Slowstitches - Cross Stitch
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- Опубліковано 1 гру 2023
- How I use variations of cross stitch in my slowstitch pieces. This is by no means a tutorial on how to do 'proper' cross stitch, but more me giving my thoughts about stitching crosses into my work and other random witterings. 😊
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I absolutely adore your way of communicating that you call whittering. Please don't stop! Thank you for this
thank you, don't think I could if I wanted to 😂
Far from being bored just wondering how I will sleep with so many ideas. Thank you sew much👏👏👏👏
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Don't run yourself down ,your teaching us fine x
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Yes you’re not wittering, you’re explaining in detail, which I appreciate very much!
I enjoy your "whittering". Some people I don't, but your voice is very calm and measured. And you're showing as well as "telling" so that's getting through what you intend. I enjoy the lessons. Plus the end effect of how the stitches are placed, is quite clear. Glad I found your channel. I've already 'slow stitched' two small squares (which I ended up being somewhat pleased with), without any pre-conceived "images" in my head on what I was aiming for, and have refreshed some rusty skills; cross stitch will be included in the next one for sure. It's kind of like using textiles to make collages. Very enjoyable. I've been "painting" with fabrics and threads. These lessons are a hybrid between "strict rules to produce a stitch" and "go outside the box and enjoy yourself". Just my style.
Absolutely how I feel, painting with fabric and thread, perfectly put ❤️
Great 'ramblings and wittering '. Most enjoyable!
Thank you ❤️
Thank you for sharing this with us, I find you very relaxing and a good instructor.
I didn’t fall asleep 🥰 Thank you for teaching me how to crossstich….
Yeaay! My pleasure 😊
Whitter on, I love listening to you and am so thankful for the inspiration.
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Not gibberish, love learning this stuff. Keep going on please, absolutely love it!!!
Thank you 😁❤️
Love all your eco dyed creations, very earthy and yet delicate.
Found your channel a few days ago, been binge watching you since. Love your work!
Thank you and welcome ❤️
Ive been stitching for a few years now carefully staying exactly in the lines and according to the pattern. I love your approach.. driving off the road and bumping across the fields.. so many possibilities.. thank you!
Yes! That's a great way of putting it ❤️
I could stay here watching your videos for hours on end!
Glad you like them!❤
I was very happy when I saw another video from you. ❤
Hope you were still happy after watching 🤞😁❤️
Thank you so very much for this series!
My pleasure 😊
love your channel and your beautiful work🥰
Thank you 😊
I agree, the two methods do produce different looks. It’s good to see both ways explained; we are all beginners at something. The seed stitch was new to me, so I appreciate this series. Thanks!😻
You're very welcome ❤
Great job. Don’t be so hard on yourself, you’re doing great!
Thank you, nice to hear 😊
You are so much fun while being such a good teacher!
Oh thank you! 😁❤️
Interesting and useful! I totally get the nuances. Thanks!
Lovely video. I think your little bags are so pretty. Thank you for explaining things so well.😊❤
Thank you and you're welcome 🤗
Какая красота! Можно смотреть и наслаждаться! Это как картина! Никто не сможет повторить! Чудо! Спасибо огромное вам, что делитесь с нами! Это об'единяет людей из разных стран, кто любит рукоделие! Успехов вам и вдохновения! ❤😂
Thank you so much, it's lovely to connect with people all over the world ❤❤❤
Glad you voiced how you do the stitches & your feelings/understandings regarding them. I wondered if you did the crosses individually or in lines. So it was lovely to hear your perspective on your process.
My pleasure 😊
Oh We Will Be Back…..so appreciate the tutorial….
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I feel so comforted by your work. ❤
Lovely to hear thank you 😊
You make such beautiful creations and you have a lovely collection of fabric pieces.
Thank you so much 😊
I love the use of cross stitches in the different ways. When you say “this one is properly done” … what is properly? I like to think it’s done right if you wanted to do it that way.
I totally understood what you were saying when you said you had the varying crosses, done individually, vs. the line of stitches. I think each one has its place.
Thank you for sharing, look forward to more
Thank you, I think when I say 'properly' I mean as in conventional embroidery or counted cross stitch, which is much more prescriptive than my style ❤️
I love this. It's done right if you wanted to do it that way. So important the intention you put into it.
