The new embroidery

Following the resurgence of knitting and crochet over the past few years, cross stitch is the latest arts and crafts practice to be modernised.

WGSN-homebuildlife will publish its full analysis of the trend this week; to whet your appetite, here’s a sneak peek at one aspect of the movement in particular.

Left: Mr X Stitch; right: Fireworks by Aubrey Longley-Cook

The new embroidery has been taken up by a number of male enthusiasts, dubbed ‘manbroiderers’. Mr X Stitch, founder of “the number one contemporary embroidery and needlecraft blog on the planet” (in his own words), is one of the most well-known.

Aubrey Longley-Cook

There is a Manbroidery blog and Flickr stream, while a Manbroidery manifesto is currently under construction. Popular stitching topics include superheroes, characters from cult films and video games, and song lyrics. American manbroiderer Aubrey Longley-Cook, in particular, creates beautiful cross stitch pieces.

http://manbroidery.blogspot.com/



Sarah Housley
Interiors