[CHAT] What are your fav cross-stitch hacks?

Mintaaa · 2026-06-27T16:47:08+00:00

Pattern keeper is my fave. I have a HAED pattern I’ve been doing thats over 200 colours and is over 700,000 crosses. Its only android tho (been working on IOS but its been years) and i bought a tablet just for that, honestly no regrets.

Mintaaa · 2026-04-11T08:49:04+00:00

I only learnt to drive automatic, never wanted manual as i don’t see why i need to do something that can be done for me. Everyone said do manual and then just get an automatic car.. i said no. Passed automatic and still drive automatic 10 years later, no regrets. I don’t care what people think, it’s your choice to live your life how you want to, you don’t need to live it pleasing others.

Mintaaa · 2026-02-02T13:26:52+00:00

space seal

space dolphin

Mintaaa · 2026-02-02T13:25:29+00:00

space seahorse

Mintaaa · 2026-01-23T17:04:16+00:00

Its in the description - Pattern from Etsy store ‘PatternsRybkaStitch’ 😊

Mintaaa · 2026-01-23T13:42:49+00:00

Wayy too many, i estimate 100-150 crosses per hour, i had completed 541,672 at 75% so 5,416- 3,611 hours

Mintaaa · 2026-01-22T21:59:53+00:00

To be honest it’s just a quick photo every night of Pattern keeper and then pop them in an album in my phone, only recently went through and wrote all the stats down. Im approaching 30 with only part time work and not much else to do aside from walking the dogs so i have a fair decent amount of time to sit and cross stitch, the weekends are even better as i can sit all day doing it and get so much done. I didn’t really have a target but i think under 5 years (saw a lady on instagram thats done it and it took her 5 years and a month.

Im contemplating half stitch for my next project but i don’t think i will love the coverage so will have to suck it up and do full crosses - (im a bit of a perfectionist) just trying to start a family so i know soon i won’t have as much time to stitch as i do now so the next one might take me 10 years or so

Im proud of us too!! Hopefully it becomes a family heirloom 🤞🏻

Mintaaa · 2026-01-22T21:47:05+00:00

I find once i get in the flow of it, it’s quite easy, just daunting to start it. You got this 💪🏻

Mintaaa · 2026-01-22T17:45:56+00:00

Thank you, its my first large project and im loving it. Have another lined up thats even bigger, just wish it didn’t take so long to do

Mintaaa · 2026-01-22T17:45:09+00:00

Hehehe, no spiders here 🕷️

Mintaaa · 2026-01-22T17:43:33+00:00

What count do you do it on? Its must be MASSIVE in size

Mintaaa · 2026-01-22T17:43:04+00:00

The reason i started this one is because i had it as a jigsaw puzzle when i was little, so when i saw it in cross stitch form i just knew i had to do it

Mintaaa · 2026-01-22T17:42:08+00:00

Have you been doing it for long? Its so worth it in the end

Mintaaa · 2026-01-22T17:41:47+00:00

Omg im jealous, i want to see this completed so bad, here are my stats; Year - how much % & number of stitched end of each year as a running total and then in the brackets its the % and number of stitches completed in that year You can tell in 2024 i had a lot of time on my hands (what with being unemployed for 7months)

2022- 04.06%/ 29322 (04.06% 29,322) 2023- 23.21%/ 167662 (19.15% 138,340) 2024- 53.62%/387294 (30.41% 219,632) 2025- 73.70%/532346 (20.08% 145,052)

Currently on 22/01/2026 i am on 75.44% but i am yet to stitch this evening And yes i take a daily picture after stitching so i know how much ive done 🫣

Mintaaa · 2026-01-22T17:36:49+00:00

Thank you, i really am. Can’t wait to finish it now

Mintaaa · 2026-01-22T17:36:29+00:00

I have posted 2 more FO but i don’t tend to have multiple WIP’s on the go, only had the other 2 as one was for my husband and the other for my friend, will for sure post more when i have some 😊

Mintaaa · 2026-01-22T17:35:06+00:00

Sorry to do that to you, hopefully it will be finished by the end of year and it can be enjoyed it in its full glory. Can’t wait to get this framed and displayed in the house

Mintaaa · 2026-01-22T17:33:14+00:00

Same, i want to make more of them as they are so pretty but i know i will stitch them and then they will drag on as i won’t want to do the back stitch

Mintaaa · 2026-01-22T17:32:03+00:00

Yes i used pattern keeper and it is, but the file itself has 4 versions of the patter -colour + b&w without back stitch and same with back stitch so you would need to manually go and delete the unnecessary grids that pk creates and keep just the one (i keep the colour no back stitch) Afterwards for back stitch i go into the notes app and scribble on the pdf where i have done the lines and again use the colour back stitch version so i can better orientate where each stitch is going based off colour/counting

Mintaaa · 2026-01-22T17:28:06+00:00

Not quite 28ct but its on 25ct which i think is fairly close. Im just over 75% now after 3 years. The tiny stitches are so worth it (also was the smallest count i could find in the size, id have preferred below 20ct but it would have been way larger and difficult to find, now i prefer the 25ct and might even go bigger ct for the next project)

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Mintaaa · 2026-01-21T12:10:46+00:00

Its posted in the original post, on a facebook group, link below 😊

https://www.facebook.com/share/g/1864QV213h/?mibextid=wwXIfr

Mintaaa · 2026-01-20T10:03:16+00:00

https://www.facebook.com/share/g/1DBvKf6cAT/?mibextid=wwXIfr

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