Expert: Angela - 9/19/2006

Question
I am making a Christmas stocking and I want to change the toe from pointing left to pointing right, so I need to reverse the whole pattern.  Is there a way to do this, or should I just find a new pattern where the toe is pointing right?
I hope this makes sense...
Thank you!

Answer
Hello, Nadine :)

There are 2 ways that you can do this.

1.  You can purchase, and install, a cross stitch computer program called PC Stitch.  This will allow you to re-create the pattern (you'll have to manually create the pattern onto the program in order for this to work), and then you can reverse the pattern by clicking on "Edit", and then "Flip" (I think... I've done this once before in the past).

Or...

2.  You can stitch the pattern as you see it, however, reverse the pattern in your mind, even if you see it physically in front of you.  I've also done this in the past, and it IS a bit time consuming, and does take some getting used to, but it can be done. :)

I hope this helps. :)  Good luck, and happy stitching. :)

Sincerely,

Angela :)