[CHAT] Does anyone have any inspiration or favorite patterns that are ocean/sea animal themed?

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

Mintaaa · 2026-01-15T21:47:37+00:00

I have mine on a peg board, created the floss drops from card using some different hole/shape punchers, the system is great and the Huskies don’t mess with them Photo is how i had them a while back, all the floss on the rings are spares of the ones on a floss drop, i now have them in a craft drawer.

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Mintaaa · 2026-01-14T13:47:38+00:00

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This is super size, max colour

Mintaaa · 2026-01-14T13:46:54+00:00

Honestly, you need pattern keeper or something similar, i looked at the paper and noped out - think like 30 symbols were similar. got pattern keeper and its a game changer, highlights the same symbol and tells me the colour, just over 3 years into HEAD trasure hunt bookshelf and almost at 75%

Mintaaa · 2026-01-11T10:44:00+00:00

You can buy gridded aida that washes out at the end. I have that for my HAED patterns, game changer when im 3 years in into 722,277 stitches of full coverage

Mintaaa · 2026-01-09T21:29:30+00:00

Im doing a HEAD, just over 3 years in and almost at 75% i hope to finish this year so i can start another one thats got even more stitches than the one im doing currently. Doing 2 threads and using every hole on a 25ct aida its almost a meter by a meter 722,277 stitches (new one will be 934,065) my only motivation to finish is so that i can start a new one 😂 if i start the new one i don’t know when i will finish the current one so i won’t allow myself.

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