#every stitch counts

[stitching-spencer]

I finished! Another tiny stitch complete this year. Gotta lot of other stuff to be working on but certainly proud of this 😊 Hope everyone can find something to be proud of this week 💜

#every stitch counts #mine #cross stitch #x stitch #pixel dragon bonus #i finished it! #finish

[mintmentos]

My nan says she doesn’t and I’m in shock please I need more opinions

#I’m genuinely in shock she just freewheels it??? I only knew I’d dropped a stitch because I count every row otherwise I’d have done 10 #million rows before realising and undoing it all #pls validate me #also this is how I realised I have polls!! exciting #crochet #knitting #textile crafts #crafts #craft #kiera talks craft

[sixftmp3]

mcr blanket update!!! ive somehow?? lost 2 entire fucking stitches??? where did they go. how did i lose them. im very confused

#crowcheting #me.txt #im just going to add them back as inc sttitches but IM SO CONFUSED. HOW DID THIS HAPPEN. IVE BEEN COUNTING LITERALLY EVERY SINGLE STITCH. #WHERE DID THEY GO?????

[catkin-morgs-kookaburralover]

I wonder what the definition of 'superficial' is in this context

#psych: do you care for the wounds afterwards #me: uh #i described a bit and she definitely said 'superficial' as she was writing things down #uhhh every single one bleeds does that count #anyway next appt ill talk more abt it probably #tw sh #the fact that i *haven't* sought medical attention doesn't mean that some wouldn't be better with medical attention #for instance see the one that bled for several hours and refused to stop a few weeks ago. it's shaping up to be a more noticeable scar fr #idk probably should've got stitches. edge case prolly #eh who cares lol #personal #puddleglum hours

[cuteniaarts]

Fanny, my sweet, beautiful girl

17.11.2012 – 14.04.2019

#my art #artists on tumblr #I cannot accept that it has been 5 years already #I know covid messed with everyone’s sense of time but it simultaneously feels so much longer and so much shorter than that #exactly five years ago I was holding onto my mom for dear life and sobbing as we watched lilo and stitch together #not the best movie to watch when you’ve just lost your first ever pet you know #and then I cried myself to sleep at the next morning we never mentioned her again #I know it’s because it was way too painful for everyone involved. but I do wish I was allowed to process that grief properly #instead of bottling it up and pretending everything was okay until I was reminded of her #feeling like my heart was being shattered over and over again every single time #well anyway. enough of that. I’ve allowed myself a nice long cry today and got most of it out of my system #and once I was feeling okay I decided to draw her #and I can count the number of times I’ve drawn animals on one hand so.. I’m not too sure about the result #but it felt like to commemorate her in some way. #so yeah. here she is. my dear girl. the best dog in existence. she was always so affectionate and kind #which I didn’t always appreciate bc of how young I was. when you’re a kid it feels like pets will live forever #never barked. never bit anyone. her only crime was chewing on my mlp and lps toys that I left out on the floor #but I’m grateful she did that. it taught me not to leave my toys lying around and to clean up after myself #she really was taken from me way too soon. ideally she could still be alive right now. but I’ve been down the road of guilt and regret #there was nothing I could do. I was a child. I can only hope that she knew she was loved right until the very end #even if I didn’t know how to show it properly. and great. now I’m tearing up again #I suppose it’s unavoidable. April 12th will always be a melancholy day. and maybe that’s not such a bad thing #it’s good to have a day when I can freely remember her and cry if I need to. it’s healthy. it’s better than crying every day #she never liked it much when I cried. always tried to comfort me. that’s the kind of dog she was. I miss her so much #when I move apartments and get a dog of my own I’m getting a spaniel. just like she was #well. maybe a different colour so I don’t end up sobbing every time I look at it. but spaniels really are the perfect breed #I mean. cavaliers especially were bred for love and warmth. that’s just what I need. it will be nice to have someone waiting for me at home #and while I don’t necessarily believe in the afterlife… I do hope that Fanny’s watching over me #spiritually comforting me when I feel all alone in the world. it’s a nice thought for sure #and hopefully she won’t mind me getting another spaniel too much. it will be done in her honour after all. to make up for my past mistakes

[gengarpng]

Me for 90% of my life: yeah I know how to count.

