Check-In Post September 26th 2021

[badly_knitted]

Hello to all members, and welcome to our regular daily check-in post. Just leave a comment below to let us know how your current projects are progressing, or even if they're not.

Checking in is NOT compulsory, check in as often or as seldom as you want, this community isn't about pressure it's about encouragement, motivation, and support. Crafting is meant to be fun, and what's more fun than sharing achievements and seeing the wonderful things everyone else is creating?

There may also occasionally be questions, but again you don't have to answer them, they're just a way of getting to know each other a bit better.


Today's Question: No question today.


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I now declare this Check-In OPEN!

Comments

[annofowlshire]

Put a new spin on the wheel. Enting wanted to get involved so I let him try to treadle the wheel while I sat next to him and drafted out the wool. It mostly worked—he then started going backwards and the thread untwisted and broke, but I know how to fix that and it was fine. It was a sweet few minutes.

In the evening, it was back at the cross stitch. I’ve been trying the ‘sewing method’ for stitching lately ( https://peacockandfig.com/2017/01/cross-stitch-twice-as-fast-the-sewing-method/ ) and it is definitely faster and I like it, although my stitching doesn’t feel entirely even or neat. But I’m sure that will come with practice.

[peaceful_sands]

Wow! Learn something new everyday - I had no ideas there were names for the different ways of doing cross-stitch. I mostly use the ‘sewing method’ for my cross stitching but am not a hoop user which is probably why I use that more often, plus most of the kits I’ve got recommend doing a row in one direction and then coming back along the row which has probably also fed into that way of working.

[badly_knitted]

Well, at least you can fix things, and Enting has had a try. Not a bad first attempt by the sound of it!

I've tried the sewing method a few times as I mainly work small pieces that don't need a frame or hoop, but my thread still twists, which is my biggest problem. Glad it seems to be working for you, and yes, practice is the way to master any technique.

[medievalrosalie]

Good job, Enting! It's a learning process!
The stitch is much faster? Will it be a bit more even with practice or it is the inherant nature of the technique?