Canvases are open fabric meshes usually made of cotton. They form the woven textile base for many techniques and embroideries. Canvas is usually fully covered with embroidery over its entire area. Fine canvases from 6ct. to 18ct. are well suitable for example for cross-stitch works, needlepoint and satin stitch, while coarse canvases ranging from 3ct. to 5ct. are meant mainly for coarse (half) cross-stitch and latch-hook works.

A special finish lends the fabric a stiffness which makes it easier to embroider. Canvases from ZWEIGART® are woven from sturdy, even multiple twines, are in many cases heavily finished and feature a square and stitch-precise surface.

Our canvas range offers qualities to be printed on for further processing, as well as diverse types of special canvases for artists and creators. We offer a unique selection of single, double-threaded and twist canvases in white and natural color, as well as customized colors and counts produced upon the customer’s request.

Mono-canvas is a single-threaded canvas. It is woven in plain weave resulting in clear squares between the threads and this canvas being very well countable. A special finish prevents the threads from shifting.

Double-threaded canvases are also plain woven, but it has two threads packed close together, forming a stable woven checker made up of two warp and two weft threads. The opening between the woven checkers is clear and simplifies counting and embroidering. It is the classic canvas for tapestry and Gobelin works.

Twisted Canvas (Interlock) in which a warp thread twists around each of the weft threads to prevent threads from shifting. It is similar to single-threaded canvas but this canvas has a higher surface stability due to the special binding, an example would be item 9604 ZWEIGART-Twist.