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Belfast Linen is a premium quality needlework fabric that is preferred over other brands of cross stitch fabric by many who enjoy various forms of needlework, including cross stitch, hardanger, embroidery, blackwork, and more.

Zweigart is the sole manufacturer of Belfast Linen, and distributes cross stitch fabric throughout the world.

So, want to learn more about Belfast linen?

—All Belfast Linen is 32 count.  Zweigart does make other counts of linen, but they are referred to by other names (Cashel is 28 count, Edinburgh is 36 count, Newcastle is 40 count, and there are others as well).

—Belfast linen is manufactured in a vast array of colors.  Visit our Color Swatches page to see most of them.

—Fiber content is 100% pure linen.

Belfast comes in many colors

—Belfast linen can be hand dyed to create more beautiful and unique colors.

—Most cross stitchers stitch “over 2″ on linen fabrics.  This means that the stitcher would cross over 2 threads when making an “x”.  Because of this, the final project size would be the same as if it were stitched on 16 count aida.

—When planning a cross stitch project, to figure the size of linen that would be needed, follow this guideline:   Divide each number of the stitch count (example 80×160) by 16 (remember, we’re going over 2 threads to make 16 X stitches per inch).  So, 80 divided by 16 =5, and 160 divided by 16 = 10.  The finished design size would be 5″ x 10″.  Be sure to add an extra 6-8 inches to each measurement to leave margins for framing, so the recommended size fabric for the project would be about 11″ x 18″.