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Neave,
It doesn't sound strange to me at all.
It's wonderful that you've found a productive, creative outlet. It's so hard to be dependent
on somone, though I'm very glad you've got Nicky. Sounds like a real keeper, so
just relax and keep that amazing loomwork going!
If anyone has good square stitch or loom weaving patterns and you are willing to share your work and knowledge with all of us, we would be very grateful. There are not enough web sites that you can go to and get a readable copy of a pattern to use as a guide to be able to bead a beautiful pattern with your own twists to it and have it come out correctly. Not even when you pay for the patterns graphical copy. Please help us all find the way to beautiful patterns so we can bead on and be as proud of our work as you are of yours.
Thanks a lot!! I am proud to hear that about my English. I am lucky, I need it at work rather often. And also, it helps a lot to watch American TV shows!! That sounds silly, but it tremendously helped me with "normal" spoken English, proverbs, pronunciation, etc. Also, the German translations stink in comparison to the original!
I have not thought of selling the xls, but I am glad to offer it if anyone has use for it. I am still making out the details, but when my pattern is ready, I am happy to show it to you, so you can estimate whether it would be helpful for fellow crocheters / cross stitchers / knitters!
I actually have a little yarn shop just a few minutes away by foot, but they do not have a wide variety of choices and are rather expensive. I was really lucky, a facebook friend of mine (I never met her personally), who is in the same crafting group on facebook recommended a specific yarn which is very cheap online, it is only 1€ per skein (50g / 196m). She was so kind to send me one of her skeins so that I could feel it and try it. I am really grateful for that! I like the yarn, it is 100% acrylic, but that is good for a blanket I think and I will order it as soon as I know my needs.
For smaller projects, I like to use the little shop or another really wonderful shop in Vienna, the "Wollmeile". But since I will need about 40 skeins, it makes a big difference if one skein is 1 or 2,5 Euros!
Another question to a completely different matter: I have found the members' photo albums and really like them. I would like to create one to show you some of my works (some of the Christmas presents are already done!
). But obviously, I am too stupid to
find the function to create one... Can you help me, please?
Greetings from a rainy and grey Vienna!
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Shaleigh,
Congrats on getting
married! I'm sure we can forgive you for being
just a wee bit busy to work on your stitching, lol. 
And what a lovely honeymoon idea...I'm
sure Norway was gorgeous!
I'm sure we can forgive you for being
just a wee bit busy to work on your stitching, lol. And what a lovely honeymoon idea...I'm
sure Norway was gorgeous! Your work looks
sooooo amazing, as always!
This site has
quite a bit of helpful info on removing stains:
https://lordlibidan.com/how-do-i-remove-cross-stitch-stains/
It looks to me like your assessment is spot on...the
stains do look like oils from your hands are getting into your
fabric. 
It's definitely a good idea to keep
washing. Though the larger the project, the more handling of
fabric...that's pretty unavoidable.
It's definitely a good idea to keep
washing. Though the larger the project, the more handling of
fabric...that's pretty unavoidable.That
said, aside from the above site on removing stains, I have a
suggestion that could keep your hands mostly off of the
fabric.
Have you tried Q-Snaps?
https://www.qsnap.com/
I much prefer stitching without a frame, but sometimes
the fabric is too thin. In your case it looks like the fabric is
thick enough to work without one, but the Q-Snaps cover the edges
of the fabric well enough within the area you're stitching so you
would end up mostly holding the frame and not the
fabric.
It won't help you with the stains
that are already there, sorry to say, but it could end up
preventing more.
I've used hoops before,
too, but they don't cover the fabric edges at all and they make
stitching and holding the work so much harder.
Q-Snaps are lightweight, IMO, and they actually feel
nice to handle.
The aforementioned site
doesn't look like it's for consumers, but it gives you an idea of
what these frames look like when used for cross stitch. For a large
project such as yours, you can decide on a comfortable size and
change the frame's positioning as you move to a different section.
A too-large frame size might be uncomfortable.
I'm hoping there are dealers or at least mail order
sources for these frames in your area if you'd like to try them.
Neave,
It doesn't sound strange to me at all.
It's wonderful that you've found a productive, creative outlet.
It's so hard to be dependent
on somone, though I'm very glad you've got Nicky. Sounds like a real keeper, so
just relax and keep that amazing loomwork going! I keep trying to use the creat pattern and I keep getting message that microsoft had some kind of bug when they updated to 10 and 11. then said something about pdf.file. I click on it and nothing happens either.. What can I do I need help
If anyone has good square stitch or loom weaving patterns and you are willing to share your work and knowledge with all of us, we would be very grateful. There are not enough web sites that you can go to and get a readable copy of a pattern to use as a guide to be able to bead a beautiful pattern with your own twists to it and have it come out correctly. Not even when you pay for the patterns graphical copy. Please help us all find the way to beautiful patterns so we can bead on and be as proud of our work as you are of yours.
Thanks a lot!! I am proud to hear that about my English. I am lucky, I need it at work rather often. And also, it helps a lot to watch American TV shows!! That sounds silly, but it tremendously helped me with "normal" spoken English, proverbs, pronunciation, etc. Also, the German translations stink in comparison to the original!
I have not thought of selling the xls, but I am glad to offer it if anyone has use for it. I am still making out the details, but when my pattern is ready, I am happy to show it to you, so you can estimate whether it would be helpful for fellow crocheters / cross stitchers / knitters!
I actually have a little yarn shop just a few minutes away by foot, but they do not have a wide variety of choices and are rather expensive. I was really lucky, a facebook friend of mine (I never met her personally), who is in the same crafting group on facebook recommended a specific yarn which is very cheap online, it is only 1€ per skein (50g / 196m). She was so kind to send me one of her skeins so that I could feel it and try it. I am really grateful for that! I like the yarn, it is 100% acrylic, but that is good for a blanket I think and I will order it as soon as I know my needs.
For smaller projects, I like to use the little shop or another really wonderful shop in Vienna, the "Wollmeile". But since I will need about 40 skeins, it makes a big difference if one skein is 1 or 2,5 Euros!
Another question to a completely different matter: I have found the members' photo albums and really like them. I would like to create one to show you some of my works (some of the Christmas presents are already done!
). But obviously, I am too stupid to
find the function to create one... Can you help me, please?
Greetings from a rainy and grey Vienna!
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