A look back at the completed cross-stitch work that I did during 2024.
Unicorn
Simply Make Cross Stitch
6 hours 11 mins
2 January 2024 – 5 January 2024
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I don’t know what it is about unicorns, but I just love them. Maybe it’s because they are Scotland’s national animal, or they just look camp as tits!
I Can’t Adult Today
Dimensions “Say It”
8 hours 40 mins
6 January 2024 – 20 January 2024
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This kit was a gift. I don’t know what they are trying to say, but it is kinda true.
Butterfly Keyring
Durene Jones (World of Cross Stitching)
2 hours 55 mins
21 January 2024
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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.
Blackwork Octopus
Fiona Baker (World of Cross Stitching)
28 hours 31 mins
20 January 2024 – 31 July 2024
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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 GITD threads, and I won’t be in a rush to use it again.
Both thread types 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 patterns that are now available?
Where my Grinches at?
Stitchrovia (The World of Cross Stitching)
11 hours
3 August 2024 – 8th August 2024
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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:
- The threads aren’t charted to the colours in the pattern
- The length of the threads is ridiculously too short
X-Files Blackwork
Patchy At Best Co
36 hours 17 mins
23 November 2023 – 12 Decemberr 2023
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As a kid, I was obsessed with The X-Files, so it seems fitting that I would do a pattern about the show.
And I am back to the blackwork, and this one was a little more complex than previous ones that I have done previously.
I decided to use some of the glow-in-the-dark thread I had for the X, forgetting how annoying it was to work with.
Xmas 2024
BeverlyStreetShop
4 Hours 24 Mins
5th November 2024 – 8th November 2024
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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!
