In order not to lose interest in a new hobby, craftsmen advise starting with the basics, with the simplest paintings. Gradually, stuffing your hand, you move on to more complex projects.
Now you will get acquainted with the first steps in embroidery: black and white cross patterns, or rather, their merits. In the photographs you can see examples of work in this technique.
Why are simple options good?
You have purchased the necessary materials: canvas, hoop, thread, needles. Returned home and begin to reflect on what next. There is no secret here - the choice of the scheme of the future picture. Modern computer programs allow you to turn any image into a pattern of black and white cross-stitch. Therefore, there should be no difficulties with the choice of plot.
The first and significant advantage of choosing simple options for the picture is the speed and ease of execution. The embroidery process itself is quite lengthy and painstaking, so this hobby is only suitable for hard-working and patient people.
Another significant plus - for beginners, black and white cross-stitch patterns will be an excellent starting point. Of course, they are suitable for professionals in their field. But your first attempts should begin with the simplest option. After all, beginners first need to get their hands on speed, the quality of embroidering crosses. And only after that switch to complex multi-color paintings.
Simplicity and sophistication in one bottle
After all, it is not without reason that they say that the simpler, the more attractive. This does not mean that complex paintings made in several dozen thread colors are less beautiful or worse. Multi-color images can be created by embroiderers for months. They turn into real art masterpieces.
But ordinary black and white cross-stitch patterns turn the canvas into an elegant and fairly sophisticated image.
Here you can draw an analogy with social evenings: ladies dress in simple black dresses combined with exquisite jewelry. The result is the same two colors, without pretentiousness and excess.
Colorless alternative
Typically, embroidered paintings are framed in a baguette and hung in the interior as an element of decor. Therefore, they are often selected in style and color so that they harmonize with the room.
In black and white cross stitch patterns, two contrasting colors are used. So you can always easily change them. For example, yellow and blue, red and black, pink and purple color combinations.
When you create a picture design for yourself, you can always optionally replace the neutral combination with your favorite combination of two thread colors.