Your sweater came out GORGEOUS!!! Love it! I love your button choice!!!!! Your shawl looks amazing, too. I love the geometric lines and how they look when worn!! Beautiful. I'm working while I watch - thanks for keeping me company! Excellent use of the blue thread in your Stitch for Pride piece to make it look variegated!! Beautiful. Elemental Dragons: Water looks AMAZING!! I love it! I feel like it would look amazing as a bag flap! OHH it would look great in a bathroom, too! haha (I just heard what you're going to do with it). Lovely teacup piece! Congrats on all your finishes, well done!! Comment 1/?
KATE your Needs No Paint is coming along so WELL!!! WOW! Great work! one thing that's really interesting to me about you starting this piece nearly 4 years ago: Do you find your skill/speed/style has changed much since starting? I've got a painting on my easel I started YEARS ago and never completed. During that time, my taste/style/skills have changed a bit, so I'm curious what it'll look like when I complete it! Do you find having long-term projects is interesting to reflect on your growth during the process? I'm pumped for the next season of Stranger Things! And I think it's such a great idea for you to work on your piece while re-watching! Love that! It sucks that you're not enjoying the Ragnorok piece! Do you have any pieces that you'd choose to never finish? Like in book terms - do you have any DNFs of pieces? Would you ever start a piece as a cross stitch and do another page as like a drawing, another as a photo, another as a painting, Knit, perler beads.... like something mixed media? Not sure if that's something that anyone would ever do! It's something that interests me coming from a Fine Art background - so just curious! Omg Ophelia is coming out amazingly! Ahh that spooky piece is coming out awesome! Do you often do outlines and then do fill-ins? I don't know why I always pictured cross-stitch more like a printer - going line by line! HOLY MOLY that piece on the gridded fabric is HUGE! (Sorry working while listening so missed the name) Are there ever HUGE cross stitch patterns like this where you can buy like different "resolutions" of it? like if you wanted to do that piece in a more simplified way so it's like a quarter the size where the colours are compressed or something? Comment 2/??
Those little cross-stitched animals are so cute. Ohh the stitching piece for Brenda is coming along amazing! I love the realistic look you're capturing with the floss!! It's so cool to see the realistic values... does it feel different for you when you're revealing something through stitching that looks so realistic contrasted with the more graphic looking pieces? I find art I make that looks more realistic feels different than more cartoony or design-based. UFO?? Is this like a DNF? It was really cool seeing your friend Julia!! Hi Julia!! :) Amazing work on that first project, and great start on the next!! It was really cool seeing you have a guest on your video, Kate!!! I CARE! I'd love to see Julia on again! :) Thanks for making another vid, Kate! And thanks for keeping me company while I work. :) Comment 3/3
@@JillPlusBooks Hi Jill!! :) My stitching HAS changed a lot since I started Needs no Paint! I don't think you can tell from looking at it, but I know that my process/approach has changes a lot as I figured out the way I want to stitch full coverage pieces like that... Haha I think you answered your own DNF question - you saw my "UFO", which stands for Unfinished Object. For Ragnarok, it won't be a UFO, it will be a "restart". I think that fabric will be more tolerable to use up for like little ornaments or something. Your mixed media idea is interesting! I had never thought of alternating page by page, but I have thought about and seen some interesting examples of mixed media. You can combine different kinds of stitching, but you can also like paint on a fabric and add stitching for texture. The perler bead idea reminds me of beads, I have a few pieces that incorporate beads... so yeah there's lots of possibilities! As for doing outlines vs going line by line... It depends on the pattern. On a full coverage piece I do closer to line-by-line, but on a more graphic piece like that Leshy one it is easier and more efficient with thread to follow the colours. There ARE different resolutions - I hinted at that when I was talking about the African Mammals piece. That company (Heaven and Earth Designs) often has multiple options for an art piece including mini and supersized. The African Mammals is a mini... but shockingly my Stitching Shelf - the huge one - is 'just' a normal-sized chart. MANY people actually choose the supersized version of that which is EVEN BIGGER than mine. It's so amazing to see people make a lot of progress or finish a piece that big. It is just so. much. WORK! I'm glad you enjoyed the section with Julia, it was really fun recording it with her! I'll let her know there's at least one person looking forward to an update on her work! Hope your work day is going well!! 💙
