Kreinik (with the aid of Ann Strite-Kurz and her lovely counted canvaswork patterns) tackles the question of whether cross stitchers can do counted canvaswork.
http://kreinikthread.blogspot.com/2013/06/can-cross-stitcher-do-this.html
Short answer--heck yeah! Especially with the aid of Ann's wonderful charts.
http://www.needleartworks.com/dsgnr/ask/askimages.htm
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