Cross-stitch

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I don’t know what it is about unicorns, but I just love them. Maybe it’s because their are Scotland’s national animal, or they just look camp as tits!

I came across this pattern in a magazine, and I had the idea of using glow-in-the-dark and metallic threads. It was my first time using both thread types, and I won’t be in a rush to use them again.

They have a reputation for being difficult threads, and I can understand why. The feel of the GITD thread was slippery, the metallic was coarse, and both were prone to splitting.

Although, I was happy with the final result. Granted, I don’t think the GITD pops in real life as much as it does in the photo, but the outcome is far better than I thought. I feel the shading is more prominent from the GITD.

The question is, should I tackle the other pattern that is now available?

The inaugural gift I gave to my husby this Christmas.

I enjoy giving these quirky items because they capture the essence of the year. And let’s be honest, AI was definitely at the forefront of making everything look… less than great!

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This kit was a gift, and I don’t know what they were trying to say, but it’s true!

After finishing my last cross stitch, I just wanted something quick, so picked up one of the magazines free kits I had lying around.

Now if the pattern said coffee and audiobooks, it would be more me. But then you wouldn’t need a bookmark, would you? Saying that I was gifted a book, so it will be used.

There are two frustrating things about these kits:

1. The length of the threads is ridiculously too short
2. The threads aren’t charted to the colours in the pattern

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I wanted to do a small project, away from the main one I am working on at the moment.

I have a load of these little projects that you get with the World of Cross Stitching, so thought I would give one of these a go.

As a kid, I was obsessed with The X-Files, so it would only seem fitting that I would do a pattern about the show.

I decided to use some of the glow-in-the-dark thread I had for the X, totally forgetting how annoying it was to work with.

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This was my first attempt at blackwork, and I really enjoyed it.

I think it’s the way that you tackle the pattern, it can come quite hypnotic.

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The traditional Xmas decoration is back.

I did update the pattern slightly as the topic was originally related to the Canada fires, but as the world saw many countries experiencing fires it seemed more apt to change to everywhere!

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This was a piece that I picked up every now and then in between projects. It was a little monotonous to complete at times. It is also the first piece where I started to add a signature after completion.

It technically was a gift for the husby as he is a huge Disney fan and avid gardener, but it’s been in my office since completion.

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As much as I am not a fan of Xmas, I do appear to do a lot of theme-related projects, don’t I?

Obviously, while our reasons for being miserable arounf the Xmas period may be different, I feel the Grinch and I can relate more.

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This kit was a gift from my mum after climbing Yr Wyddfa (Snowdon).

It may have been a small pattern, but it was a little bit of a nightmare to complete. Plus, I wasn’t provided with enough thread, so had to buy more to complete it!

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You’d think being geomtric shapes it wouldn’t be that difficult to do would you?

For the size of the project, I spent a lot of the time frogging!

Jargon Buster – Frogging is when you make a mistake and you need to remove the stitches. Why frog, I hear you cry? Well frogs make a “ribbit” sound, and we “rip-it” the stitches out. Look I don’t make the rules here

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I absolutely loved doing this pattern, as it was just little designs rolled into one.

This was a housewarming gift for a good friend

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This kit was a gift, and while I think these kits are a great for beginners they are awful quality. The fabric was just awful to work with!

I also made a stupid mistake, that I didn’t read the instructions properly, and instead of the normal 2 strand stitch, this kit uses 3 strands, so my Bambi looks a little thin!

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After my successful attempt of creating and stitching my design, it was now time to stitch onto an item of clothing. The first time I have ever done anything like this.

It wasn’t 100% successful (as it was slightly offset), but it worked and I did get a few compliments when I wore it to the Sparkle Weekend

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This has become an annual tradition now, where I try and find a year Xmas decoration with an inkling of what was happening that year. Monkeypox was what we dealt with in 2022!

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When I saw these kits in the World of Cross Stitching, I thought they would be good to stitch, so I decided to do some forever Xmas cards for some friends and family.

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When I saw these kits in the World of Cross Stitching, I thought they would be good to stitch, so I decided to do some forever Xmas cards for some friends and family.

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While I may not be an expert when it comes to art, I do love it. I just liked the idea of creating classic masterpieces in miniature form.

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This kit was a gift, and while I think these kits are a great for beginners they are awful quality. The fabric was just awful to work with!

This was the second pattern in the kit, and I learnt to use the 3 strands as instructed, so Thumper looks a little better

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This was another supermarket kit, and unlike the Tesco one’s completed earlier in the year, these were bigger, better quality and a lot cheaper.

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When I saw these kits in the World of Cross Stitching, I thought they would be good to stitch, so I decided to do some forever Xmas cards for some friends and family.

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When I saw these kits in the World of Cross Stitching, I thought they would be good to stitch, so I decided to do some forever Xmas cards for some friends and family.

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When I saw these kits in the World of Cross Stitching, I thought they would be good to stitch, so I decided to do some forever Xmas cards for some friends and family.

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While I may not be an expert when it comes to art, I do love it. Van Gogh is one of my favourite artists.

I just liked the idea of creating classic masterpieces in miniature form.

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So I had an idea to use the diamond logo from Sparkle to create a pattern and place it on a t-shirt. So this was my concept, and taking into account I actually had no idea what I was actually doing, I was quite proud on how it came out.

The plan is to sort out the pattern, and place it on sale with all profits going to the charity

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This was a free kit that given as part of the World of Cross Stitching magazine.

To be honest, I forgot that I actually did it when I was collating my work for the website.

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When I saw these kits in the World of Cross Stitching, I thought they would be good to stitch, so I decided to do some forever Xmas cards for some friends and family.

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When I saw these kits in the World of Cross Stitching, I thought they would be good to stitch, so I decided to do some forever Xmas cards for some friends and family.

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My first ever cross stitch…it wasn’t long before I was hooked

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This was made for my great-nephew.

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It’s common that you will make mistakes, and sometimes they aren’t obvious and no one will know.

However when you are trying to do a cirle and you fail. It’s something that is very obvious

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I decided to make the husby a wee Xmas decoration to remember 2021 by. And what better way to remember the year is by the fact we were all living through a pandemic!

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As well as being a fantastic artist, and the creator or Bad Taste Bears, Pete has also create several cross stitch patterns.

I completed this one as a present for my mum.

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I was part of a discord group for cross-stitching for a while, which helped give some hints and tips to improve my skills.

This was the first stitch-a-long (or SAL for short) that I did. A SAL is when a group of stitchers do the same pattern together. Parts of the patter are dropped at regular intervals.

I quite enjoyed doing it, as it was interesting to see how other people used different clothes/threads for the same project