By Angela Lashbrook When you purchase an independently reviewed book through our site, we earn an affiliate commission. CROSS-STITCH, by Jazmina Barrera. Translated by Christina MacSweeney.

But last month, Michaels, the large crafts retailer in the United States, became an unlikely source of controversy when it ordered stores to trash a book of cross-stitch patterns with feminist ...

Tattoos and cross stitch? I wondered if this was targeted ... For example, a fairly simple snake design in this book includes 31 different colors. Which also means 31 different pattern symbols ...

This is how many American fans of cross-stitch—a needle craft in which you stitch tiny X’s over and over to create a design on fabric—discovered that many of their favorite digital pattern ...

Her accomplishment has now been documented in a book, In the Footsteps of Michelangelo: The Sistine Chapel Ceiling in Cross Stitch, which acts as a guide for other would-be stitchers to try ...

It does not necessarily reflect the view of The Herald. A Norfolk cross-stitch designer has released a book that shares the calming benefits of the hobby and the positive impact it has had on her ...