{"product_id":"cross-stitch-gauge","title":"Cross Stitch Gauge","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"UTF-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eCross Stitch Gauge. Best stitch gauge ever! This fabulously handy Cross Stitch Gauge has gauges for all your stitch counts: 11, 14, 16, 18, 22, 25, 26, 28, 30, 32, 36, and 40. Three openings across this 3”x10” tool makes it easy to count your fabric. Also has rulers for inches, as well as centimeters, so if you know you have 50 stitches, you can tell how many inches that will be when stitched on different counts of fabric just by looking at your gauge. Made of durable white plastic and printed with black ruler markings. (use #1) you simply lay it on your fabric and see where the markings line up with the fabric threads \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eto find the count of your fabric.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e(use #2) If your chart says the design is 80 stitches wide, you look for \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003ethe 80 marking on each stitch count slot, and that will show you how \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003elarge 80 stitches is in each count on the ruler.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e(use #3) Say your chart is 170 stitches tall x 90 stitches wide and you \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003elike to start stitching at the top, not in the middle. Use the cross \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003estitch gauge to find where the top of your design is. Place the correct \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003ecount gauge slot with 0 (zero) at the center of your fabric and the \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003enumbers to the top, look where 85 falls (as 85 is 1\/2 of 170) and that would be the top line \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eof your design.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIf you like to start stitching in the top left corner of the design, as \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003emany do, you may use the gauge to find the left border of the design as \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003ewell, by placing the correct fabric count slot horizontally at 0 and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003efinding 45 (which is 1\/2 of 90). Manually follow up that row vertically \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eto find the intersection with the top of your design and that will be \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003ewhere to start stitching.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The Yarn Tree","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42772183744610,"sku":null,"price":5.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0937\/8122\/files\/Image12_6c0b5acd-4e26-40c8-a1e1-62c66805bb74.jpg?v=1776725233","url":"https:\/\/www.quixoticfibers.us\/products\/cross-stitch-gauge","provider":"Quixotic Fibers","version":"1.0","type":"link"}