Scrummy stitching! 👏😍
Thank you Linda ❤
I love the way you teach💕
Yes I found that very interesting😊
Thanks for showing this and I have to say how much I love that large brownish fabric piece that you created.
thank you, that will be a cover for a stitch journal, tutorial coming soon ♥️
Спасибо за видео! Это как разный почерк у людей. Одинаковые стежки выполненные немного по другому создают индивидуальность. Поэтому так интересно рассматривать работы разных мастеров. Это расширят диапазон возможностей. Благодарю!😊❤🖐
My pleasure, I agree with you about the hand writing, I have said the same thing ❤
As a new follower, I was catching up on what I've missed tonight and admonishing my screen as you were making the first set of cross stitch stitches, lol. I just knew that the back of your fabric had stitches going in two different directions, and had a wee bit of a reaction, lol. So, I now know that slow stitching for me will still include some of the 'rules' that have become ingrained in my psyche. After all, I've been doing some of these things for over 50 years, being more free or 'rustic' will cause the exact stress that slow stitching is supposed to relieve. I won't let my little handicap stop me from enjoying the exercises, though. I can't wait to get started!
I can so relate, after many years of doing traditional hand quilting and piecing, matching points, so many stitches per inch, etc. The stress of trying to achieve that began to outweigh the pleasure. But slowstitch isn't about doing things in a sloppy way, it's about focusing on the process. So if certain things stress you if they are 'wrong', do them 'right'. 😉 It would still be slowstitch... It's such a personal thing. You have to do what is right for you, only be aware of the materials, the process, how you feel while making etc. Then you will be slowstitching 🤗❤️
Love this!! You explain very well and give such neat perspective!! I’m from the USA… love your accent!!😊
Thanks so much! 😊
Unlike counted cross stitch, it is great to see how more meaningful just one stitch can become and without too much planning. It's brilliant.
Thank you 😊
It's a pleasure to watch you stitch, and see your paths through the cloth. I really like your approach. Thank you for sharing.
My pleasure 😊
I am stitching on my woven piece whilst watching these instructional stitch videos. Already I am starting to think differently about the kind of fabric I want and also getting a feel for the stitches. My stash has come from scrap bags I have purchased so really colourful. However, I am liking the coloured stitching and want them to show more. Will have to rethink my choices. Being a newbie can't tell you how helpful you are being. It is a voyage of discovery for sure x
You cannot begin to imagine how wonderful it is to hear that, thank you ❤️😊❤️
I really enjoy your whittering! Take care, have a blessed day.
Thank you, you too ☺️
A tiny bit different way of looking at something and/or a tiny bit different way of describing something can make all the difference in the world. I have been dabbling.... for the past couple of months.... in learning some basic embroidery stitches and the cross stitch was "bothering me." My late-sister-in-law used to do counted cross stitch and that was not my cup of tea - too finicky. Intellectually I knew that one could sew a cross stitch the "traditional way" but I always forgot which corner I was supposed to start in. So I had figured out that I could make a running stitch and then make another running stitch in the opposite direction and I would end up with a cross stitch that wasn't angled but rather one horizontal line and one vertical line. But I never had a name for it. From now on, I shall call it a "crossed running stitch." Perfect. I am working my way through all of your videos and bookmarking them for future reference. I want to be caught up and have a clean slate to start the 2024 slow stitch project. Yay !!!! I'm really looking forward to it. Thank you for sharing your talent and inspiration with all of us.
My pleasure looking forward to next year too 😁 yes just a slightly different spin on something and it falls into place ❤️
Like so many others I’ve enjoyed counted cross stitching with its beautiful results. And also agree it can be tedious and the need for free stitching is a must. Slow stitching is such a joy. Mixing fabric bits with any stitch you choose to create with any string/yarn or embellishment you want to add is simply relaxing and fun. Thanks for sharing the outcome difference by how you orientate your cross stitches. Love your channel, your teaching style.
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Thank you 😊
Such a treat to watch this. So happy I came across your channel. 🥰
Thank you so much, I am happy you found me too ❤
Thank you for your tutorials, you are very neat and prescise with your stitching, which is lovely.
thank you ♥️
Very interesting video. I like the creative stitches much more than the traditional stitches. TFS. Hugs ❤
Thank you me too ☺️
Thank you.
