22 count cross stitch paper
Twenty-two threads to the inch, woven in pairs, so cross stitch over a pair is eleven stitches to the inch — and this grid is drawn at eleven.
Hardanger cloth is the one fabric whose name is a count and a technique at the same time. It is woven in pairs of threads, twenty-two to the inch, which is eleven pairs. Cross stitch goes over a pair, so the stitch is eleven to the inch and every square on this sheet is 2.31 mm — the stitch size of 11 count Aida, on a cloth that looks nothing like it.
The technique it is named for uses the same pairs differently. Kloster blocks are counted in fives over the same grid, threads are cut and withdrawn inside them, and the remaining bars are wrapped. A sheet of squares at eleven to the inch charts that as readily as it charts a cross stitch design, which is why this page is useful to two audiences who never speak to each other.
Two strands over a pair is the usual cross stitch weight; Hardanger embroidery itself is worked in perle cotton, No. 5 for the kloster blocks and No. 8 for the filling stitches. If you want the stitches at twenty-two to the inch rather than eleven, that is over-one work: switch the fabric control to Aida and the grid doubles.
Cross stitch paper by count
- Cross stitch paper, any countThe full generator — any count from 6 to 40
- 11 count cross stitch paper11 stitches per inch · 2.31 mm squares
- 14 count cross stitch paper14 stitches per inch · 1.81 mm squares
- 16 count cross stitch paper16 stitches per inch · 1.59 mm squares
- 18 count cross stitch paper18 stitches per inch · 1.41 mm squares
- 25 count cross stitch paper12.5 stitches per inch · 2.03 mm squares
- 28 count cross stitch paper14 stitches per inch · 1.81 mm squares
- 32 count cross stitch paper16 stitches per inch · 1.59 mm squares
Questions
Why is 22 count drawn at 11 squares to the inch?
Because Hardanger is woven in pairs of threads and cross stitch is worked over a pair. Twenty-two threads to the inch is eleven pairs, so eleven stitches. If you are working over single threads instead, switch the fabric control to Aida and the grid doubles.
Can I chart Hardanger embroidery on this sheet?
Yes, and it is what the grid suits best. Kloster blocks are five stitches over four pairs, so they sit on these squares exactly, and the heavy line every ten gives you a count to check the block spacing against before anything is cut.
Is 22 count the same finished size as 11 count Aida?
Exactly the same. Both stitch at 11 to the inch, so 100 stitches finish 9.09 inches (231 mm) on either. Hardanger is the finer, crisper cloth and holds a cut edge, which is why it costs more for the same stitch.
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