This one is a very interesting possibility, as DMC threads are priced differently across the globe, but they remain very high in most places. The upshot of this however is that with players like Disney getting into the market, copyright will be taken seriously with infringement notices more and more likely to be sent out, and stores that sell bad cross stitch patterns are hopefully likely to shut down!ĬXC embroidery floss (Source: Etsy)And with cheaper patterns, come cheaper tools. These both mean that competition is higher than ever for patterns, and prices should get more competitive. To make this more likely still, we’ve seen a glut of new stores opening on places like Etsy. One of the impacts of more books and patterns out in the wild is a higher likelihood of price drops. It’s clear that those big franchises and companies are also making cross stitch books. This is a very strong move considering any Disney pattern prior to 2014 was always seen as breaking copyright.

In fact, following my official Disney Cross Stitch book back in 2014, Disney has steadily been pushing out official cross stitch patterns, pattern books, and patterns in magazines. More and more books are being published by smaller publishers, with more and more niche themes.īut that doesn’t mean those are the only books coming out. But the books themselves are interesting. We had actually seen something happen in the background of 2021, and we mentioned in last year’s guess that we thought more books would happen, and I’m glad to say we were right. In fact, according to Amazon, there has been a 73% increase in cross stitch books in the last year. Every year we give our estimates on the next year in cross stitch, and whilst our 20 guesses were right no the money (baring a virus keeping us at home), we’re really starting to see the impact of people sat at home under various lockdowns and next year looks to be a very exciting one for the world of cross stitch.įun cross stitch book by makoto oozu (source: oozu.jp)Something that totally happened in the background without much fan fair was the vast volume of new cross stitch books that came out in 2021.

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