With the growth of the Internet, free printable counted cross stitch patterns have become very popular as both needlework companies offer certain patterns gratis and hobbyists around the world upload their patterns to share.
Large thread manufacturers like DMC and small one-person design companies all offer patterns that you can download and stitch, whatever your skill level or subject of interest. Many are provided in Acrobat PDF format that can be read with a free program normally found on most home computers or easily downloaded from the Adobe website if needed. Other sites offer a free viewer that enables you to read charts designed with commercial software such as PC Stitch.
Design companies and craft stores are happy to provide free cross stitch patterns, that can be printed off, in order to entice you onto their websites. Some ring the changes and offer a new design each month, to keep you visiting regularly, whilst others can accumulate a large collection to suit all tastes. They may also include other needlework techniques, exposing you to a wider range of skills.
If you are new to the craft you will discover many free printable counted cross stitch patterns suitable for beginners, whatever your age. Some sites also offer free lessons or instructions to help you get started. After all, the future of these companies rely on new and younger stitchers taking up the hobby.
Individual crafters like to share their own free printable counted cross stitch patterns. Many have regular websites and many share the designs via their blogs. Some sites provide blank cross stitch graphs which let the crafter create their own design patterns. Special blog search engines like technorati.com and blogcatalog.com are useful for finding blogs that offer cross stitch patterns.
Other major web sites that offer free patterns are about.com, which includes free graphs and links to other sites, allfreecrafts.com, freepatterns.com, stitchingthenightaway.com and many others. Some of the sites require registration in order to get access to the free patterns for cross stitch, but the amount of patterns that are available are worth it to complete the registration.
The Internet is a great source of free printable counted cross stitch patterns for both the beginner and the advanced cross stitch fan. Free patterns are a great way to save a little money, and what's more, by using the Internet you can gain access to far more patterns than "bricks and mortar" shopping will allow.
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