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Hi Melanie,
I need your help again
unfortunately I've had to order all my yarn from 3 different US
companies 
(I live in canada)
I ended up substituting the discontinued colour 620-126 chocolate brown to 620-129 Cocoa, I'm hoping it works
Now my big question lol I still have to substitute 620-198 Glove and 620-177 Loden. Would you have any suggestions for those two colours? I've emailed Lion Brand and hoping they can help me, fingers crossed!
Any help would be greatly appreciated
Thanks
Lynn
Can I please be upgraded to get the larger sized graphs please?
I've let Terry (Support) know about your request.
Sherry,
Love all of it!
Sooooo jealous of you,
getting to work with the Pipsqueak yarn...that must have felt so
nice while working with it!
How large are the skeins of that? Were you able to buy one of each of the two colors?
And the crocodile pattern turned out gorgeous! I bet that feels
heavenly...it sure looks like it does! What yarn did you
use for that? Whatever it is has such a pretty sheen to
it. Was it the Simply Soft? My experience has
always been that Simply Soft doesn't hold its shape too well...but
if that's what you used, I'll think differently about it from now
on!
Excellent work! There are going to be some
very happy people with these yarny gifts!
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Anna,
Welcome!
What a lovely
idea, to bring cross stitch to your generation!
I did a search
to find something that looked really good and in-depth for a
beginner and found this tutorial:
https://stitchedmodern.com/blogs/news/a-beginners-guide-to-cross-stitch
It's excellent, though one thing where I'll caution
you...do NOT use masking tape on the edges of your fabric! I'm
cringing from the idea. Masking tape will leave a sticky, ugly
residue on your fabric. You can sew it with a zigzag stitch on a
machine, serge it, or even use something called Fray Check. I've
used all of those methods. You can also use drafting tape, which
can be expensive and is usually found at an office supply store.
That's a low-tack tape.
LOL, I've tried so
many different things, though luckily was advised away from masking
tape early on. A super experienced stitcher once mentioned using
"pink hair tape," and I was shocked to find that left residue - she
should have known better!
Anyway, other than
the advice about masking tape, it's a really good tutorial to start
with. Another thing I'll suggest is before you go making your
patterns, since you're a beginner, start with smaller patterns.
There are various patterns online that are free, and that will give
you a feel for working with larger patterns and what your preferred
fabric is, whether or not you want to use a hoop, etc.
You may still find that you'll need to buy floss...if
your mom's collection doesn't include certain colors, there may be
some you'll have to buy. But no worries, floss is usually not
terribly expensive. (It can add up, though, when you're working a
large project.)
Best of luck to you and I hope that tutorial gives you what you need to start on such a wonderful endeavor!
Best of luck to you and I hope that tutorial gives you what you need to start on such a wonderful endeavor!
Hi Melanie,
I need your help again
unfortunately I've had to order all my yarn from 3 different US
companies (I live in canada) I ended up substituting the discontinued colour 620-126 chocolate brown to 620-129 Cocoa, I'm hoping it works
Now my big question lol I still have to substitute 620-198 Glove and 620-177 Loden. Would you have any suggestions for those two colours? I've emailed Lion Brand and hoping they can help me, fingers crossed!
Any help would be greatly appreciated
Thanks
Lynn
Can I please be upgraded to get the larger sized graphs please?
I've let Terry (Support) know about your request.
Sherry,
Love all of it!
Sooooo jealous of you,
getting to work with the Pipsqueak yarn...that must have felt so
nice while working with it!How large are the skeins of that? Were you able to buy one of each of the two colors?
And the crocodile pattern turned out gorgeous!
I bet that feels
heavenly...it sure looks like it does! What yarn did you
use for that? Whatever it is has such a pretty sheen to
it. Was it the Simply Soft? My experience has
always been that Simply Soft doesn't hold its shape too well...but
if that's what you used, I'll think differently about it from now
on!Excellent work!
There are going to be some
very happy people with these yarny gifts! friends
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