Stardew Valley Cross Stitch Guide

I knew based on other reviews it wasn’t going to be comprehensive, and given the amount of sprites in the game I wouldn’t expect it to be. However, I’m still underwhelmed with the amount of contente for the price. What you get: A short into on cross stitch and what you can do with it, the alphabet, the crops and forageables, a few of the most common craftables including all of the scarecrows, pets and farm animals, tools and a small selection of minerals, romanceable characters and their favorite items, plus the bouquet, shell necklace, engagement ring, the community center (outside), junimos, a few festival specific designs (simple ones like a Christmas tree, or egg basket), what seems like all of the monsters, concerned ape, and 6 fish. What you don’t get: any other villagers, any of the other buildings, the intro screen, “Stardew Valley” as it appears on the cover of this book, no maps, no settings such as the Stardrop or the town square, no grandpa or bed, nothing Joja related other than Shane’s hoodie, no festival outfits except for the flower festival dresses for JUST the women, no example of how the crops appear in the ground, no trees, no food that isn’t a loved or liked item for a romance character. If your aim is to make portraits of your farm husband/wife or making small cross stitch designs of the most common small sprites for making magnets/jewelry/charms/patches you’ll be set, but if you’ll need to do a lot of legwork of your own if you want to create any scenes or recreate your farm.

The book is very detailed on how to get started. I am loving the patterns and I cannot wait for my embroidery floss colors to come. I am a little frustrated with how the book is printed though. The spirals holes of the book cover are right next to each other and when I try and turn a page, the pages get stuck. I thought it was a faulty print of my book but based on the picture of the product it appears it's supposed to be that way.

It had been ages (erm, 1989?) since I last cross stitched anything, so the brief instructions (4 pages including directions on how to simplify a design if you don't want to fix with as many colors of floss) were a helpful review. I did use my own border design, but I pulled six flowers, a bee house, and a honey jar from the book to make a small sampler and I'm quite happy with it. My wish? A SVE version (and while we're wishing, a Ridgeside village, but I know that's not a mod as widely used).