Hi k3n! I have done a lot of conventional cross stitch but this made me see it in a whole new light...and I like it! Thank you - and I enjoy your whittering 😂😂😂
I'm so happy I have found ppl who like my witterings 😂❤
Thankyou❤
Great tutorial, thank you. I’ve enjoyed making lots of counted cross stitch projects and never thought about ‘mixing’ it up, what an inspiration you are. Love the pieced fabric sampler of stitches ❤
My pleasure and thank you ❤️
Some of your variations actually are 'propper' cross stitch. I think we learn more when we practice without the rigid confines of the traditional stitch. Love your videos.
Thank you and yes I agree with you entirely 😉❤️
That’s quite an interesting way to do cross stitch. I do lots of cross stitch and never thought of doing it that way. Well, I never did counted cross stitch, it’s too neat and too fine for me, I don’t have the patience, but I love random cross stitch, in which the crosses are all different, you know? 😂 But I will surely try this way, why not?
I hope you’re feeling better 🩷🩵❤️💙🧡💜💛💚🩶🤎
thank you, yes a bit better ♥️
Thank you for your videos and your inspiration! I just finished my first Japanese rice bag using your tutorial. It turned out great, and I hope to make more for gifts. About the fabric you use, can you tell me if you naturally dye it? If so, maybe you could make a video talking about your process. I would also love to see a video about how you choose fabric, both for thrifting and for using it in projects. Oh, and color choice! Thanks again for sharing this all with us.
You're welcome 🤗 I plan to make some videos about natural dyeing and ecoprinting next year. But a video about sourcing and choosing cloth is a great idea, thank you I'll add it to my list ❤️
Gracias! Me ayudó mucho!❤
My pleasure 😊
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😮Hi Kathryn ❤,
I loved your video , you make perfect sense, because I have tried cross stitch and found it abit too organised for me if you know what I mean with the stitches been regimental x.
I found I was worrying about the correct way to lay the stitches more than enjoying the stitching, so
I know I will love cross stitch in slow stitching it’s more organic and adds more texture on the eye xx
I love the way you use cross stitch in different ways , I always worried about the stitches laying in the correct way , so I personally found I did not enjoy it like slow stitching them .
Thank you so much for your explanation ❤️ how my slow stitching makes me feel is so relaxing and absolutely love it x ❤
Thank you for your video it makes the process so relaxing knowing I can do organic stitches I am calling mine lol xxx ❤❤❤❤❤lots of love ❤ ❤ ❤
Sorry I have repeated myself . I can’t multitask very well x ❤
One of the joys of this style of stitching is that it takes all the pressure off and you can just enjoy the process ❤️
Thank you! I’ve been stitching small stuff for years and muddling alone in the hand stitching hinterland. While raising four kids I wanted to actually finish things and projects had to be portable, so “collaging” scraps and mending children’s clothing seemed to go hand in hand. I would love to know what kinds of fabric you like to use. I use a lot of natural fibre cloth but often don’t like the fraying edges. I’ve never tried eco dying and want to try this too. I absolutely love
Your videos ! …whitter on!🐇🍁
love the sound of your visible mending ♥️ I use only natural fibres, salvaged cotton and linen mainly, silk and wool if I'm lucky. 😉😁
So do you ever call it sashiko? All your work is very lovely.
Hi Beth, thank you. ❤️ To me, sashiko is a very specific kind of stitching but I might call what I do 'sashiko inspired " or 'boro inspired '. 😉
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こんにちは。素敵なビデオをありがとうございます。😍
Hello it's my pleasure ❤
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I have worked many projects using cross stitch but only ever counted cross stitch. Your little video has encouraged me to try this way, I would love to be able to create letters using this method, have you ever done them? If you have, Would love a tutorial how
Hello Jean, I don't remember having done cross stitch letters but I was planning to explore stitching text as one of the weekly stitch along projects next year so we can give it a go 😀❤️
Ohhhhh that would be good x@@k3n.clothtales
The Japanese rice bag is beautiful n may I ask, how do you use this bag? Is it for storage purposes?
Thank you, I have several and use them as project bags for stitching and knitting projects, I am a sock knitter and they're perfect for that. I have made some for non crafty friends who use them as make up or toiletry bags too... ❤️
@@k3n.clothtales Tq for sharing 👍☺️
Hi what are the tiny pins you use please
hello they are called appliqué pins, mine are Clover ♥️
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