Hi Kate. Thank you for another great video. Hello to Julia. I'm so happy you have someone to stitch with. Your wips are coming along nicely. I love your wipdown challenge. I need to join you because I have way too many dormant wips that I need to get back to.❤
Yes! I still think I don't really have THAT many wips, but it started to feel like too many for me... I love seeing your projects so definitely share with me if/when you finish one! :)
Julia's full coverage would make a nice pillow. I think the dark green "background" is really good with this - better than the black would have been. Kate - your Irish linen - how about soaking it for a few minutes in a lukewarm water bath - it might soften it and would feel better in your hand. The other thing is to put it in a Q-snap so that you are not actually holding the fabric in your hand. I hope this helps. Your idea of reducing the palette for the Advent project with MFE & Roxy is good because I remember Kerri saying in one video that she was not doing 25 new colours because that had proved to be a bit too much so this year it will be a reduced palette so that some threads will be used more than once in the design. Also it is more of a sampler style this year so the colours are sampler muted. This is according to that video where they talked about the advent box for this year. You should email Evertote and ask for basic info that was already explained or ask which video mentioned these details.
Thanks for the comment! I will try soaking that linen... it couldn't hurt! I do put it in a Q-snap to stitch, but there's still just something about the fabric that doesn't feel good to me. I have been meaning to find the video where they talk about the countdown... I also want to know what size the fabric will need to be!
It was a really great pattern to knit! I made a couple changes - I made the sleeves symmetrical, but the pattern has the yarn fading all the way from wrist to wrist. I also used 2x2 ribbing on the sleeve cuffs and the edge of the sweater - I believe the pattern calls for 1x1 rib (maybe twisted). There were a lot of ends to weave in.. I wish I had weaved them in as I went... but it only took me a couple days to weave them all in. Let me know if there's anything else you're wondering about!!
Really enjoyed the wip parade. Great wips! So nice to meet your friend. Take care💜
Your sweater came out GORGEOUS!!! Love it! I love your button choice!!!!!
Your shawl looks amazing, too. I love the geometric lines and how they look when worn!! Beautiful.
I'm working while I watch - thanks for keeping me company!
Excellent use of the blue thread in your Stitch for Pride piece to make it look variegated!! Beautiful.
Elemental Dragons: Water looks AMAZING!! I love it! I feel like it would look amazing as a bag flap! OHH it would look great in a bathroom, too! haha (I just heard what you're going to do with it).
Lovely teacup piece! Congrats on all your finishes, well done!!
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KATE your Needs No Paint is coming along so WELL!!! WOW! Great work! one thing that's really interesting to me about you starting this piece nearly 4 years ago: Do you find your skill/speed/style has changed much since starting? I've got a painting on my easel I started YEARS ago and never completed. During that time, my taste/style/skills have changed a bit, so I'm curious what it'll look like when I complete it! Do you find having long-term projects is interesting to reflect on your growth during the process?
I'm pumped for the next season of Stranger Things! And I think it's such a great idea for you to work on your piece while re-watching! Love that!
It sucks that you're not enjoying the Ragnorok piece! Do you have any pieces that you'd choose to never finish? Like in book terms - do you have any DNFs of pieces?
Would you ever start a piece as a cross stitch and do another page as like a drawing, another as a photo, another as a painting, Knit, perler beads.... like something mixed media? Not sure if that's something that anyone would ever do! It's something that interests me coming from a Fine Art background - so just curious!
Omg Ophelia is coming out amazingly!
Ahh that spooky piece is coming out awesome! Do you often do outlines and then do fill-ins? I don't know why I always pictured cross-stitch more like a printer - going line by line!
