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History & Origins
Where the craft comes from — I love tracing counted-thread work's path from medieval linen to the Victorian parlour and back out again.
History of Cross-Stitch: An Overview Timeline
P1Cornerstone page, links every era/style page
Origins in Ancient and Medieval Needlework
P2Early counted-thread work, Egypt/medieval Europe roots
The Rise of the Sampler (16th–17th Century)
P1Bridges history into the Traditional Samplers section
Victorian Cross-Stitch Revival
P2Berlin woolwork boom, mass pattern printing
20th-Century Decline and Craft Revival
P3Sets up the “modern subversive” turn
Cross-Stitch in Different Cultures: Folk Traditions
P2Hungarian, Scandinavian (Hardanger-adjacent), Palestinian tatreez, etc.
From Kits to Counted Charts: How Patterns Evolved
P3Niche but good internal linking piece