With the material properly positioned, a NEMA 23 stepper attached to the sewing machine through a sprocket and drive chain makes a stitch, slowly building up a design.

Ahead, I'm recommending 13 different cross stitching kits you can order today. They're all quite affordable, so you could even stock up on a few. Let's take a look.

Though not a machine, if you’re looking to brush up on your hand embroidery and cross-stitch skills, this starter kit comes with seven different bamboo embroidery frames, 50 different colourful ...

Award-winning entrepreneur Zain Masri has so far digitized about 1,000 traditional Palestinian cross-stitching patterns, which are now available for download on her platform, Tirazain.