Pet and Portrait Cross Stitch Guides

Dogs, cats and faces from your own photos: the eyes, the fur, the background, and how long a portrait really takes.

Choosing the photo, getting the eyes right, handling fur and backgrounds, sizing the chart, and how long a pet portrait cross stitch really takes.

Black fur defeats most converters. How to photograph a black pet, and how to build depth with several near-blacks instead of one flat black.