As much as I love borders on needlepoint, I tend to choose those that do not require counting of any kind, such as using Upright Gobelin.
Why?
I’m never confident it will fit.
Another way many people are counting challenged is knowing whether a stitch pattern or stitch will have three repeats.
Knitters have this problem as well. But they have a clever (and free) tool to help them.
We can use it too.
Enter the stitch Pattern Calculator from Laylock Knitwear Design. Enter is the size of your stitch and the size of the area and it will figure our for you the number of repeats.
To use it for borders, count the length of the border and use that number.
To use it to see if a stitch fits, run it several times with length and width of area. For the stitch to fit there should be three repeats in both directions.
Get it here.
About Janet M Perry
Janet Perry is the Internet's leading authority on needlepoint. She designs, teaches and writes, getting raves from her fans for her innovative techniques, extensive knowledge and generous teaching style. A leading writer of stitch guides, she blogs here and lives on an island in the northeast corner of the SF Bay with her family
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