does the symbols with the color mean, why are they different? What do we do on the edge of the fabric so it won’t unravel. Thank you in advance. 😍

How should you wash your project?

Can i ask a question please.. When i do a row of half stitches first and then go back and do the other half (like you showing in the video) ans then i do next row of stitches the other way (full cross), well the first row always looks like its sticking out(risen, more fluffy, dont know how to explain it) them two rows just look different. Do i also have to stick to just one method? I want my crosses to look nice:) loved the video, ive learnt few things

Jan, in one of your previous videos you talked about the 10 stitch. What is that? Love your videos.

Tried to download the Chart but it downloads a different one. Can you post the link to the one you used?

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Skip stitch how to add 1 thread ?

Sorry ,how to add floss to a empty space in between? I’m new and you taught me a lot .

Teach us how to to single lettering