That's odd, because when I land in a cross wind, my plane's nose automatically wants to go into the wind--they want to "weathervein." So, for example, let's say the cross wind is coming from my back. On the landing approach, my planes all tend to want to nose toward me (into the wind). I usually let them fly this way until they appear to be heading toward me, then I correct with rudder in the opposite direction. Just a blip of rudder to straighten the plane back into a parallel course with the runway. After a little time, the plane will nose back into the wind again, and a blip of rudder is needed once again. This goes on until just before touchdown, when I give the final blip of rudder that straightens the plane out for touchdown--keeping side-forces on the gear to a minimum. This is what I have always referred to as "crabbing." Maybe I was confused....