I'm working on this new piece on black aida and I'm making pretty slow progress just because it's difficult to see what I'm doing.
I'm sitting by a pretty bright light and working over a brightly colored tray and that's helping some, but I wondered if anyone knew any other tricks to working with darker fabrics?
The only thing I'm finding online is people saying to use a light box, but I really don't want to invest that much if I can help it
I haven't stitched on black aida, but I when I stitched, I used these magnifying glasses that had little LED lights on them. They were rechargeable and you could turn the lights on or off. If lighting isn't a concern for you, maybe just having a zoomed in view of what you're doing would help. There's other options than glasses, as well. I think the glasses are the least expensive and the bonus is that they're helpful on projects that use other colors of aida.
I saw some of those glasses last time I was at the craft store! I'll take look at them when I head up there again this weekend