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2. Aida cloth - Wikipedia

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   Traditional colours are white and ecru, though black, grey, shades of tan and brown, and other brighter colors are also available. Aida cloth is sold in precut sheets or in bolts of 40" - 60" width at most craft stores. [2] Aida cloth has a tendency to fray and often needs hemming before use. It should never be laundered prior to craft work and ...

3. Cross-stitch - Wikipedia

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   Cross-stitch is often executed on easily countable fabric called aida cloth, [3] whose weave creates a plainly visible grid of squares with holes for the needle at each corner. Fabrics used in cross-stitch include linen, aida cloth, and mixed-content fabrics called 'evenweave' such as jobelan. All cross-stitch fabrics are technically "evenweave ...

4. Canvas - Wikipedia

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   Canvas is a popular base fabric for embroidery such as cross-stitch and Berlin wool work. [9] Some specific types of embroidery canvases are Aida cloth (also called Java canvas [10]), Penelope canvas, Chess canvas, and Binca canvas. [11] [12] [13] Plastic canvas is a stiffer form of Binca canvas. [14]

5. Hardanger embroidery - Wikipedia

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   Modern Hardanger fabric is an evenweave cotton material woven with pairs of threads, typically 22 pairs per linear inch in both directions, referred to as '22-count'. The weave gives a squared appearance to the fabric (similar to Aida cloth), with distinct holes, making it easy to count and work on. There is no requirement to stitch on so ...

6. Tie-dye - Wikipedia

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   Ikat is a method of tie-dyeing the warp or weft before the cloth is woven. Bandhani is an Indian form of tie-dye that originated in western India. Mudmee tie-dye originates in Thailand and the neighboring part of Laos. It uses different shapes and colors from other types of tie-dye, and the colors are, in general, more subdued.

7. Embroidery - Wikipedia

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   Counted-thread embroidery patterns are created by making stitches over a predetermined number of threads in the foundation fabric. Counted-thread embroidery is more easily worked on an even-weave foundation fabric such as embroidery canvas, aida cloth, or specially woven cotton and linen fabrics.