I made good progress with the Greenhouse of oddities SAL 3rd planting. Only one shade of green left, as well as the backstitch, before moving on to the 4th planting.
Also I felt compelled to post a pic of my needle after about 3 weeks of work. this set came as a compliment from Cross-stitch corner but same happens with the cheapo needles included in the kits. More “premium” needles (at 20-30¢ a piece) seem to oxidize as well but much slower!
I finished my Lughnasadh teapot this week! Just in time for Lughnasadh (Aug 1) too. I’m planning to watch Meryl Streep’s Dancing in Lughnasa this weekend to celebrate.
I also shifted over to stitching my sister in law a birthday card. I found this adorable pixel art by Fhupaws of a bunny eating cake that I converted into a pattern for it.
That teapot is cool! At first glance I thought the pot itself was painted onto the fabric but now I see it’s just a really smooth gradient 😄
Thank you! 😂 Yeah, the pattern included a lot of blends, so it came out really smooth.
I just recently posted about my needle turning black after a few weeks of use! In still using it because I can’t bring myself to throw it away and use another one until it’s completely unusable lol
That’s what prompted me to post mine. I did an experiment last night, soaking it in vinegar. It made it even darker and the oxidation seems to have spread…so I had to toss it. Sadly it was beginning to mess with my stitches because of the friction the dark layer had caused.
I did notice tonight that it is getting more difficult to finish pulling the needle under the previous stitches. I may have to retire this needle soon. It’s almost entirely black now lol
I may just bite the bullet and pay for the gold needles once I use all of these up
Well, I didn’t get much done this week, but prior to that I hadn’t stitched at all in a few weeks so I’m going to count my progress as a win. I’m working on Stitchrovia’s Venice pattern.
Something is infinitely more than nothing! That pattern looks cozy! 😍
Oh the greenhouse is really coming along fast! I’ll never unsee the “dinosaur” at the bottom but that’s ok, he’s cute lol.
After my mammoth undertaking this weekend I put about 10 stitches in something last night and noped out. So no pretty pictures here! But I should hopefully have a finish for FO Friday if I can bear to face the hour or so it’ll take to complete Garden Cat 😅
AKSHYUALLY breathes in Frogsevolved300millionyearsbeforedinosaursandthisfrogprobablypoisonedthingslongextinctbythetimrdinosaursarrived and…
Yeah I guess it kinda looks like a tiny cute dinosaur. I shall name him Frank.
Oh no! My first time being ackshuallied on Lemmy 😱
I was trying to think of a name for him and couldn’t come up with anything that seemed fitting. But Frank is perfect. Hi Frank!