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Cross stitch

January 2023

  • A design of pink roses fixed to a house in Switzerland.

    ‘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 art

July 2020

  • Anna Clow’s painted stones

    Beyond 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

September 2015

  • Cumberstitch Benedict Cumberbatch cross stitch

    If you do one thing
    If you do one thing this month … perfect your Cumberstitch

    Indulge your Benedict Cumberbatch fantasies and make cross-stitch patterns of the hunky Hamlet

April 2014

  • Material and pin cushion by a sewing machine

    From the Guardian archive
    From the archive, 10 April 1926: The lure of the needle - fashions in sewing

    Originally published in the Manchester Guardian on 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 art

June 2013

  • Matt Smith cross stitch chart.

    Matt Smith cross stitch: make your own Doctor

    Stitch by stitch create a portrait of the Doctor Who star who recently caused an upset by announcing he will leave the show later this year

September 2012

  • Fine Cell Work cushions

    The women teaching cross stitch to convicted murderers

    Fine Cell Work has been teaching needlework in high-security prisons for 15 years and has now opened a pop-up shop. Huma Qureshi meets the volunteers

April 2011

  • Getting stitched ... a Kate Middleton pattern, courtesy of CrossStitcher magazine.

    Royal wedding: Kate Middleton cross-stitch pattern

    Perri Lewis: 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?

March 2011

  • Hokusai's The Wave - the knitted version

    The art of knitting: masterpieces reimagined

    Every year amateur knitting group The Materialistics take on a wildly extreme project. This year's might just be their most ambitious yet: knitted versions of some of the most famous paintings in the world

June 2010

  • Wayne Rooney cross stitch

    Wayne Rooney cross-stitch pattern

    For a novel way to celebrate the World Cup, look no further than our amazing Wayne Rooney cross-stitch sampler

October 2009

  • Robert Pattinson cross-stitch pattern

    Making time
    Robert 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 films

August 2009

  • Open book at a beach

    Making time
    How 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 talking

July 2009

  • Harry Potter cross stitch

    Harry 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 stitch

January 2009

  • Barack Obama cross stitch

    Deadline USA
    Make your own inauguration souvenir

    Celebrate a momentous day in political history by crafting your own Barack Obama cross stitch

June 2008

  • Punk knitting: Has youth culture gone mad?

    Report: Steven Wells reports on how alternative culture has ditched rebellion for cross-stitch patterns and bobble hats

June 2004

  • Stitching in the sky

  • Next generation poets 2004
    Sewing Fingertips by Jean Sprackland

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