If you are in the US, Michaels had Anchor 6 strand embroidery floss on sewing spools a few months ago. Aurifil also has an embroidery floss on spools, but I’ve never tried it.
I’ve finished a couple of things recently, and now I’m sort of on pause until after Halloween because I have roughly 87 more hours of hand sewing to do for my stupid costume. I never did move the s in fuckers because I realized I’d have to unstitch about half the word and I just…wasn’t gonna do that. The second thing is based on the last 2 panels of this comic that someone posted and I said, “oh I have to do it!” I did realize after taking the picture that I never finished the eye, so I’ll have to do that, but I think the rest is done.
They both look really good! I definitely want to read more of that webcomic lol I don’t think I would have noticed the spacing issue if it wasn’t pointed out to me
100%, looks totally fine and ESPECIALLY if it would’ve been a lot of frogging, bugger that. Love the little bird comic, I saw that get posted somewhere here recently too it’s so cute!
Missed updating last week. Life has gotten in the way of things lately. I finished the one color and started on the rest of the ground. Hoping to get back into a groove but we’re not quite out of the woods here yet.
I completely understand lol! Right now my “needle minder” is actually just two magnets that came out of a broken knife sharpener, I really need to get something better but they have almost nothing at the stores around here
Not yet 😞 The big store only had some very dodgy looking cheapo ones, and the small store had none at all, so I’ll probably have to order one on Amazon
Thanks! I got this pattern from Etsy and they have tons of awesome patterns that are mostly $5-6 or less! The supplies are pretty inexpensive too, I got all my supplies at Michaels and spent around $25 and I’m still using up most of it. I just started cross stitching this year and it’s become my favorite hobby/obsession lol
That Wonder Woman is looking amazing! It’s not a race so take as long as you need for the Lasso. People work on WIPs for decades!
I managed to get a couple of hundred stitches this week. Prof. Carver is looking more like a human now. I’m on sick leave (nothing serious, just a cold) followed by a week of planned paid leave… so I’ll have free time to catch up!
My progress is slower than usual this week. I’ve been trying to crochet a pair of wrist warmers which held me back a bit… I spent two days and made a lot of mistakes only to realise I’m 10g short of the yarn…which is discontinued. So I had to frog the whole thing, start over, and improvise with a different colour from the exact same yarn, at least for the wrist part which is hidden. Fun times! At least I almost finished another Discworld audiobook.
Hope the cold clears off in time for you to enjoy the actual leave! And I agree he had a certain something when he looked like an eldritch being from The Beyond, but I suppose this is cool too. The shading in this whole pattern is really good I have to say.
And the Steampunk World Map is looking decidedly “without NZ” but I swear I know it exists, the pattern has it on, it’s just coincidence that this was my last stopping point 😆
It’s so much worse than glow in the dark! Apparently it’s not so evil if you use thread conditioner though, or so I’m told, no way I’m trying it again any time soon to find out.
I wouldn’t say there’s anything bad about it per se, it’s just kinda frustrating to work with. Cut it off shorter than you probably would a normal thread type as this stuff loves to fray/unravel. It gets real poofy real quick when you’re stitching with it. I also found the stuff I was using to feel … odd. Almost like twine or something. Just kind of rough in texture. I was glad I didn’t have to use a lot of it, although there are a couple other patterns I’ve got my eye on that use it pretty cleverly. I would use it again, but only for a pattern I really love. Or if it was minimal in use. And there are apparently several different types. Some are more plastic-y in nature. Some may glow better than others. It’s just an odd duck.
I just looked at the one I got and you’re right it is kind of stiff compared to the regular floss, like almost a plasticy feeling. I haven’t decided what to use it for yet, but thanks for the heads up!
There is a world statistics website that jumped on the meme about NZ always missing from maps so they took it to the next level and started placing it on random spots like west of Australia.
Reminds me of when people make maps about Eurovision statistics, and obviously it’s focused on the general Europe area, but then they just stick Australia in the sea wherever it’ll fit 😆
@MrJameGumb@lemmy_stitch I'm back on the greenhouse to show for #wipwednesday . I added the potted plant and you can see the silhouette of Prof. Carver in there! I also started another #CrossStitch project. What is it? Time will tell. All I can say is that I suck at gridding and I already messed it up...
The garden still looks amazing! I can’t wait to see who the mysterious figure on the left is! I did not know gridding was a thing, so you are doing better at it than I am lol! I love the colors on the new design though!
And just to complicate matters further, images in comments here don’t show up on Mastodon either!
If you’re making a top-level toot on Mastodon and cross-posting it here, the first image in the toot will become the post image here. But that’s sadly about it image-wise, so best to only use cross-posting when you’re only expecting text replies 😆
Yeaaah… live and learn! I wanted to experiment because looking things up is no fun. Also tooting @ a community from Mastodon creates all sorts of weird formatting in the title when viewed from Lemmy. It would be amazing if there was more cross-compatibility.
Also the creepy guy will become much less creepy when finished. He was another amazing scientist that I had never heard of until now. George Washington Carver!
@IoSapsai The title thing happens because Lemmy takes the first line of your toot as the post title. So if you just put the first sentence on its own, and do your community tagging separately, it's totally fine.
She really is looking very neat! Possibly also just the effect of all the practise and experience though. I like the sort of flecky fabric too, it’s a nice contrast with the flat colours.
I have had a super disrupted week after husband’s surgery last Wednesday, but been getting back to stitching the last couple of days. Here is a kind of confusing shot of the right side of my Steampunk World Map (all the little awkward bits down that side are new since last time), and a basic spoopy house silhouette I designed that needs to be finished by Friday but I accidentally watched a bad video while stitching on it and made myself motion sick 🤮
I love that steampunk map and I’m considering if I want to try it myself lol! The spooky house is looking good too despite the setbacks!
The fabric I used on this one is called “fiddlers cloth”. It was for sale with all the regular aida cloth at the fabric store so I thought I would try it out. It’s a bit more expensive than the regular cloth, but it’s stiffer and holds tension better which is really good for me! I thought it would look better than the plain green background in the pattern
I’m reporting in for WIP Wednesday…on a Friday. Which probably says it all really.
Husband was in for surgery on Wednesday (it went well!) so I’ve spent the first half of this week freaking out, then this half recovering emotionally. Not much time for stitching 😅
Hoping to get a few more cogs in on the Steampunk World Map tonight though, so I can contribute an actual photo next week!
Oh my gosh yes. I accidentally broke the hoop moving the fabric so I decided to upgrade. I find the frame much easier to hold and it holds the fabric tighter. Definitely recommended.
This pattern is bigger than I thought so I’ll have to move this one some depending on where I’m working but it’s much easier to use the snap frame so far…
Just make sure you get the original ones. I hear the cheap Chinese ones are more trouble than it’s worth. They are on the pricey side but they’re well worth it, at least for me they were!
Wonder Woman was moving along pretty swiftly until I got to her hair, which is proving to be a bit more challenging than I would have thought, but I’m making good progress!
I can hear the apathy dripping from your every word, haha. On the bright side, the greenhouse is waiting to welcome you back with open arms 😄
Hopefully one day soon you’ll forget the tedium of all that blue and be able to fully appreciate the cuteness of the finished piece. Love your SO’s contribution! It’s little touches like that that make a project special.
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