Me once I start a cross stitch session:

#*chanting the amt of stitches in my head* #*triple checking every like 3 stitches* #*makes a stitch and counts them again*

[yidiyada]

Refusing to keep count of more than 10 stitches at a time

#knitting #the amount of times I’ve counted like 200 stitches and had to start over cause I got distracted or convinced myself I fucked up #I’m not doing it anymore #never counting to more than 10 every again

[anxieteaspooks]

started watching justice league show (one of the animated ones idk which rn it's 4am) while i crochet bv i thought it was gonna be a shiw you can listen to and still understand even if you don't watch it and like . yeah technically i guess

babygirl who the fuck is that (it was Aquaman????? i was on my 500th stitch i was not paying attention orz)

anyway i like it but all this might just be because im watching it at 4am and im so so tired

#i can still follow along so long as i look up every now and then #which im hoping will help me get in the habbit of counting my stitches #like i try to look up every 20 stitches and that helps me try to keep count #sooo

[asteralien]

i'm sure there's a numerological reason for this that they didn't cover in my medieval lit classes but i think 6 is known as the evil number because it's 3 (number of perfection) multiplied by 2 (least trustworthy, stable number), creating the mirror image of perfection. likewise 8 is the 2nd most evil number because it's the two worst numbers multiplied (2, see above; 4, traditional number of death). it's not as evil as 2 (base numerical evil) but more evil than 6 (still a multiple of the number of perfection). 7 can contain evil numbers but 7 is the most of-itself number on the number line so the evil cancels out. 5 isn't really evil but i hate it. it's a smug number, true neutral, so intensely boring that i'd say it's being boring out of spite but i don't think it has the gumption for spite. and 9 is the backbone of our society, no number has such beautiful multiples as 9. did you ever notice that the multiples of 9 from 1-10 are mirror images of each other? no one appreciates 9. eight-track tapes should have been nine-track tapes and i'll stand by that til my dying day.

#[book character voice] i often think about this #aster chat #every day i am fighting for my life against the forces of the numbers 8 and 2. every day i am cautiously avoiding them #on volume knobs and stitch counts and microwave oven timers

[frogcoded]

i hate having a cold it's so stupid it's like uuuh i feel so shitty because ?????? my head hurts and my nose is fucked up

#also i have to work but i don't feel like it! tragic but true #wish i could just sit there with my cover and crochet but i can't #also speaking of crochet i love the pattern i'm doing but for some reason i keep accidentally adding stitches ???? #don't really know what's up with that and i don't understand where i'm even adding them #because the stitches are counted ??? like they have to be multiples of 12. every time i come to the end and i have one more than i should #so i skip it of course so that in the next row they will be the correct number. next row there's one more again ????? #probably i'm fucking something up at the edge but idk what

[stitching-spencer]

Many projects today, gotta start organizing for my next flosstube video. Really looking forward to the upcoming weekend, just need a solid break. Wishing you all the best for the remainder of this week 💜

#every stitch counts #mine #wip #cross stitch #x stitch #halloween stamp #over the garden wall #otgw #pumpkin frog #cow blanket 2.0 #c2c blanket #c2c crochet #chrochet

[neverendingford]

Idea first came to me after I said something like "a thousand needles sewing you to a canvas of pain" and so I decided to make it real as best I could.

#does this count as #sculpture #my art #color says shit #Ford's Art #<- figured I needed an actual art tag since I'm actually doing more stuff so that's it I guess. #now I have to go back and edit the tags on all my old art stuff #gonna tag this as #body horror #just in case. some of those threads are actually going through my skin so it's worth tagging. #anyway. I'm finally finished with it! ngl I finished and was like 'what if I don't post it I just keep it privately?' #but I'm continuing my exposure therapy by posting art publicly so here. #anyway. it's no dismembered hand stitched to a canvas but it's the best I could do without going full Hannibal and committing medical crime #I used glue at the start to sew through before giving up and just figuring out how much skin I could get the needle through #I'm gonna feel it tomorrow for sure #do you have any idea how hard this was with just one hand. I had to use my toes as extra fingers to thread the needle every time I ran out #I wanted more tension on the threads but with only one hand and anchors that threatened to rip out I couldn't really #plus the left side was easier to sew because I was using my left hand. the right side was significantly more difficult #as evidenced by the significantly worse stitching on that side #I think I should have stuck with the glue though because it makes the pull marks like I wanted #it makes the thread have more of a meat-hook feel and weight rather than just light thread pulled through stiff skin #I like the left side better than the right. and the upper right is the least convincing

