Hi I'm Barbara and I started Needleworld here in the UK, if you have any questions or suggestions please email me
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Getting the best Photo to Cross Stitch Conversion
The first important stage is getting a good quality photograph, preferably the original and in good condition. Sometimes you will have the photo already scanned into your computer and can send it to us by email. When we make our scans we use very high resolution scanning to get all the detail out of the picture, so we recommend if you send your own scan use at least a 300dpi scan, and preferably 600dpi. If your not sure please email us and we can explain, alteratively send us the original photo for us to scan for you. We will of course return your photo with the kit or chart. Photographs are very detailed and therefore the choice of aida is very important. If your converted picture is relatively small, say 8x6 inches then the level of detail for a 14 aida will be quite low. Most of our conversions are 18 aida which allows for much greater level of detail and a more photo like conversion. 18 aida is more difficult to stitch than 14, so if you are feeling worried let us know and we can go for 14, or 16 aida. The number of colours is important as well, a normal photo will have 1000's of colours but thats not very practical for your stitching! So we normally use between 30 and 80 colours, whatever looks the best on conversion. Typically we don't use quarter stitches in our conversion but you can get even more detail if you do. Those types of stitches are much more difficult normally, but if you want the challenge let us know! To goto the shop click here |
Cross
stitch kits can come in all types of difficulty levels and this is
important when you convert your photo.