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I got bored with the 365 question meme after the end of February and have no plans to restart it. I can, however, thank it for one thing: reigniting my interest in cross-stitch. I was taught to cross-stitch by an eccentric great-aunt when I was around eight years old, on the plastic frames with thick yarn. As I grew older, I graduated to the Aida cloth patterns, and eventually to linen before I lost interest in my teens.
The offhand answer to one of the meme questions prompted an Etsy search and I purchased a couple of beginner-level kits from KnitKnotKrafts (UK). Behold, my first cross-stitch in over twenty years:
Map of Africa
The back is a hot mess because I had forgotten that you don't tie knots in the thread, you just leave a tail and stitch over it:
I just completed a second, which is a gift for my Cthulhu-loving sister-out-law.
Octopus (sans eyes)
Much tidier back:
I feel this is an excellent step to be taking toward my bonkers blue-rinse little-old-lady aspirations.
I'm spending my Easter break on a more difficult pattern with flowers and hummingbirds. Once I've finished that, I'll get some more from Fandom Cross Stitchery. No prizes for guessing which is my favourite.
The offhand answer to one of the meme questions prompted an Etsy search and I purchased a couple of beginner-level kits from KnitKnotKrafts (UK). Behold, my first cross-stitch in over twenty years:
Map of Africa
The back is a hot mess because I had forgotten that you don't tie knots in the thread, you just leave a tail and stitch over it:
I just completed a second, which is a gift for my Cthulhu-loving sister-out-law.
Octopus (sans eyes)
Much tidier back:
I feel this is an excellent step to be taking toward my bonkers blue-rinse little-old-lady aspirations.
I'm spending my Easter break on a more difficult pattern with flowers and hummingbirds. Once I've finished that, I'll get some more from Fandom Cross Stitchery. No prizes for guessing which is my favourite.
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I'm left handed and can recognise the work of other left handers (in embroidery too).
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I can however recommend the loop start if you're stitching with an even number of threads. It's a super easy way to start a thread because you don't have to make sure you're stitching over the end, and there's no wasted thread.
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My backs are very neat because my paternal grandmother was terrifying and would always turn a piece of work over to castigate you for sloppiness. Ten years of that treatment as I learned to stitch mean that I cannot but stitch neatly now. I am a lot less inclined to think it matters now.
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If you’re not a fan of Aida you can get linen for cross stitch. I am much happier with my blackwork since moving over and it’s almost as easy to use!
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I love your map and octopus!
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Yeet the rich made me actually LOL.
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