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Post by mojogirl on Jul 29, 2020 17:53:34 GMT -4
That is very nice! I love the hand-dyed variegated threads.
I also cross-stitch, but I haven't done any in the last 10 years or so. This hasn't stopped me from subscribing to The Silver Needle's stitching circle kits. I finally started one last weekend, and it's stitched 1-over-2 on 40 count linen. My eyes are 10 years older than the last time I stitched and I think I need to get one of those magnifiers!
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Post by seat6 on Jul 29, 2020 19:58:29 GMT -4
I have a standing Ott lamp magnifier. I love it. It allows me to see all the cat hair trapped in my stitches. If you have a coupon for JoAnn’s you can get it at a good price.
I love hand-dyed threads for certain projects. They are working well on this one. I have a huge hat box full of mostly Gentle Arts Sampler Threads and Weeks Dyed Works. I haven’t really been following the color key—I’ve been eyeballing it and working with what I have in my stash. I did buy six skeins of Weeks Dyed Works Palomino for the border, though. I wanted that to all be the same shade.
My little nieces really love this pattern and I’ve been thinking about doing their favorite blocks for each of them as a separate piece, but I have four nieces!
The oldest one has been doing some stitching. Maybe I’ll give her the supplies and tell her to make it herself. She really likes the fox.
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Post by chonies on Jul 30, 2020 16:06:18 GMT -4
Seconding the Ott line of lamps. They sell them at Michaels, too, and have a deserved cult following.
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Post by divasahm on Jul 30, 2020 16:29:41 GMT -4
Seconding the Ott line of lamps. They sell them at Michaels, too, and have a deserved cult following. I got one through Amazon--love it! |
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Post by Ripley on Jul 31, 2020 16:43:21 GMT -4
My favorite craft project I've seen on TikTok is a woman who is knitting (maybe crocheting?) a temperature scarf. She assigned temperatures by 10 degrees a specific yarn color and then she knits a row with the high temp of the day and one row with the low temp of the day. I think it looks so cool that I'm tempted to trying crocheting again after failing miserably 30+ years ago. Here's an example. |
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Post by ikmccall on Jul 31, 2020 17:25:04 GMT -4
My favorite craft project I've seen on TikTok is a woman who is knitting (maybe crocheting?) a temperature scarf. She assigned temperatures by 10 degrees a specific yarn color and then she knits a row with the high temp of the day and one row with the low temp of the day. I think it looks so cool that I'm tempted to trying crocheting again after failing miserably 30+ years ago. Here's an example.I've seen this done with cross stitch embroidery. |
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Post by seat6 on Jul 31, 2020 18:17:46 GMT -4
I have a friend who is doing a cross stitch temperature tree. It’s so cool! Temperature Tree |
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Post by mojogirl on Jul 31, 2020 21:03:25 GMT -4
I actually posted on here last fall that I wanted to make a temperature afghan like this one for my son's senior year in high school. Not sure if I still want to. I guess I could put in a special stripe marking the day when (if) they actually start attending classes in person. |
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Post by Ripley on Jul 31, 2020 23:52:07 GMT -4
I have a friend who is doing a cross stitch temperature tree. It’s so cool! Temperature TreeHuh. I...might be able to teach myself cross stitch in time for January 2021. |
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Post by Mouse on Nov 24, 2020 22:57:11 GMT -4
I have thought of learning to play guitar. Any tips for buying one?
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