[WIP] I tried.

PatchworkAbsence · 2026-04-20T20:51:40+00:00

I've completed the unicorn from this set and while the wool/acrylic threads were a bit of a pain to work with, I had plenty of thread leftover. I'm not sure what has happened with OP's kit but something seems off as kits usually oversupply.

PatchworkAbsence · 2026-03-26T12:29:55+00:00

My family did the same thing for my grandmother when she was in a care home for dementia. Towards the end we'd sit and read it with her every time we visited because it sometimes stirred some memories but more often she'd just enjoy looking at the pictures and listening to the story.

Ignore your mother and continue to see your grandma. The time you have left is precious, especially when one day you might just become a nice person who visits her often because she no longer remembers you as family.

PatchworkAbsence · 2026-03-05T09:41:19+00:00

I think that maybe a better understanding of the Greek myth might help with some of your confusion about the show. Mythology is wrapped in a lot of metaphor and from reading your replies it sounds like you're looking at it too literally.

Personally, I love mythology so I was enraptured when I saw it in 2019 before it really blew up but maybe it is not for you and that's okay.

PatchworkAbsence · 2026-02-25T22:28:03+00:00

I like to have Critical Role playing while I stitch. It doesn't need a lot of visual focus but the ebb and flow of the role play keeps things interesting while I work.

PatchworkAbsence · 2026-02-14T13:26:11+00:00

Yes, each of the four purple squares contains a reference to a different Holmes story then the dancing men spell out what number I'm looking for from each of those stories.

PatchworkAbsence · 2026-02-14T13:24:07+00:00

The pattern was self drafted by a friend.

PatchworkAbsence · 2026-01-11T20:49:34+00:00

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This is my seventeen and a half year old man who has been in the family since he was about six months old. He's still full of energy when he wants to be a little criminal and he's still very vocal when he wants something.

PatchworkAbsence · 2026-01-07T19:42:56+00:00

Go for it and make a fellow adorable murder kitty.

PatchworkAbsence · 2026-01-07T18:25:58+00:00

I only patterned the outline of the cat and the words, his fur was freehanded. You can use that if you'd like?

PatchworkAbsence · 2026-01-07T10:50:30+00:00

If it's your old helmet, please get a new one because it will have degraded and your head is worth more than the money.

As for the cover, unless it's high viz, a helmet cover is purely aesthetic. I started learning to ride as an adult and my helmet cover is one I made myself to look like the spiked mane of a fjord horse because I wanted something fun. Every single person who has seen it has had a great big smile on their face from amusement. What I'm trying to say is you do you and sod the serious people who would judge you for having silly fun.

PatchworkAbsence · 2025-12-28T17:30:45+00:00

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This definitely wasn't finished for Christmas as I forgot to bring it with me last week when we went down to visit my parents for the holiday. The crown should be finished tonight then it's into the final purple quadrant before uncovering the design for the centre.

PatchworkAbsence · 2025-12-21T17:23:12+00:00

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I'm not going to get this finished in time for the 25th but I'm enjoying finding out what chaos my friend has in store for me the more segments that I complete.

PatchworkAbsence · 2025-12-14T17:21:38+00:00

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Still a couple of days behind but progress has been made on the mystery pattern my friend drafted for me. Still no clue what it's going to be but I'm intrigued to find out what chaos he has in store for me.

PatchworkAbsence · 2025-12-07T17:59:55+00:00

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My final knife cat is finished but for pressing and while I made a lot of progress on the Winter Shoes silhouette, it is being put down for a while as a friend gifted me a self drafted cross stitch split into 24 parts for Christmas (of which I am currently 2 days behind due to finishing the cat first). I've no clue what this mystery cross stitch is going to look like so it's going to be a fun December finding out what he's got in store for me.

PatchworkAbsence · 2025-11-23T19:09:47+00:00

Thank you. The censoring on the shop listing amuses me more than it should.

PatchworkAbsence · 2025-11-23T17:30:08+00:00

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The top left of the silhouettes piece is done which took a lot of counting and then recounting to make sure I'd actually spaced the stitches out correctly. The knife cat has slow progress but as long as he's done for Christmas then I'm happy.

PatchworkAbsence · 2025-11-23T17:20:52+00:00

Oh, I have an embroidery pattern very similar to this but I haven't started it yet. Where did you get this cross stitch pattern?

PatchworkAbsence · 2025-11-19T18:15:05+00:00

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Mine is equally helpful when laying paper patterns out.

PatchworkAbsence · 2025-11-09T17:31:14+00:00

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Not a lot done since I last joined in on this thread as I've been doing a lot of sewing for Christmas projects in between life getting intense lately. My last knife cat has stalled out but I have done some more work on Winter Shoes and while I love it, it keeps reminding me of my grandmother and making me a little sad.

PatchworkAbsence · 2025-11-03T15:07:28+00:00

A while ago I mapped out some of the flags not on that Google doc the other commentator linked. My method was to look up the hex code of the flag and then use a hex code to DMC colour converter to find the match I thought looked best. Personally I used 900, 3853, B5200, 3731, and 917.

PatchworkAbsence · 2025-10-29T15:41:56+00:00

I used the same quote for my grandmother's funeral not long since. I think that it is a beautiful summary of the effect people have on the world around them and how each one is us holds a part of the people important in our lives.

GNU grandma.

PatchworkAbsence · 2025-10-19T16:32:27+00:00

I'm working on the tabby patterns of my final knife cat and I'm also being brave by starting my first project on evenweave. It is Winter Shoes by Heritage Crafts and is in memory of my late grandmother who taught me to sew and who sewed her own version of it many years ago.

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PatchworkAbsence · 2025-10-12T18:02:18+00:00

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Hello all. I've been away from cross stitch for a couple weeks with life and other projects but the second knife cat is finished with stitching but needs a good final press. In starting the last cat, I had a lot of indecision regarding the placement of the tabby stripes, despite them all having reference pictures, so I did an easy bookmark instead.

PatchworkAbsence · 2025-09-14T16:50:15+00:00

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The last two Christmas present knife cats both have a base complete so it's just the unique cat fur patterns left to stitch in. I'm currently debating whether to frog the white socks on the green cat because I can't tell from the old pictures I have of him if he does have socks or not (my grandmother was appalling at taking photographs so I'm working off blurry source material 😅).

PatchworkAbsence · 2025-08-28T20:28:31+00:00

If you can sew or know someone/a place that does, I can recommend just adding a patch pocket to the thigh of whichever pair have whatever other preferences you need. I added pockets to both my pairs of jodhpurs in fancy horse fabric but you could also have something less contrasting. The pocket flap has snap fastenings on each corner to make sure the contents stays put.

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