The biggest advantage to searching online before going to your local craft store is the variety that you'll find available. This will save you time of wandering around the store, and it will save you money by not filling up your cart with projects you're ultimately not interested in completing.

Instead of wasting time in long lines, dealing with traffic or finding a parking space you can find something for free online. If you are looking to design something unique, searching the Internet will provide more options than what is available in stores.

Your imagination is the only deterrent to what you can find online. There are web sites with directories of patterns or you can use keywords via the popular search engines to find your ideal pattern.

There are a number of websites that have lists and lists of free counted cross stitch patterns and graphs. You can find free tools online. There are even websites that sell their own cross stitch charts. One of the best things about being online is that you can find forums and networking sites for those who love cross stitching as much as you do, and you know how much you love to collect and share the freebies you find!

There are enough free patterns out there to keep you from ever having to pay for them again. Keep your money and gain thousands upon thousands of cross stitch design options.

It doesn't matter if you're a "newbie" when it comes to cross stitching, or you've been stitching for years, anyone can benefit from the free counted cross stitch patterns and graphs that you can find by spending a little bit of time online.