lil intro

[viskozni_varhanik]

Hello! I've been lurking here for the last few days, since I only made dw about as long ago, but I guess I could introduce myself because it looks cozy here :) I do mostly cross stitch, though I've been known to knit from time to time and I definitely have a knitting project queue for stuff I'd like to do. I've been wanting to pick up crochet for amigurumi & co. with a local group, but we'll see how that turns out once my job stops ending too late for me to get there.

My current two projects are a lil self-drafted SAVE keychain (that I am fighting metallic thread with, probably accidentally picked up machine thread instead of anything meant to be used by hand), and I'm preparing fabric to embroider a loch ness pattern for my aunt as a gift.

^ so this is my current nemesis. I have to very deliberately pace myself on it because the metallic thread is slippery and keeping tension ends up wrecking both of my wrists.

Happy to get to know you all and your projects soon! :D

Comments

[celli]

Ooh, looks cool! In my experience all metallic thread is tricky, so I wish you the best of luck!

[viskozni_varhanik]

Thank you! Glad to know I'm not alone in struggling with it, haha.

[nagi_schwarz]

Good luck with that metallic thread! The few times I’ve worked with it for tatting it has been tricky, no lies. Also that Nessie pattern is super cute! I bet your aunt will love it.

[viskozni_varhanik]

Thank you! It's a beast, for sure. And the Nessie - it's a thematic pattern to her job and she liked the pattern already, so I just hope I can do it justice :D

[wiseheart]

Welcome to the club. Your current nemesis looks great, but you have my sympathies re: metallic thread. I sometimes do paper embroidery with it, and it's really a pain.

[viskozni_varhanik]

thank you! oh, paper as an embroidery medium is already terrifying for me, having neither the pliancy of fabric nor sturdiness of plastic, using metallic thread with it must take some serious skill! :o

[badly_knitted]

Welcome to our little community! And to dreamwidth in general. We're a very welcoming bunch, so I hope you'll have fun here. New check-in post coming up shortly, although no one has to check-in if they don't want to. No pressure.

Your keychain is going to look great. Metallic thread is a beast to work with though, even the stuff designed for hand stitching. It tangles, it frays, it gets kinks and won't lie flat, it slides out of the needle... It looks fantastic, but getting there is tough. Take care of your wrists.

Good luck with your crochet ambitions!

[viskozni_varhanik]

Thank you! I'm very glad this is a low-pressure group, considering i am semi-often out of spoons after work.

Kind of comforting to hear that even correctly picked thread has all the same issues i'm wrestling with now, ahah. The amount of times I've had to snip the thread (already shorter than my usual) even shorter because the end decided to fray and fall apart...

Thank! it would be really nice to learn how to make lil cute plushies.

[badly_knitted]

I think a lot of us here have spoon issues. Sometimes it's an either / or but not both thing, which sucks, as you know, but we just have to do what we can when we can.

Metallic thread that behaves like ordinary embroidery floss has yet to be invented, but if someone DID invent it, they'd likely become rich overnight. I seriously want that kind of metallic thread, even though it doesn't exist. It's awful having to waste a length of thread because it's suddenly become unusable. There used to be a product called Thread Heaven (I think) that made metallic thread a bit more manageable. Might be worth seeing if that's still available somewhere. I've never used it myself, only read about it in cross stitch magazines, but it might help a bit if you can get some.

I'd love to make cute crocheted plushies too, I have a book with a pattern for a crocheted prawn that I would dearly love to make, but my crochet skills are minimal, I'm better at knitting. Maybe someday...

[stonepicnicking_okapi]

Welcome! That's a lovely pattern with the loch ness monster!

[viskozni_varhanik]

Thank you! NeedleLot Designs has amazing patterns all around, it's a struggle to pick which ones I'd like to stitch :D

[m_findlow]

Welcome! Yes metallic threads are the devil's work. I made the mistake of ordering a large cross stitch kit with metallic threads instead of ordinary cottons thinking the design would look really clever in shimmery thread but it's a nightmare. It always tangles, or the two threads don't stitch at the same tension, it comes out of the needle and I'm forever stitching at different angles to try and make the stitches neater for the tension troubles. Doubt I'll ever finish it unless they invent cross stitcher's prozac. :)

[viskozni_varhanik]

thank you! ah, the curse of magpie appeal!! the shiny is so cool but Gosh it has a price. can't imagine stitching anything bigger than my patches or keychains with metallics. and plastic canvas had the advantage of surviving quite a bit of pull to get that misbehaving thread in place. some projects can remain unfinished, for stitcher's sanity sake u_u