[bismuthburnsblue]

the current thing im debating with my loki build is how im gonna finish the cardigan-

There seems to be three main paths i see: a full lining, french seams, or bound seams. each way has its own pros and cons, so its a case of figuring out which cons are best.

Full Lining

Completely lining the cardigan is by far the easiest way to neatly finish the cardigan. i could leave it completely flat or incorporate the seaming into the lining, i think either would look good. it'd have no visible stitching and be completely clean, and if i was making this as a fashion piece this'd probably be the way i would go HOWEVER, a full lining adds a whole layer of fabric- thats an extra layer of bulk, of warmth. Loki's already gonna be a hot costume, with leather and corsets and fur, and on top of that she's going to be Heavy. i think it'd be the best if i can cut down on extra layers wherever possible, and a full lining would be the obvious thing to scrap.

French Seams

French seams are the classic 'clean' seam finish. in some regards they would be easier to execute than bound seams, and they would obviously match the fabric perfectly. on the cons, they use more fabric in double seam allowance and i am limited to what i have (i think i have plenty, but still). my main concern with these is that the seams are curved, and curved seams are not the best for french seams. im worried that the shaping on the seams will make the execution harder, and even pucker and pull because they arent perfectly aligned. (additionally im working in taffeta and i worry it could be Problem Fabric)

Bound Seams

Bound seams generally negate all the problems of french seams. the tape is on the bias, so is more flexible to go around the curves, and means i can cut down the amount of the fashion fabric i can use. however the premade binding can only be so much of a colour match (unless i do a contrast? im not sure about that though) and there will most likely be visible stitching because im not hand catching down every single one of those panels- which is a thing unto itself. catching the reverse of binding is The Worst for me, and even if you topsew it on, one side always ends up wiggly and wonky. i feel like id probably end up super frustrated by the end of All Those Seams...

so! those are the immediate things i can think of as pros and cons for each method, though im sure theres something im forgetting! its generally something im just gonna have to. think on as i get going through this. its all a lot of work to do in 2 months

(attaching a poll so you can offer input without having to type a reply! feel free to ignore it but i wanted to offer the option if you read all this ''''':) )

#im just assuming yall know what i mean when i refer to these finish methods uhhh let me know if u need an explainer #other options such as felled seams would leave some kind of visible stitching on the outside which is absolutely a no go #idk !! the pros and cons kind of all level out for me and i can see a reason for every method #its just trying to decide whats the most suitable for this project as i go i guess #if youre curious about the word count on this one its 500 words #lady loki build #sewing #cosplay

[questioningdragons]

The thing about fibre arts is that sometimes things get wonky and you end up with an extra stitch and you trace it back to nine rounds before and you go, I'm not redoing nine rounds, it can stay wonky.

#Crochet #I was counting my stitches every few rounds #But I was only counting the stitches on two sides of my square #Because where I'd messed up with previous squares was on the beginning of a new round #So I'd compare that side to the one beside it and if it had the same number of stitches it was good #But i messed up on a corner this time and accidentally added a stitch there #And I wasn't comparing the stitches on that side #But! It is definitely a sign of my improving skill that I can actually figure out where thr mistake was made #So I'll call that a win

[trollbreak]

Does this count as fan art?

#this thing gave me so much trouble every step of the way lol #even had to stitch the spiral horns together bc they refused to sit any way other than sticking out #but! I issued myself a challenge and I think this counts enough #anyways gonna go reblog taz art I actually like now lol

[xefros-tritoh]

if i were rose id start attacking ppl with knitting needles too, i just started teaching myself to knit and ive never been more stressed out in my life

#its so easy to drop or add a stitch by accident!!!!! #i have to count every row like 5 times just to make sure i still have 15 stitches jfc #homestuck #rose lalonde #rose hs