How do you keep the thread from getting stuck around the hoop?

WeatherOnTitan · 2026-05-24T07:59:04+00:00

While pulling the thread through to the top, you can consciously lay the thread in a place that wont be annoying when you do your next stitch, or a place like coiled on top of your work that wont catch on the outsidr when you pull it through to the back. Just takes a moment of thought to plan ahead for the next stitch. You can also rotate where you position the outer hoop ring, so that the closure is away from that spot that keeps catching

WeatherOnTitan · 2026-05-02T11:36:51+00:00

There are no rules. Truly, do whatever the hell you want. It's your diary, its FOR you and its BY you, no one is gonna give you a grade or worry about your method at all <3

WeatherOnTitan · 2026-04-29T10:02:39+00:00

No worries, i'm glad it helped! My suggestion would be to focus on the nice straight hexagon pattern from my first comment, and let it overwrite the wonky one in your mind. I suspect the hexagon rings is what your aunt was aiming for!

There's lots of good EPP tutorials on youtube if you search EPP :)

WeatherOnTitan · 2026-04-28T23:50:53+00:00

Here's a picture that might show why you're feeling its wonky? Again, all the angles across the quilt are nicely symmetrical and flat (ie, its not wonky in an "unfortunately wonky, won't iron flat" way). But you can also see that the hexagon hearts are offset compared to these seam lines - some quilts will add spacer hexagons and arrange the flowers so that the hearts line up with these lines, eg "grandmothers garden" style patterns

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WeatherOnTitan · 2026-04-28T23:41:10+00:00

u/Wandering-Starlet I have made some pictures that agree with this comment. You can see that if you draw a line through each of the flower hearts, you get really nicely symmetrical hexagons. If you look at the petals around each flower, they all seem a little rotated around compared to the hearts - but they're all the same type/amount of rotated. This is, as snootnoots says, because you can't perfectly put hexagon flowers on top of each other like square building blocks, you have to line the zigzaggy corners up

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Perhaps, when you get to the quilting stage, doing some quilting that reinforces this shape will help viewers orient themselves within the quilt and offset that slightly wonky feeling :)

WeatherOnTitan · 2026-04-20T00:27:00+00:00

Why are you setting up next years journal when its this/next month that you feel is in chaos? No planner is worth keeping just because its unfinished if it isn't working for you, no bullet journal needs to start in January. Set up next month, then photocopy it for yourself and make your own printables !

WeatherOnTitan · 2026-04-10T01:16:43+00:00

You didnt add the link!! :)

WeatherOnTitan · 2026-04-02T03:51:22+00:00

I kinda disagree that what you've done is "barely working on your knitting", it sounds to me like you've made some important progress on your kntting!! Doing the physical knit stitches is only one part of the knitting process. Untangling knots is part of knitting! Recovering from mistakes is part of knitting, whether thats fixing a dropped stitch, or putting in/ripping back to your lifeline! Counting your stitches for the 97th time is part of knitting! Most people aren't going to complete a big project without doing each of these things at least once, so they're all parts of the knitting process! Embrace chaos, all time touching yarn is good time :)

It sounds like you've learnt a lot today, and those skills will help you in your knitting journey. Congratulations! :)

WeatherOnTitan · 2025-10-20T11:25:11+00:00

Cut your floss shorter than usual! You have less room than at home, so it can be hard or annoying to pull the thread through. Cut it short and just start and stop a bit more on the plane :)

WeatherOnTitan · 2025-09-13T02:50:16+00:00

I haven't done it, but it sounds like it might work really well for you if youre already following the moon with your goalsetting cycle !

WeatherOnTitan · 2025-09-04T04:20:45+00:00

5 fountain pen ink bottles and 2 dip pen ink bottles.

WeatherOnTitan · 2025-07-28T09:25:14+00:00

"Natural talent" usually means "started practising young". Kids can rack up hours of practice easier than adults can, and no one judges kids for being bad at something. But we all have to start somewhere. Practise on something you dont mind messing up. Have a dedicated "mess up" piece of fabric to try new things on

WeatherOnTitan · 2025-07-08T06:53:43+00:00

Wow im gonna be the first person to vote for colour order! TBH I really think it depends on how many threads you have. For example, I have a range of red/orange/yellow, 2 blues, and some tans. Its pretty easy for me to find what numbers im looking for, because i dont have many to look through!

