I do have some homemade lampshades that could do with tassels… I’d need to save up a lot more bits of thread though! That may become the long term goal for these
My wife and I started using a company called Ridwell so we could recycle things our municipal recycling doesn’t take. Plastic film, light bulbs, batteries, and threads. From whole clothes that they will donate to tiny fragments. I’m not 100% sure what they do with the tiny bits without looking it up, but they’ll take them.
In the crafting world, these are called orts. And some people get super creative with them! I’ve seen them user to decorate cards, to make collage art, to fill little clear Christmas ornaments or felt animals, etc. I’ve been saving the ones from my current project because I want to take a picture of the finished cross stitch next to all its orts. It feels like a visual representation of “you can’t make omelet without breaking a few eggs”, you know?
My friend was working as a security guard in a sort of semi-public down town walkway in a major North American city. He’s doing his rounds when he starts smelling shit, like actual shit. Maybe someone popped a squat somewhere (there’s a lot of addiction in that area), so he starts looking around and eventually comes across a woman completely covered in shit, like head to toe. My bro’s so shocked he can’t think, all he can do is stare at her and growl. She just nods and starts walking out.
If only sex work had legal protections I wouldn’t have to tell you this story.
I love the colors! This is reminding me that one of my next goals is to try using something besides 14ct aida lol the smaller weave looks so much nicer!
Evenweave is definitely my favourite to work on. It’s just so…even lol, guess the clue’s in the name. It looks pleasingly tidy to me, if that makes sense?
Definitely recommend starting out with the lighter colours if you do try it though, trying to stitch over 2 on dark colours is a bit of a nightmare I have learned this one the hard way.
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