Cross-stitch on even-weave fabric, Hungary, mid-20th century

Even-weave fabric or canvas is any woven textile where the warp and weft threads are of the same size. Image File history File linksMetadata Cross_stitch_closeup. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Cross_stitch_closeup. ... Fabric may mean: Cloth, a flexible artificial material made up of a network of natural or artificial fibres Fabric (club), a London dance club Fibre Channel fabric, a network of Fibre Channel devices enabled by a Fibre Channel switch using the FC-SW topology This is a disambiguation page, a... Canvas is an extremely heavy-duty fabric used for making sails, tents, marquees, and other functions where sturdiness is required. ... In computer science, weaving describes the process of combining different aspects into a complete application. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... WaRp. ... Weft or woof is the yarn which is shuttled back and forth across the warp to create a woven fabric. ... This article is about yarn fiber. ...

Even-weave fabrics are typically required as foundations for counted-thread embroidery styles such as cross-stitch, needlepoint, and blackwork so that a stitch of the same "count" (that is, crossing the same number of fabric threads) will be the same length whether it crosses warp or weft threads. Counted-thread embroidery is any embroidery in which the fabric threads are counted by the embroiderer before inserting the needle into the fabric. ... A sample cross-stitch of a Welsh dresser Cross-stitch is a popular form of counted-thread embroidery in which X-shaped stitches are used to form a picture. ... Needlepoint is a form of canvas work created on a mesh canvas. ... modern blackwork sampler Blackwork Embroidery is normally simply referred to as Blackwork. It is a simple form of embroidery, using black thread on white or off-white fabric. ...

Even-weave fabrics include even-weave linen, aida cloth, and needlepoint canvas. Torn linen cloth, recovered from the Dead Sea Linen is a material made from the fibers of the flax (and historically, cannabis) plant. ... Introduction Aida cloth is a coarse open-weave fabric traditionally used for cross-stitch. ...

References

Readers Digest Complete Guide to Needlework, 1979, ISBN 0895770598.

S.F.A. Caulfield and B.C. Saward, The Dictionary of Needlework, 1885.

Virginia Churchill Bath, Needlework in America, Viking Press, 1979 ISBN 0670505757.