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Welcome to Stitchboard! Feel free to sit and stay awhile. Check out our new Premier features. In addition to the ability to create larger patterns (up to 500 stitches wide), illusion knitting and private labeling (no more worries about editing those pesky and messy PDFs), we've just introduced Filet Crochet, our most popular request! We have many more features planned, too!
New! The Herrschner's Worsted Palette - thank you to BetwixtTheStitch!
New! We've just added the palette for Deborah Norville Everyday Yarn! If you knit and/or crochet, this is for you. This is a beautiful yarn with a nice feel to it, a good alternative in worsted weight acrylic! (Thank you again to BetwixtTheStitch!)
New! The Red Heart Super Saver Palette - thank you to BetwixtTheStitch!
Welcome to Stitchboard! Feel free to sit and stay awhile. Check out our new Premier features. In addition to the ability to create larger patterns (up to 500 stitches wide), illusion knitting and private labeling (no more worries about editing those pesky and messy PDFs), we've just introduced Filet Crochet, our most popular request! We have many more features planned, too!
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Thank you! I've recently gotten back into stitching after several years away from it and this is my current project. My husband was a marine and he wanted me to make this for him.
Hello everyone, I love crocheting and I have done it for several years. I've done some very large things, small things, charts, bags, almost everything! I especially like doing things from books that I like, fantasy and sci-fi.
Hi! My name is Kristy but I go by Stitches so either one will work. I have been cross stitching for about 30 years. I know I am old...lol. My mom taught me. Anyhow. I am a work at home mom and LOVE cross stitching. I know duh right? Other things I do....play video games, read, write (I am a published author). I usually work on more than one project at a time. Right now I am working on 5 Harry Potter themed pieces for my best friend's upcoming FIRST baby shower!
I am partial to geek stuff so my works usually are geek related. I am so glad to have found you all and looking forward to meeting some friends who also cross stitch!!
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Thank you! I've recently gotten back into stitching after several years away from it and this is my current project. My husband was a marine and he wanted me to make this for him.
Hello everyone, I love crocheting and I have done it for several years. I've done some very large things, small things, charts, bags, almost everything! I especially like doing things from books that I like, fantasy and sci-fi.
Janet,
What an adorable dog!
For shorter
areas of yarn, it's best to wind it onto bobbins. You're right not
to want to carry colors over long distances where they aren't used;
it's inefficient and would only add to the bulk. And there's really
no need to carry it if a particular color isn't used in a huge
area.
Bobbins will allow you the freedom of
not having to jockey around many colors at once. You can leave the
bobbins hanging from the work, out of your way, while you have the
freedom to work other areas.
There's another
way of working in colors, which someone here (BetwixtTheStitch -
Sherry) uses often: cross stitch.
Cross
stitch could be used on single crochet for smaller areas. Instead
of single crochet, Sherry uses Tunisian as a base and will then
cross stitch over that. Single crochet will also work; the
particular crochet stitch is a personal choice. Cross stitch allows
for a bit more control over where colors go and then you don't have
to plan quite so far ahead.
Cristy,
Only the number of
stitches across can be changed at this time; the system calculates
the optimal number of vertical rows. We originally did that so
people wouldn't skew or truncate their patterns. At a later date
we'll have a version that will allow the vertical rows to be
changed, but I'm sorry to say I don't have any specifics as to when
that will be.
Hi! My name is Kristy but I go by Stitches so either one will work. I have been cross stitching for about 30 years. I know I am old...lol. My mom taught me. Anyhow. I am a work at home mom and LOVE cross stitching. I know duh right? Other things I do....play video games, read, write (I am a published author). I usually work on more than one project at a time. Right now I am working on 5 Harry Potter themed pieces for my best friend's upcoming FIRST baby shower!
I am partial to geek stuff so my works usually are geek related. I am so glad to have found you all and looking forward to meeting some friends who also cross stitch!!
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