This series of patterns and courses is designed to provide an easy bridge for you to progress from stitching counted Cross Stitch, to mastering those lovely specialty stitches you see in many embroidery designs. There are 6 learning levels, each increasing your degree of mastery. Collect all 60 designs and build your stitching confidence step by step!

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Level I: Cross Stitch + Basic Counted Stitches
Xmas Ornaments – Rice, Smyrna Cross, Long Armed Cross, Rhodes, Scotch. 
Other Designs – Sheaf, Plait, Ray, Herringbone, Montenegrin.

Level II: Cross Stitch + Ribbon Embroidery.
Xmas Ornaments – Lazy Daisy, Ribbon Rose, French Knot, Stem, Feather.
Other Designs – Loop, Pistil, Fly, Colonial Knot, Jap Ribbon.

Level III: Specialized Counted Stitches.
Xmas Ornaments – Waffle, Blackwork, Whipped Spider, Bargello, Rhodes Hearts.
Other Designs – Queen, Satin, Bullion, Assisi, Rhodes Butterfly.

Level IV: Pulled Stitches + Hemstitches.
Xmas Ornaments – Three-Sided and Four-Sided Eyelet, Pulled Satin, Diamond Eye, Hemstitching. 
Other Designs – Pins, Honeycomb, Single Cross Eyelet, Algerian Eye, Reverse Wave, Hemstitching.

Level V: Hardanger + Filling Stitches. 
Xmas Ornaments – Kloster Blocks, Weaving, Wrapping, Dove’s Eyes, Divided Bars.
Other Designs – Kloster Blocks, Square Filets, Spider Webs, Three-Sided Dove’s Eyes, Greek Cross.

Level VI: Advanced Hardanger + Filling Stitches. 
Xmas Ornaments – Diagonal Twists + Web, Divided Branches + Web, Struvor Rosette, Spider in Lace, Dove’s Cote.
Other Designs – Whipped Spider Web, Divided Wrapped bars + Web, Curled V in a Fan, Spider Web Flower, Blanket Stitch Flower.