Whether you’re learning your first few stitches, organizing a growing floss stash, looking for cross-stitch magazines, or trying to find your next stitchy event, this page gathers some of my favorite cross-stitch resources in one place.
This is a living resource page, so I’ll keep adding helpful tools, guides, shops, blogs, magazines, and community links as I come across them.
Start Here: Beginner Cross-Stitch Guides
New to cross-stitch? These beginner-friendly Frogging News guides are a good place to start.
- Your First Stitch: A Beginner’s Guide to Cross-Stitch
- What Is Frogging in Cross-Stitch?
- Cross-Stitch Terms & Acronyms Explained
- How to Read a Cross-Stitch Pattern
- How to Choose and Organize Embroidery Floss
- Common Cross-Stitch Problems and How to Fix Them
Cross-Stitch Tools & Floss Resources
These resources are helpful for choosing colors, tracking floss, and planning future projects.
- Stitch Palettes Palette Generator — useful for building embroidery thread color palettes from photos or color inspiration.
- Sirithre Embroidery Thread Inventory Checklists — free floss inventory spreadsheets for DMC, Colour and Cotton, Classic Colorworks, and more.
- DMC Embroidery Stitch Guide — useful for stitch references, especially if you also dabble in embroidery or mixed needlework.
Cross-Stitch Magazines, Books & Publications
For stitchers who love browsing patterns, designer interviews, seasonal projects, and print inspiration.
Cross-Stitch Retreats, Events & Stitch-Alongs
Cross-Stitch Blogs, YouTube & Learning Spaces
These are places to find tips, tutorials, designer updates, stitchy inspiration, and community conversations.
- Lord Libidan — cross-stitch tips, insights, reviews, and inspiration
- Sirious Stitches by Sirithre — especially useful for stitchy tools and resources
- 123Stitch on YouTube — tutorials, product looks, and stitchy videos
- Atom Heart Cross Stitch — A stitchy blog and YouTube channel with project updates, pattern notes, and creative cross-stitch inspiration
Cross-Stitch Fonts, Alphabets & Design Resources
For stitchers and designers looking for lettering, alphabets, sampler motifs, and charting inspiration.
- Two Little Kits font collection — especially useful for designers because of the commercial license note.
- Ackworth School Pattern Book by StitchyBox — sampler motifs as a PDF resource.
Pattern-Finding Help
Looking for your next stitch? These Frogging News pattern roundups and curated lists can help you browse by theme, fandom, season, or stitchy mood.
- Anime Cross-Stitch Patterns
- Pokémon Cross-Stitch Patterns
- Studio Ghibli-Inspired Cross-Stitch Patterns
- Frogging News Benable lists
Cross-Stitch Community Resources
The cross-stitch community lives in many places: blogs, Flosstube, Instagram, Facebook groups, retreats, stitch-alongs, designer newsletters, and local needlework shops. This section gathers resources that help stitchers connect beyond the hoop.
- Cross-Stitch Shops on YouTube
- Cross-Stitch Designers on YouTube
- List of Cross-Stitch Cons and Retreats
- What Is a Cross-Stitch Stitch-Along?
- Cross-Stitch Community
I’ll keep updating this page as I find more useful cross-stitch resources. Have a favorite tool, blog, magazine, retreat, or stitchy reference I should know about? Feel free to send it my way.