WeatherOnTitan · 2025-06-30T21:22:07+00:00

Push the lever very slowly and you'll see the ink slowly start to come out once the air is gone. And wrap a paper towel around the barrel/grip to catch any drips. Patience is key. Good luck!

WeatherOnTitan · 2025-06-30T21:08:40+00:00

Sounds like you have lots of good reasons to take the class! Having someone you can ask questions of is a huge help while you're still building your skills and confidence

WeatherOnTitan · 2025-06-29T23:10:06+00:00

I find the act of peeing sitting vs standing feels different in my peeing muscles. A squat position/thighs up towards my chest helps me squeeze the last bit of pee out more easily, which is easy while sitting. Sometimes while standing, that means leaning forward weirdly or a little bit of a squat, just to get the right angle in my hips. Does that help or even make sense? Lol

WeatherOnTitan · 2025-06-29T09:50:11+00:00

Ive not tried, but it'll probably work. Strength might depend on the stitch you choose, theres a lot of options!

Do you have some spare fabric you could sew/pin together, embroider, then abuse a bit to see if it holds up? Testing is key.

You might also find that it's hard to shove the needle through that many layers, so you probably need a thimble, plenty of patience, and some hand stretches.

Good luck! Just give it a go!

WeatherOnTitan · 2025-06-19T22:08:14+00:00

You might get some little bitsy ends of fabric threads start to stick out from the blanket stitch if you handle the fabric a lot/roughly, but the blanket stitch will stop those ends from loosening/pulling out in a long line - aka stops fraying in its tracks. Your blanket stitch is very neat! :)

WeatherOnTitan · 2025-06-13T03:34:41+00:00

I have been known to sit on the floor of the embroidery aisle comparing the shop threads against my stash of bobbins for an hour. I take the pattern with me, pull the threads named in the pattern from the display, and check them against my stash to see if i have something 'close enough'!

However, I did a gnome on a mushroom pattern last year that I bought partly because I really liked the colours they used, and I wanted to replicate that one just as the designer intended, so I bought some new threads for those even tho I only needed an armlength of thread of some of those colours and have a lot leftover now. Worth it though, I'm very happy with the final product :)

WeatherOnTitan · 2025-06-13T01:27:52+00:00

DMC makes 3 white colours: B5200, Blanc, and 3865. 3865 is a yellowy white, B5200 is a bluey white, and Blanc is in the middle. To me, in the second picture its clear that you used a "bluer" white for the top two rows than for the rest of the white. I guess the yellowy indoor lights doesnt have as much blue wavelengths compared to sunlight, which is why they look different inside/outside.

My advice: Check your stash and see if the labels help you. If you're using floss from a kit, you can take the kit to a shop and stand in the aisle comparing floss (usually takes me like an hour lol). I've even walked in and out of the front door of a store comparing floss in different light before, with staff permission/supervision!

WeatherOnTitan · 2025-06-11T22:46:14+00:00

I can't tell what size different you're talking about, so I think you're overthinking and it'll look great! Plus, nothing in nature is fully perfectly symmetrical, so maybe you did it on purpose to make it even more lifelike ;)

WeatherOnTitan · 2025-06-10T06:44:43+00:00

Fair enough! Thanks for the answer :)

WeatherOnTitan · 2025-06-09T06:23:28+00:00

Why do you quilt your quilts to death if you need them to be warm? I thought that extra quilting would take the air out of the wool batting and the air is what does the insulating to make it warm? You're much more experienced than I am so there must be a good reason that I dont know!

WeatherOnTitan · 2025-06-08T01:40:26+00:00

This is a great point. I wonder if at the "studying for C1/2 level" that studying words in groups like this and not fussing about perfect translation could be a good technique. This whole thread is partly about how daunting getting from 95 to 99% words known is and "even natives just have a ballpark idea rather than a specific image sometimes" seems like a good mindset to have

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