cross-stitch
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Cross-stitch is a type of hand embroidery where crafters stitch designs on to fabric with X’s, often using a pattern as a reference.
From The Verge • Mar. 28, 2022
Cross-stitch makes an artful present, and you can craft while contemplating your actions.
From Salon • Nov. 20, 2021
Crochet, Cross-stitch, Darning: Make an original border design on square paper using any two geometric units, or a conventional flower or animal form.
From Scouting For Girls, Official Handbook of the Girl Scouts by Bacon, Josephine Dodge Daskam
Showeth,—That upon the late invention of Mrs. Catherine Cross-stitch, Mantua-maker, the petticoats of ladies were too wide for entering into any coach or chair, which was in use before the said invention.
From History of English Humour, Vol. 2 by L'Estrange, Alfred Guy Kingan
