counts, types of fabric Thursday, May 11 2006
Cross Stitch and Tools 3:35 pm
…and me being an idiot, or rather uneducated brat. It is good that I didn’t do more trouble; being unfamiliar with evenweave count numbers as by now I only worked on Aida, I firstly bought 25 count evenweave only to discover that it equals to Aida 14 (mean: too big). I’ve then went and started torturing the needlework shop owner to find me count 28 as they don’t have it currently in stock. Good that she’s also my friend otherwise the amount of mentral preassure I am putting on her would be too much if done to a stranger. You see, I naturally expected that if there is 14 and the next step is 16, with 25 the next step should be 28 (what kind of logic is there? not sure.) Only today I accidentally discovered that Aida 16 equals to count 32. …suppose so. At least next time I will know that it is better to ASK first. There are people who after all know. ..I suppose 
May 11, 2006 at 3:50 pm
double the Aida number to get the Evenweave number, so Aida 16 ct is Evenweave 32 ct.
Aida 14 is Evenweave 28. I don’t think I’ve seen 25 ct, but I’ll look at all the numbers carefully next time I go to a craft store. I just read the chart, and look for what it says. LOL. too confusing otherwise.
May 11, 2006 at 5:02 pm
well on mine is definitely written 25 but the size of the stitches comes out like if it was on Aida 14…Among the roses was done on it; if it was equal to Aida 11 it would be *huge* and is not. A mystery.