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I appreciate the first response to my question of enlarging a pattern. I am not sure how enlarging on a copier would tell me how to increase the stitches. Are the patterns printed on the material? When I used to cross stitch. I counted the squares to know where to put the stitches. Could you explain, pease?
Posted by: LovinBeachLife on 01/05/19
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I think your original question was misunderstood. Kristie's response would only get you a larger pattern to follow.

If you really want this pattern to be larger, you could use 10 ct instead of 14. You could also do "over 2" on 14 or 16 ct.
Posted by: MarzHere on 01/05/19
Yes, using a lower count fabric will increase the overall size of the item. Enlarging a pattern on a copier just gives you a bigger (easier to read sometimes) pattern. There is a fabric calculator in the menu of this site that you can use. Just input the size (in stitches) of this piece and the count of fabric you want to use and you can see what your finished size will be.
Posted by: craftydivakat on 01/05/19
Thank you so much! These responses are very helpful. If I go with an 11 instead of the recommended 14, would I need to use double floss to ensure coverage of the fabric?
Posted by: LovinBeachLife on 01/06/19
Lovin try several stitches on edge of fabric with different strand amounts and see what one you like best.
Posted by: 113kevans on 01/06/19
I would experiment with the strands of floss. I don't think it would double the amount of floss. For me, on 14 count I use 2 strands. I have never worked with 11 but I think 4 strands would be too much and would lean more to the 3 strands. As I said, I would experiment. In cross stitch there are a lot of "judgment calls" and preferences that would be personal to you and how you want your work to look. It should be interesting to experiment. Good luck. Pam (not an employee of ECS, but a stitcher.)
Posted by: pamelastine11 on 01/06/19
I apologize, LovinBeachLife in my original response to you. I read your original post as you asking how to make the chart larger and not the actual finished piece.

The other posters are correct though. You just need to change your count of fabric to a smaller count size and your project will be bigger since the holes in your fabric will be bigger.

This is a counted cross stitch design so it's not stamped. If you are switching to a smaller fabric count, please know that you will more than likely need more floss than what is listed for coverage.

Hope this helps and again, I apologize for the confusion on my original response to you.

~Kristi @ ECS
Posted by: Kristi @ ECS on 01/07/19