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What is a black and white symbol pattern?
Posted by: marcobee on 05/27/16
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Hi there

The instruction will be in black and white not in color. but U will get the floss guide as a symbol to show U what U have as a color to start with and next to that the floss no. This pattern can fit a book cover and a cushion or wall hanging for your living room.
by: miss crossstitc on 05/27/16
Back in the day, when printing costs were less expensive, cross-stitch companies would sometimes print the pattern that we use to stitch from in color. In other words, each square was printed in the color that it was to be stitched with. Sometimes there would also be a symbol in the same square. HOwever it is very difficult to use color when you need to use 75-100 different colors if you're doing a super-large, highly complicated pattern. And it can be very expensive for the designer/manufacturer. Most of the time, nowadays, patterns are done in just black and white with the different symbols tellling you where to place the various colors.

However, if you prefer a pattern in color, all you need to do is buy a good set of colored pencils (40 or so to a set) and color it yourself. I've done that a time or two. The only problem is when you need 6 colors of red and only have 3 red pencils. Then you just use another color.
by: quilterangel123 on 05/28/16
If you do use the color pencils and have multiple reds, greens, yellows, I found it helpful to label the pencils with floss number and symbol. Very tedious, but did it to appease a very elderly aunt who enjoyed making rugs, but found the b/w patterns confusing...can't remember her address, but knows all the family dirt, location of bodies, and various closet keys...the coloring went pretty quick. :) was better than Netflix! LOL
by: VCESS on 05/28/16
VCESS, I hope that she passed all this institutional knowledge on.

I can't remember a thing, only goes to show how important it is to keep notes! LOL

I love black and white patterns. I just finished a colored one and it was a pain in the neck. Very confusing.
by: Texas Stitcher on 05/29/16