#needle work

[yayxstitch]

The worst part of cross stitch?

frogging out a mistake

figuring out a mistake

framing the work

losing a needle/stabbing yourself

finding the time to do it

something else (tell me)

some possums have biofluorescence

Voting ended onJun 8, 2025

[ninsleeping]

processing!

[institchesproject]

Out of the possibly paranoid feeling that society is going to collapse into a steaming heap of shit... I have started working out how to darn my damned socks.

Also, I like these socks and want to keep wearing them as long as possible.

[embroiderycrafts]

Hand Embroidery 101 for beginners.

[lilaco21]

Sooooo... I made a thing!

I'm honestly proud of myself! It had taken me about 8 months and another month to get the courage to learn how to wash and iron it!

I've learnt so much whilst doing this one! Mainly:

1. Patience is worth it

2. Do not grid your aida with embroidery floss, it does not pull out smoothly

3. How to both wash and iron a cross stitch piece (something that I didn't need to do for my first ones)

4. It's so nice to do something calming with your hands

5. Take a step back and admire your progress every once in a while

[auntpelvis]

embroidery of some electric pylons on an old doiley

[loudestcloud]

My first ever embroidery piece

And I tucked in all the tails at the back just bc

As soon as I saw this hoop, I was all in. I really wanted to do this panel but finding a brake was hard bc I've never looked before. If I buy a brown one, I'll see how I feel about that bc it's only attached to the white part, the red is like a jelly plastic that comes off.

TECHNICALLY, it isn't my first embroidery piece bc I did a silly Miro face stuck in a wall but it was very VERY basic and I always forget about it bc it was like 6 years ago or something. I actually took this one very seriously and split the thread! I did however-

Do the outline first BECAUSE I like to test the rules. I like to do it the way I would like to do it THEN do it by the rules if it doesn't work. I want to know WHY that's the rule and if it's a valid reason then I'll listen and if my way works then I'll keep mine. This was fine. I did go over a few lines but my favourite part the ball bc it was my first color and it makes me smile at how neat it is. My close second is the left ear's fold bc the brown perfectly hides behind the black, I don't know if you'd get that indent if you did it over top but I guess I'll know next time if I try it normally!

Both star types are a different style, take a closer look!

[thereisnotoast]

first time trying out visible mending and embroidery. naturally i should start with some buggies. trying to get these pants back into a wearable state