Colored Cross Stitch Patterns

[doodle]

Hello Everyone,

I love to cross stitch but the colored patterns that the dimension gold company puts out are so much easier to read. I have been looking at other companies but it seems that everyone else makes black and white patterns. Does anyone besides dimensions make colored ones?

Thanks

[MaggieM1750]

Vermilion Stitchery does.
The Leisure Arts pattern that Rose gave me is in color.. it was from a magazine. So, perhaps thats a place to look. I don't look at any stitch mags so I don't know if colored charts are normal for magazines or not. And actually.. the coloring is screwing me up!! Its a strawberry vine pattern. The leaves are 3 shades of green. Well.. the symbol for the light thread is actually the darker green on the key. And the dark thread is the light green on the key. Its a bit confusing.. and I check, check, and double check that I am using the right shade.

I prefer a black and white chart.. I think colors can make symbols hard to read and it doesn't copy well (I make a working copy of patterns that I can mark up, and cross off.. keeps the original pattern nice and clean- should I give it away when done, or stitch again and need to refer to another time)

[Cecilia]

Vermilion Stitchery

I prefer a black and white chart.. I think colors can make symbols hard to read and it doesn't copy well (I make a working copy of patterns that I can mark up, and cross off.. keeps the original pattern nice and clean- should I give it away when done, or stitch again and need to refer to another time)

I too, prefer black & white charts because I do what Maggie does. I have followed colour charts and made working copies of them to mark up with a highlighter as I go along but it's not as clear as b&w charts.

[Nachstenliebe]

It's definitely a preference thing... When I first started stitching all I used to do was Dimensions..So the color charts were ok... now that I've branched out, I prefer black and white ones.. it's easier to track my progress with a highlighter

[crosstitcher1]

I used to buy magazines, especially the Christmas ones, but now I just buy books/leaflets, 10 page, at my hobby store.
I have books with more than 10 pages, and I just make a b/w copy and use book as a guide for the color symbols.
All my books/leaflets have several charts on each page, and they list all the symbols in book, and I just look for the pattern chart I want, and pick the threads out.

HAPPY STITCHING IN STITCHING LAND.