I'm currently cross-stitching a gift for someone, and I've hit a snag. Fortunately, not with the actual sewing, which (knock on wood) is going really well. I'm flying along with the backstitching, and preparing to do the lazy daisies and french knots. However, tonight, my embroidery hoop called it quits. Yes, the embroidery hoop stopped tightening. Just won't tighten anymore. So I can't hold the fabric with tension, so I can't sew. Annoying altogether, as I had set aside two hours to sew. Now I have to reshuffle the deck and do homework instead (so I can sew tomorrow night, after I go buy a new hoop).
I love cross-stitching. But I am really, really scared to start my next project. It's this amazing kit I found online. My sister is working on one right now, and I have to say, it's looking fantastic. Anyway, I'm scared because it is a totally different sort of cross-stitch. Instead of working on normal cross-stitch material, it's all on a very fine linen. I just feel like if I mess up, it will be way worse than the time I had to take out hundreds of stitches on my current project. Which, I promise, I'll have S take a picture of when I'm done with; I'd link to it, but my fear that the recipient of the gift will somehow find the blog prevents me. (Though S assures me it's a virtual impossibility.) I'm not sure if a picture will do it justice, and I want to stress that I would never cross-stitch this ever if I weren't sure that the recipient will love it. I expect to finish it within the next week, so if you're curious, keep your eye out.
Which brings me to another problem. The lack of good patterns. I'm having a really hard time finding a lot of big projects that I'd like to work on. The Wright patterns were found because I was looking for something to to do after my first project, but in the interval I started the gift project. If anyone reading this has any ideas of where I can get cute, trendy, modern designs, please leave a comment, because I'm hitting a wall. And I know Katrink would also appreciate a source for new designs.
It's funny, isn't it, that I love cross-stitching? My mom has always done that and needlepoint, my sister loves it, and now I find that I absolutely love the sense of accomplishment that comes with the whole thing. As well as the beautiful things you can create. Can't wait to post pictures!
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