Railroading Your Stitches
There is no greater compliment for a cross stitcher than when a fellow needleworker compliments the quality of their stitches. And there is, perhaps, no easier way to begin achieving praise-worthy stitches than by including the railroading method into your work. Railroading is a very simple concept. It is the process of placing the needle in between the two pieces of floss before pulling your needle and thread through the fabric. This allows the floss do the hard work for you, keeping the two strands separate and untwisted and therefore lying flat across your fabric. Obviously, this method is to be used when stitching with two strands of floss which is the trickiest number of strands to stitch with when it comes to getting the floss to sit flat across the fabric and provide the best coverage. Two strands twist easily, making your stitches look thin and uneven which can be particularly problematic if stitching on a dark fabric, or with dark floss on light fabric. But the simpl