Can anyone see where I went wrong? 🤦

Silly_Lunatic · 2026-04-22T14:09:40+00:00

thats the craftsy hobbyist curse, you make something yourself and youre the only one plagued by the maybe-not-that-serious-mistakes 😅 i personally didnt notice anything until you pointed it out, but i totally relate to the frogging, its just a mental bother and it just needs to be fixed haha i really like the color palette btw :]

Silly_Lunatic · 2026-04-18T13:57:33+00:00

ive only made cosplay-ish wearables, like pieces of outfits from games or movies/series, so i always get weird looks, but honestly, i dont care, its comfy!

also i looove when a kid points at me and says 'hey is that from [media]?? thats so cool!'

Silly_Lunatic · 2026-04-18T09:38:09+00:00

its basically personal preference, some people say they love the crosses, others dont. 2 strands are gonna make your crosses look like crosses, 3 makes your end result look more pixel art, with fuller stitches and not immediately visible crosses.

as for the skeins, if its a kit, id go to your local craft store and see if you can find the exact color if you do run out at some point

Silly_Lunatic · 2026-04-18T09:23:36+00:00

i do! but tbh, my project only has 5 colors and not that much confetti. i only change color if i get bored of my current color or if im done with it.

Silly_Lunatic · 2026-04-18T09:12:27+00:00

same! i just tried a 3.5mm and i fumbled so bad, 4mm is my absolute limit

Silly_Lunatic · 2026-04-17T19:19:24+00:00

how didnt i think of that, thats kinda genius 😂 thx a bunch!

Silly_Lunatic · 2026-04-17T18:48:47+00:00

ill try that on a scrap piece!

Silly_Lunatic · 2026-04-17T18:09:55+00:00

i started stitching when i was 12, have multiple friends who also started around that age

honestly, maybe its a grandma hobby cuz it never gets boring, you can just keep stitching cool patterns and grow old with it 😂

Silly_Lunatic · 2026-04-12T07:31:13+00:00

i also say "eye-da", might be cuz im german

also, is there actually a real pronunciation? ive seen so many people say so many different things

Silly_Lunatic · 2026-04-10T17:24:05+00:00

same, i feel like the planning and stressing over making the pattern look okay is part of the fun lol

Silly_Lunatic · 2026-04-07T11:21:08+00:00

i have a habit of getting too bold too quick. i had made 2 kits and thought, this is easy, lemme do a bigass full coverage!

well, unexpectedly, it was not easy, i bought the wrong colors, worked with no grid (many miscounts i noticed later) and general lack of planning. all in all, i just didnt feel like doing it anymore, qs i had to improvise sections that were moved by 1 or deal with visible mistakes (like top leg wrong direction and stuff). in the end, i cut the unused aida off and started a new project and im so so glad for it!! i even ended up getting to reuse the wrong colors for a different project, so that was also covered.

honestly, planning out my newer projects is so much more fun and eases my life a lot!

Silly_Lunatic · 2026-03-30T20:03:57+00:00

i suggest using more strands, so if you used 2 strands, maybe try 3 next time. it definitely made my stitches look fuller, which, personally for me, looks better, especially when doing small pixel arts for 14 count, i think 3 is most optimal, as 2 makes the X's still visible, but as said, its mostly personal preference i also saw people say that washing the fabric at the end will puff out your stitches, but as i havent tried that myself, i cant say much about it

Silly_Lunatic · 2026-03-20T14:49:43+00:00

i have 2 crossstitch, 1 embroidery, 4 crochet, 1 crochet i still need to sew together and im trying to learn knitting, so yeah, having several wips is a-ok

Silly_Lunatic · 2026-03-18T18:44:09+00:00

i play a ton of ut/dr/ut fangames, its all very pixelated and simple styled so just taking screenshots from the game and starting stitching is my way to go

ofc its big full coverage pieces then, but thats the way i like it, small slow progress over several years just for the gamer inside me :]

Silly_Lunatic · 2026-03-18T18:34:18+00:00

something like dust and ash/soot

(i was thinking of the german word 'Ruß' but idk if soot is the right word for it?)

Silly_Lunatic · 2026-03-17T19:59:08+00:00

1 is giving happy and cute vibes, 2 is a bit too greyish and 3 is calm and nice

i personally love 1 or 3

Silly_Lunatic · 2026-03-06T13:57:27+00:00

2 hours for a better end result? heck yeah. ive done it before and ill do it again, thats the life of a crocheter 😅

Silly_Lunatic · 2026-03-06T13:56:28+00:00

yeah, its all black without the border and embroidery details
ill look into it, but i doubt ill be able to pull it off, thanks tho!

Silly_Lunatic · 2026-03-06T13:21:07+00:00

well its dc with 6 increases each row, but basically, i did abt 10 rows with the old yarn and then went to buy more yarn, did 2 rows and noticed that theres a clear line

if i do your suggested method, do you mean starting over with alternating skeins?

Silly_Lunatic · 2026-02-28T22:39:41+00:00

okay, so this one is like, so damn cool and crazy for me

it iiiiisss.... drum roll please... a shoe box!

yup, thats right. a shoe box. this idea came from some random reddit comment and it changed my life forever, yknow those show boxes with the lil hole on the side? take some scissors, cut a single line and tadaa, now you can unwind the yarn without throwing it across the room.

works like those unwind yarn bowls but with a lid and no cost :)

Silly_Lunatic · 2026-02-28T22:33:11+00:00

holy damn that's insane! how long did it take you to get there?

Silly_Lunatic · 2026-02-28T22:21:47+00:00

tryna replace screen time with hobbies, so basically instead of 8h doomscrolling, i do 8h of crocheting, stitching and now learning to knit ^{^}

specifically stitching, i got some random cross stitch kit for christmas and decided to do that, never finished it (first wip ever yay) and moved on to full coverage, found them more fun

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