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[vainartisan]

Happy Pokémon Day! Strive to make every day your best, just like Magikarp 🎣

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[vainartisan]

Cross stitch Esquie bookmark, designed and stitched by me. Pattern here 💜

[vainartisan]

I've designed an Esquie cross stitch pattern, that can be used as a bookmark!

He's serene, he's jovial - the definition of friend-shaped. He should be in the dictionary next to "amiable."

I did the test stitch on ~3"x7.5" of 14-count plastic canvas, and printed the little bookmarks at 70%.

The full pattern is available on my Etsy, with a birthday-month discount during July! ⤵️ I'll have nicely printed copies of the paper bookmark version with me at my next few shows.

Serene, jovial Esquie will protect you! Stitch a friend to carry with you. This pattern was designed as a bookmark! He also works excellentl

[vainartisan]

Hey - psst - heyy, you remember that post I made a while ago? No? Well, I'm back with an update~!

Chihiro & Haku are nearly done now, I'm finishing up their backstitching this week, and I'll let you guys know when the pattern is available 😘

(if you like, I have more studio ghibli patterns available for download on my Etsy: VainArtisanDesigns)

[vainartisan]

Working on a quick little pattern for all the cat folks out there~

Blog snippet below, if you're interested. (I finished a hat!)

Taking a day to draw, finish sewing in the ends on this hat that took me both longer and less time than I expected, and plan out projects for the next few months.

Hat done!

It came out pretty okay! Only the first knit thing I've powered through and finished. I usually crochet, so this was pretty big. The yarn was two strands held together, two handpainted merino/bamboo shades that my husband gifted me from an estate sale, and two matchy merino greens from a mini skein set I already had. Used about 40g between the four yarns, from the 80ish grams I started with.

[aluminumneedles]

Hi if you see this post please bully me in the notes about doing my gosh darn holiday knitting. Bc why am I on my phone when I have sugar honey iced tea to do

[vainartisan]

It's getting to be the holiday season, and for me, that means curling up on the couch and stitching something new! (Well, that's most seasons for me, but it's extra cozy this time of year ~🧵🛋️🍵) To that end, I'm offering 30% off digital cross stitch pattern downloads on my Etsy, from now through Dec 1! Join me and stitch up something fun this winter <3

(no hashtags, it'll find you if it's destiny??)

patterns here ‹3

[vainartisan]

Finished a bitty commission!

The glowing blues are somewhat more violently teal in person, but the lightbulbs in here are crazy yellow; I gotta fix that.

[knittystitch]

[knittystitch]

Update

[they-see-me-rolling-dice]

JESUS CHRIST

[lovetheirloves]

This applies to so many things! Your first two inches of knitting/crocheting look like fuck-all. Your pile of fabric pieces look like fuck-all. Your first two paragraphs look like fuck-all. Your first nursing class looks like-fuck all. Keep doing the thing until you finish the thing!

[vainartisan]

Happy 20th Anniversary to the Minish Cap! To celebrate, I've released the cross stitch pattern for the 5th "stained glass" as seen in the intro...

“A long, long time ago...

when the world was on the verge of

being swallowed by shadow...

The tiny Picori appeared from the sky, bringing the hero of men a sword and a golden light.

With wisdom and courage, the hero drove out the darkness.

When peace had been restored, the

people enshrined that blade with care.”

Here's "Enshrine the Blade", available now as a cross stitch pattern.

Hyrule has been saved! The guardians of the sword have sealed the darkness within this chest, in the distant past. Stitch up the massive sta

[vainartisan]

Day... 8? of stitching on this beast, and I'm finally ready to share a progress pic 🫣 only about 40% done, and that's if I ignore all the backstitching I haven't planned out yet.

20 shades, ~6.5 x 7 inches on 14-ct Aida (aqua! I gotta find more of it, I forget where I got it)

[vainartisan]

This Zelda is feeling finished... unless she needs more sparkles? Gold thread? Help.

Zelda...

needs more ✨✨

is the cutest already

Voting ended onJul 7, 2024

[vainartisan]

Update!!

Added gold thread AND kreinik braid (and found the most beautiful mauve Aida at my LNS, which my camera hates!) Better photos and shop details below the fold vvv

Thanks for voting, everyone!

I'll have both kits and patterns with me at ConnectiCon, table AC321, this weekend~!

Digital pattern shop and socials links:

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[vainartisan]

This Zelda is feeling finished... unless she needs more sparkles? Gold thread? Help.

Zelda...

needs more ✨✨

is the cutest already

Voting ended onJul 7, 2024

[elbiotipo]

I think one big reason why we don't consider the stars as important as before (not even pop-astrology anymore cares about the stars or the sky on itself, just the signs deprived of context) is because of light pollution.

For most of human history the sky looked between 1-3, 4 at most. And then all of a sudden with electrification it was gone (I'm lucky if I get 6 in my small city). The first time I saw the Milky Way fully as a kid was a spiritual experience, I was almost scared on how BRIGHT it was, it felt like someone was looking back at me. You don't get that at all with modern light pollution.

When most people talk about stargazing nowadays they think about watching about a couple of bright dots. The stars are really, really not like that. The unpolluted night sky is a festival of fireworks. There is nothing like it.

[vainartisan]

A painting professor tried to tell me once that the stars "weren't real" and that he didn't "believe in things he hasn't seen." It was in response to this painting I was working on. I felt bad for him.

[butchersmiles]

not to sound corny but the textile arts make me feel connected to the world around me. it's so intentional and deliberate and when i sit and do it, i think a lot about how many other women that came before me used to do it, how many hands have used the same supplies i am using, and how many other people might be doing the same thing as me all across the world right now

[amystitchesthings]

one of my favourite things is when museums have really old sewing tools and they are so similar to the needles we use today but so many lifetimes have happened since they were last used

[amystitchesthings]

hundreds , maybe thousands of years old, yet so alike to what I use to create today

[intermittentstitcher]

Do you keep careful track of the hours that you spend crafting?

Yes, I keep careful track of the hours that I spend crafting.

No, I do not keep track of the hours that I spend crafting.

Another more nuanced answer

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Voting ended onJun 8, 2024

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[vainartisan]

Today's post is the Master Sword 🗡️ it's based on the corrupted version from Tears of the Kingdom!

I did two different versions of this one - the black background has a dark scheme for the glow, and the oatmeal/cream background has a lighter scheme. It's the cool little things 😎

The Master Sword is my most detailed/complex one in terms of stitching techniques, more than the Koroks - beyond the regular cross stitches, it also has three-quarter, one quarter, and half stitches. Sometimes the quarter stitch is called petit point (french for "little stitch" - cross stitch is "point de croix" or stitch of crosses).

If you'd like a digital download of the pattern, or a physical kit, see the link below the fold 👇

Still figuring out the format for this place 😅 actually kind of pleased there are so many elements.

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