Saturday, 28 April 2012

I Started It!

I started stitching on "Life's Little Tangles" at the beginning of this week. I haven't completed very much. I am doing it on 25ct, over 1. Started doing it 2 threads thick and then showed Jack (DH) after got a series of stitches next to each other. I was asking him if it looked "too thick". He said he's not an expert on cross stitching, but that, yes, it seemed too thick. So I frogged what I had stitched thus far. Probably between 30 and 40 stitches. I have that much completed now, plus some. I did start in the upper left corner as suggested. The finished picture this way will be approx 18" X 15". Jack wants me to put this one, when done, on a prominent spot in out living room. He also wants me to enter the finished product in the fair. I told him it would have to be next year's fair. Our fair is in August. I seriously doubt I could complete this before August of this year. I haven't scanned any pictures yet.
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  1. dulcinella28 April 2012 at 14:04

    Every stitch is progress. You're right to change the number of threads. If you allready now have the impression it is too thick, better take it out now then when you've finished lots of it. Happy stitching!

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  2. Cindy29 April 2012 at 10:52

    Glad you were finally able to start. Aren't they fun?

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  3. Anonymous30 April 2012 at 08:20

    This is going to be a lovely sentimental piece when finished. I'm glad you decided early on whether 2 threads was too thick. Now you can sit back & enjoy stitching it. :)

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  4. Debbie1 May 2012 at 05:17

    I did the same thing with my first HAED. Got in about 40 or so stitches and thought it was just tooo thick and it was really hard to get the needle through the holes. Better to rip early, these projects are just too big if you don't like the look of your piece. Happy stitching :)

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