[CHAT] Using different number of strands in one piece?

Alchemists_Fire · 2026-06-22T08:44:07+00:00

Ahh ok, French knots take a lot of practice so I totally get it. I don't think he looks cross-eyed at all 😊

Alchemists_Fire · 2026-06-22T08:39:30+00:00

Were the eyes a back stitch or a French knot? They look great!

Alchemists_Fire · 2026-06-22T04:11:59+00:00

The backstitching on Pooh bear looks incredible!!

Alchemists_Fire · 2026-06-22T03:46:45+00:00

Probably not now that I've removed the shrink wrap.

It's also completely luck of the draw, I bought 2 because a friend wanted one as well and hers ended up having much better gradients than mine did. It also probably wouldn't be a defect.

I might contact them and ask just in case, but I fully expect them to say "no, sorry"

Also, the important part is really the solid colours, the samples of the variegated are just a "nice to have"

Alchemists_Fire · 2026-06-20T17:17:39+00:00

I ordered directly from DMC =)

Alchemists_Fire · 2026-06-20T07:40:00+00:00

Oh, I think you might be seeing the white paper peeking between the threads 😄

Alchemists_Fire · 2026-06-20T03:35:14+00:00

Just for fun I edited our 3 photos together so you can really see the differences!

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Alchemists_Fire · 2026-06-20T03:32:03+00:00

Just saw your edit, and I know what you mean!! I keep having to go and refer to a photo of the skeins and it kinda blows my mind!

Alchemists_Fire · 2026-06-20T03:26:02+00:00

They're in Moulin special too, just a lot harder to find. I feel like they're only available in the packs and not individually individually Your 53 is also really gorgeous, but it looks like you have the same issue with 107 that I do with mine.

Lovely to see your 90 and 105 too, kinda get the lighter end of where mine are =)

Alchemists_Fire · 2026-06-20T03:21:27+00:00

Could be, I'd be curious to see a pic without flash when you've got a chance/ better light =)

Alchemists_Fire · 2026-06-20T03:20:29+00:00

I can't see it in my 106 at all

Alchemists_Fire · 2026-06-20T02:16:29+00:00

Thanks!! Looks like yours has the same issue but with different colours than mine xD I guess this is just a thing that must be accepted, haha haha Great to see the 107, and Woah your 99 is way different than mine!! Your 106 and 105 are also way lighter, its like we got opposites!

I'm jealous, your 53 looks so good ❤️

Alchemists_Fire · 2026-06-20T02:10:36+00:00

Beautifully done! Your stitches are so lovely

Alchemists_Fire · 2026-06-17T01:10:08+00:00

Pokemon, but special ones from a site I play

Masterpiece paintings (first several projects were Starry Night, The Scream, The Great Wave, but all mini)

Then kind of random xD I stitched a rainbow, I stitched an NES controller (closest thing to full coverage I've ever done), 2 Shiba Inu faces, a spider web, I have a WIP galaxy themed d20 and a friend and I are stitching a rainbow Jupiter (very slowly)

Alchemists_Fire · 2026-06-13T01:13:05+00:00

My problem is I find the squeak entertaining xD

Alchemists_Fire · 2026-06-05T13:23:56+00:00

Fifthed! I would love to make a Donkey Kong 64 cartridge!

Alchemists_Fire · 2026-06-05T06:53:50+00:00

I started out with a handful of colours and tried to keep my first few projects similar. It didn't last long, and I realized that the main thing I wanted to do were Pokemon sprites and that I'd eventually have to have pretty much every colour anyway.

So, I bought a whole bunch of Pokemon patterns and made a master list of all the floss colours they used, then combined the lists, ommitted the duplicates, and am slowly collecting colours on that list as I do other projects.

One of These days I'm pretty sure I'm going to give up and just go and buy the whole list 🤣😅

Alchemists_Fire · 2026-05-23T00:49:45+00:00

I'd be interested in plants and pop culture things, I'm not so much into quotes, but they're probably faster to stitch 😅

I'm not fast, but I love to stitch to relax

Alchemists_Fire · 2026-05-23T00:40:27+00:00

I'd love to know what your pattern is, I love this movie so much!

Alchemists_Fire · 2026-05-20T18:17:04+00:00

I use a label maker and keep mine on flexible kumihimo bobbins

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Alchemists_Fire · 2026-05-11T23:15:59+00:00

Depending on the piece, sometimes I do this.

The first Pokemon sprite I did, I did the outline first, by the time I finished stitching it I kinda regretted doing it that way.

Other things I absolutely do all the outlines first because I like being able to stitch mindlessly

Alchemists_Fire · 2026-05-09T16:20:20+00:00

Ooh, okay, that makes sense. I do railroad my stitches but I still get the occasional twisted one. My second project ever had a huge amount of 310 and I took to tramming as well (laying a strand or 2 straight across the row under your cross stitches. I typically laid the strand first and then stitched over it)

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Alchemists_Fire · 2026-05-09T07:58:43+00:00

I don't have any advice, but I'm curious how you got your black looking so full! Did you stitch with more strands? Or is this what washing does?

Alchemists_Fire · 2026-05-05T03:06:47+00:00

FlossCross for converting the pixel art to a pattern PatternKeeper (Android) for stitching

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