We've joined up with Anchor to offer you another great free chart from their range. This Golden Labrador design is the perfect thing for any canine fan and with the lovely selection of shades used, it's bound to be a treat to stitch.

Anchor have a huge selection of quality kits in their range, to take a look click here

Click here to download your free chart

There are still some spaces available, so if you’re a keen stitcher from the UK and would like to get involved in our 200th issue celebrations there’s still time to let us know! Just email us at crossstitcher@futurenet.co.uk with your name, address and telephone number, and we’ll be in touch as soon as details are available.

We’re hoping to send the round robin to all corners of the UK, so drop us an email for a chance to put your location on the map!

A few of the CrossStitcher team went up to the Country Living Christmas Fair in London a couple of weeks ago to get some ideas for next year's projects and how to display them.

It's always nice to see what's in the shops are there were some beautiful things on display (I especially loved Jan Constantine's beautiful handstitched items). The smells were gorgeous, with cinammon and nutmeg everywhere and traditional wood decorations around every corner. It really got me in a Christmassy mood. Sometimes, for us stitchers, we have to start working on our projects so early that by the time Christmas comes we've had too much of it! What do you think?

What I was pleased to see was the amount of cross stitch there, though. It seems that a Christmas table cloth or decoration just isn't complete this year unless it's got one or two stitches on it. Most of the designs used just one colour, which gives a really striking effect.

If you're looking for a design to stitch for Christmas, a special birthday or just a favourite cute character why not take a look at Johnson Craft's website?

The website is really easy to search, with all the kits divided into sections so you can find what you're looking for in minutes. They've just added some new Lanarte kits to their range, which are really worth a look. You'll find a great selection of fabric and threads as well as kits.

They also have a special giveaway on the website to win £100 of craft and needlework products so don't wait to have a look, click here now!