jasper's stitching

I do cross stitch and sometimes other stuff

[yayxstitch]

The stitching and the memes go on.

[iamasalmon]

the thing about fiber art that nobody tells you about is that every single kind of fiber art is a gateway drug to other kinds of fiber art.

[tiger-stitch]

Still trying to find that sweet spot of finding a rare whole day free to cross stitch, taking my stimulants at the right time, and not feeling guilty about it the whole time.

Feeling a little disheartened by how long this hobby takes when I have a less than ideal attention span and only a couple of hours a night to work on it, barring interruptions.

[jaspers-cross-stitch]

I mean, I keep my projects slightly in progress basically all the time (thread started, needle on top of the work thus stitch started) and just work on them whenever I have basically any time and also while I watch stuff which helps the attention bit somewhat

[tiger-stitch]

I took this advice and it's been really helping :) thanks so much, it was a great suggestion.

[jaspers-cross-stitch]

Yay I'm so glad it helped

[alitonembroidery]

[basaltbutch]

wing progress!!

[ar-gemlad]

My current fixation is cross stitch. I think I've worked on 5 different projects this week. This is the one with the most progress:

This is from Quaternion Designs and I'm really enjoying it.

[tiger-stitch]

Still trying to find that sweet spot of finding a rare whole day free to cross stitch, taking my stimulants at the right time, and not feeling guilty about it the whole time.

Feeling a little disheartened by how long this hobby takes when I have a less than ideal attention span and only a couple of hours a night to work on it, barring interruptions.

[jaspers-cross-stitch]

I mean, I keep my projects slightly in progress basically all the time (thread started, needle on top of the work thus stitch started) and just work on them whenever I have basically any time and also while I watch stuff which helps the attention bit somewhat

[claymind]

I made a thing pls be proud of me

[what-even-is-thiss]

I’m kinda surprised that nalbinding isn’t as popular as crochet and knitting tbh because it has an even lower barrier of entry tools wise and unlike crochet and knitting it makes fabric that you can cut.

I guess it’s because it’s slower or something.

[what-even-is-thiss]

Nalbinding aka needle binding is when you use yarn and a big sewing needle to make fabric btw

It also has a lot of different kinds of stitches you can do that make different densities of fabric.

Some people even make rugs.

[thewolfwaitsbelow]

I feel like part of it might be casual people are generally aware of the existence of crochet and knitting, even if they don’t know very much about either, but have never heard of nalbinding

[what-even-is-thiss]

Yeah I hadn’t heard of it until recently and I ordered a big bone needle for myself to try it out and that should be arriving soon.

I was surprised that I’d never heard of it though. It’s older than knitting and crocheting and even though it’s been done all over the world it’s super relevant to Nordic culture and my grandmother and I are both into keeping in touch with our roots a bit so I’m surprised I’ve never heard of it.

It seems like the sort of thing that would be popular even if not as popular as crocheting and knitting, considering the low barrier of entry.

[jaspers-cross-stitch]

@handmadehistorypodcast has an episode about nalbinding actually I highly reccomend the podcast for learning random craft stuff

[og-ciel]

Me: I'll finish the stitch later.

Me: *Doesn't finish the stitch later *

The Stitch:

[pooksbedamned]

Anyone have any hints on working with the metallic cross stitch thread ?

There’s a learning curve and I missed it and went off the edge of the cliff

I’m too far along to give up on it but I’ve done just one letter in the last 3 hours

[yayxstitch]

Hello! Any chance you can recommend any nice fern cross stitch patterns? I'm trying to find something online but no luck :(

I'm sorry I haven't answered this before now. Can anyone help anon?

[bookhobbit]

The first rule of sewing is you can fix anything if you have patience, creativity, and a little bit of extra fabric! The second rule of sewing is AAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!

[beebfreeb]

Messaging people for the first time is so hard. What am I supposed to say? Like, "You seem really odd and your blog intrigues me. Do you want to have philosophical conversations or perhaps talk about fictional characters?" What! Whatever. I will just follow you back and stare at your blog with my big beautiful brown eyes.

[scribe-cas]

Reblog if you're okay with people coming into your DMs with the "you seem really odd and your blog intrigues me, do you want to have philosophical conversations or perhaps talk about fictional characters"

[jaspers-cross-stitch]

This is my son Pocket and his kangaroo brother

[litttlebugman]

i become a part of every project i make. emotionally and cause my hair is caught in it

[btheleaf]

Me doing any of my favorite activities: