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Hi, can you tell me please, what does antialias do?Cheers, Debra
Hello,
Is it possible to show Back Stitches in a Cross Stitch pattern? I like the use of back stitches in a design but I'm not sure if this is possible in the Pattern Wizard.
Many thanks for your help
Hi ,just joined, from Australia .
Looking forward to gaining some expert tips from everyone, site looks amazing. I'm new to crocheting and hoping to get some inspiration to attempt my very 1st graphgan! I've 11 grand babies and a couple of the boys, master 7 yr olds have already given me their orders !😂😂😂😂❤️
De'Andrea,
It wasn't a great job, sigh...a lot more trouble than the pay was worth.
I don't mind talking on the phone,
but only to people I like...and this was dealing with a lot of
rude, obnoxious people. 
So glad you've found a way to work with the Mirrix loom as you like it.
Meh, if they don't like it, they
shouldn't complain...you own their loom! I think that's flattering!
You're so right about the Fireline...it has little to no give. I kind of like it for that, but then, I'm not using it for looming, only off-loom techniques. When I first started beading I was using Nymo, which I didn't have the patience to stretch. (And at first I didn't know to stretch it.) When Fireline and other fishing lines became available, wow! What a difference! My first fishing line thread was Power Pro. Then they invented the Fireline Crystal and I never looked back! I once went back to Nymo for a project that was "better" suited to Nymo than Fireline and was sooooooooooo disappointed that it had way too much give.
Conversely, the first time I used a fishing line thread, which may have been Power Pro, I was working a project I'd originally started with Nymo. It was a beautiful lacy stitch and it was just awful with the Nymo...the beads flopped all over the place and looked terrible. This was a pattern in a magazine and it turned out the magazine had used something soft like Nymo...their beads flopped all over the place, too! Well, I started using that Power Pro and suddenly...the beads were standing up on their own, looking perfectly perky and the stitch was looking incredible! LOL, so I fell in love with those fishing lines!
Beading back years ago was soooooooooooo different. I remember there were hardly any sources and bead stores were few and far between. One was lucky to get beads from a mom
& pop craft store, and some of those were cheaply made,
irregular beads. There truly was a dearth of good quality
beads and such.
Thank goodness now there are beads in all colors, sizes and finishes!
How cool that you could share your hobbies with your son! IMO, worrying about gender-specific is
such a waste of time. Men as well as women can enjoy sewing,
beading, cross stitch, etc. I've met several men over the years who
did fine work in traditionally "female" arts...and they enjoyed it.
Isn't that what counts? Just like women
can enjoy sports and such. I don't believe in limiting people,
keeping them from doing what they like. If it's harmless and
enjoyable, why not?
LOL, I have a funny story sort of about gender specifics like that. My husband's grandmother apparently wanted a granddaughter, so she gave him a doll. You know what he did? He played with it...like a boy. He was more interested in taking the doll apart to see how she was made! Even lost her head in the process.
So his grandmother may have wanted
a granddaughter, but that doll didn't turn him into a girl, LOL.
I think boys will do what they enjoy...and I LOVE how the two of you spent time together.
Hi I'm a newbie here. I just wanted to introduce myself, I am a self taught beader, and love it at the age of 54. Your never to young to learn,lol.
I wondered if any of you have done flatwork bead crochet as I would like to know the best way of doing it. Any advice would be gratefully received
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Hi, can you tell me please, what does antialias do?Cheers, Debra
Hello,
Is it possible to show Back Stitches in a Cross Stitch pattern? I like the use of back stitches in a design but I'm not sure if this is possible in the Pattern Wizard.
Many thanks for your help
Hi ,just joined, from Australia .
Looking forward to gaining some expert tips from everyone, site looks amazing. I'm new to crocheting and hoping to get some inspiration to attempt my very 1st graphgan! I've 11 grand babies and a couple of the boys, master 7 yr olds have already given me their orders !😂😂😂😂❤️
De'Andrea,
It wasn't a great job, sigh...a lot more trouble than the pay was worth.
I don't mind talking on the phone,
but only to people I like...and this was dealing with a lot of
rude, obnoxious people. So glad you've found a way to work with the Mirrix loom as you like it.
Meh, if they don't like it, they
shouldn't complain...you own their loom! I think that's flattering!
You're so right about the Fireline...it has little to no give. I kind of like it for that, but then, I'm not using it for looming, only off-loom techniques. When I first started beading I was using Nymo, which I didn't have the patience to stretch. (And at first I didn't know to stretch it.) When Fireline and other fishing lines became available, wow! What a difference! My first fishing line thread was Power Pro. Then they invented the Fireline Crystal and I never looked back! I once went back to Nymo for a project that was "better" suited to Nymo than Fireline and was sooooooooooo disappointed that it had way too much give.
Conversely, the first time I used a fishing line thread, which may have been Power Pro, I was working a project I'd originally started with Nymo. It was a beautiful lacy stitch and it was just awful with the Nymo...the beads flopped all over the place and looked terrible. This was a pattern in a magazine and it turned out the magazine had used something soft like Nymo...their beads flopped all over the place, too! Well, I started using that Power Pro and suddenly...the beads were standing up on their own, looking perfectly perky and the stitch was looking incredible! LOL, so I fell in love with those fishing lines!
Beading back years ago was soooooooooooo different. I remember there were hardly any sources and bead stores were few and far between.
One was lucky to get beads from a mom
& pop craft store, and some of those were cheaply made,
irregular beads. There truly was a dearth of good quality
beads and such. Thank goodness now there are beads in all colors, sizes and finishes!
How cool that you could share your hobbies with your son!
IMO, worrying about gender-specific is
such a waste of time. Men as well as women can enjoy sewing,
beading, cross stitch, etc. I've met several men over the years who
did fine work in traditionally "female" arts...and they enjoyed it.
Isn't that what counts? Just like women
can enjoy sports and such. I don't believe in limiting people,
keeping them from doing what they like. If it's harmless and
enjoyable, why not? LOL, I have a funny story sort of about gender specifics like that. My husband's grandmother apparently wanted a granddaughter, so she gave him a doll. You know what he did? He played with it...like a boy. He was more interested in taking the doll apart to see how she was made! Even lost her head in the process.
So his grandmother may have wanted
a granddaughter, but that doll didn't turn him into a girl, LOL.
I think boys will do what they enjoy...and I LOVE how the two of you spent time together.
Hi I'm a newbie here. I just wanted to introduce myself, I am a self taught beader, and love it at the age of 54. Your never to young to learn,lol.
I wondered if any of you have done flatwork bead crochet as I would like to know the best way of doing it. Any advice would be gratefully received
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