Reddit Reddit reviews R & S Designs Easy-Count Guideline, 100-Yard, Red

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R & S Designs Easy-Count Guideline, 100-Yard, Red
Package height : 6.2 inchesPackage length : 1.75 inchesPackage width : 3.9 inchesPackage weight : 0.08 pounds
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8 Reddit comments about R & S Designs Easy-Count Guideline, 100-Yard, Red:

u/SrnnMt 路 6 pointsr/CrossStitch

I'd use a light colored fishing line, there is a cross stitch specific version (https://www.amazon.ca/Designs-Easy-Count-Guideline-100-Yard-Red/dp/B002WE1EWU) but it's more expensive and basically the same thing. I've used sewing thread or floss in the past, and wouldn't recommend it. Your stitches will get caught in it, making it really hard to remove. With the plastic fishing line, you won't be able to pierce it so it just slides out.

Good luck with your new project! (and curious minds would also love to know what the pattern is :)

u/vallord 路 6 pointsr/CrossStitch

I've used this stuff. It is red monofilament. I found it easy to use. I grid on larger projects. on small projects I just do a horizontal and vertical center line in 5 stitch increments so it looks like a 5 stitch dashed line if that makes sense.


https://www.amazon.com/Designs-Easy-Count-Guideline-100-Yard-Red/dp/B002WE1EWU

u/hannibalisms 路 4 pointsr/CrossStitch

I'm by no means an expert, but I can tell you how I grid! It all depends on the project for me. The Spruce has a good article on gridding, with some useful links and stuff.

For smaller ones (like less than 100 in any direction), I use a water soluble pen/marker and make little crosses at every 10; so 10,20,30, etc, and then once I've gridded the entire thing with little crosses, I connect all the lines.

It takes forever, but for me it works best because I get easily distracted and I can find my spot easily. If I'm using smaller aida (like 18 or higher) I do every 5 (because I love being miserable and taking forever to do things). Here's an example of that on something that I was working on a while ago.

For this one, I used red fishing line, because on hardanger I find it really hard on my eyes to use the marker for some reason, even though it's not that different than doing 18 aida with it. There are TONS of ways that you can grid with fishing line or anything monofilament, because using anything with multiple threads has the chance of you stitching into it and then not being able to remove your gridlines. With fishing line or Easy Count Guideline, you can't stitch into it because it's one continuous thread and made of plastic (or something) so you CAN'T stitch into it.

As for actually doing the grid with the line, I do "up 8 under 2" which is having the line above the fabric for 8 stitches, then below for 2, then up for 8, repeat until you're done, like above. Some people like up 6 under 4, which gives you that almost 5x5 grid instead of 10x10, which is what up 8 under 2 gives you.

I also only grid for the pages I want to work on, because the beauty of fishing line or guideline is that you can reuse your line! so I'll finish the vertical column of pages I have, which is 1, 4, and 7 for this project, pull out my line, and then mark my columns for pages 2, 5, and 8, and so on.

Sorry for the long (very!) answer, and as always, ymmv, and I know I'm no expert, but that's just what I do.

u/pinkythepink 路 2 pointsr/CrossStitch

There's this stuff I bought one time for a friend who was learning:

R & S Designs Easy-Count Guideline, 100-Yard, Red https://www.amazon.com/dp/B002WE1EWU/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_i_bC13Bb3D4NN34

I have never used it personally, but apparently because it's a stiffer nylon (as opposed to a different color cotton) it should be easy to take back out of the fabric once you're finished.

u/Tajkaj 路 2 pointsr/CrossStitch

I bought the red filiment https://www.amazon.com/Designs-Easy-Count-Guideline-100-Yard-Red/dp/B002WE1EWU. It takes about 2 days for me to grid a 15 x 18 piece of Aida, but it helps stitching go much faster

u/losingfloss 路 2 pointsr/CrossStitch

Thank you! I pull them out once I'm done with all the crosses and back stitches in a grid. It helps with the sense of accomplishment. Since I'm just using floss, it's hard to pull them out sometimes. I bought this easy count grid line. It's like colored fishing line. I'm going to try it on my next project.

u/Siyartemis 路 1 pointr/CrossStitch

I have a spool of this stuff. It's a real pain to stitch it in, but extremely accurate once it's finally done.