To cross-stitch your giant squid, you need to make a small cross of embroidery thread to match every coloured square on the pattern: Choose a square roughly in the middle of the giant squid pattern ...

Learn the difference between practical and decorative stitches and learn about two decorative stitches, the cross stitch and chain stitch, in this BBC Bitesize video and activity.

Stitches lets you create cross-stitch charts by importing art or drawing your own. Once a chart has been created, it can be printed in a variety of patterns.