HOLY MOLY that piece on the gridded fabric is HUGE! (Sorry working while listening so missed the name) Are there ever HUGE cross stitch patterns like this where you can buy like different "resolutions" of it? like if you wanted to do that piece in a more simplified way so it's like a quarter the size where the colours are compressed or something?
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Those little cross-stitched animals are so cute.
Ohh the stitching piece for Brenda is coming along amazing! I love the realistic look you're capturing with the floss!! It's so cool to see the realistic values... does it feel different for you when you're revealing something through stitching that looks so realistic contrasted with the more graphic looking pieces? I find art I make that looks more realistic feels different than more cartoony or design-based.
UFO?? Is this like a DNF?
It was really cool seeing your friend Julia!! Hi Julia!! :) Amazing work on that first project, and great start on the next!! It was really cool seeing you have a guest on your video, Kate!!! I CARE! I'd love to see Julia on again! :)
Thanks for making another vid, Kate! And thanks for keeping me company while I work. :)
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@@JillPlusBooks Hi Jill!! :)
My stitching HAS changed a lot since I started Needs no Paint! I don't think you can tell from looking at it, but I know that my process/approach has changes a lot as I figured out the way I want to stitch full coverage pieces like that...
Haha I think you answered your own DNF question - you saw my "UFO", which stands for Unfinished Object. For Ragnarok, it won't be a UFO, it will be a "restart". I think that fabric will be more tolerable to use up for like little ornaments or something.
Your mixed media idea is interesting! I had never thought of alternating page by page, but I have thought about and seen some interesting examples of mixed media. You can combine different kinds of stitching, but you can also like paint on a fabric and add stitching for texture. The perler bead idea reminds me of beads, I have a few pieces that incorporate beads... so yeah there's lots of possibilities!
As for doing outlines vs going line by line... It depends on the pattern. On a full coverage piece I do closer to line-by-line, but on a more graphic piece like that Leshy one it is easier and more efficient with thread to follow the colours.
There ARE different resolutions - I hinted at that when I was talking about the African Mammals piece. That company (Heaven and Earth Designs) often has multiple options for an art piece including mini and supersized. The African Mammals is a mini... but shockingly my Stitching Shelf - the huge one - is 'just' a normal-sized chart. MANY people actually choose the supersized version of that which is EVEN BIGGER than mine. It's so amazing to see people make a lot of progress or finish a piece that big. It is just so. much. WORK!
I'm glad you enjoyed the section with Julia, it was really fun recording it with her! I'll let her know there's at least one person looking forward to an update on her work!
Hope your work day is going well!!
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Hi Kate. Thank you for another great video. Hello to Julia. I'm so happy you have someone to stitch with. Your wips are coming along nicely. I love your wipdown challenge. I need to join you because I have way too many dormant wips that I need to get back to.❤
Yes! I still think I don't really have THAT many wips, but it started to feel like too many for me... I love seeing your projects so definitely share with me if/when you finish one! :)
Julia's full coverage would make a nice pillow. I think the dark green "background" is really good with this - better than the black would have been. Kate - your Irish linen - how about soaking it for a few minutes in a lukewarm water bath - it might soften it and would feel better in your hand. The other thing is to put it in a Q-snap so that you are not actually holding the fabric in your hand. I hope this helps. Your idea of reducing the palette for the Advent project with MFE & Roxy is good because I remember Kerri saying in one video that she was not doing 25 new colours because that had proved to be a bit too much so this year it will be a reduced palette so that some threads will be used more than once in the design. Also it is more of a sampler style this year so the colours are sampler muted. This is according to that video where they talked about the advent box for this year. You should email Evertote and ask for basic info that was already explained or ask which video mentioned these details.
Thanks for the comment! I will try soaking that linen... it couldn't hurt! I do put it in a Q-snap to stitch, but there's still just something about the fabric that doesn't feel good to me.
I have been meaning to find the video where they talk about the countdown... I also want to know what size the fabric will need to be!
I’d greatly appreciate it, if you would share any notes on the Radvent sweater. I’ve always wanted to make it!
It was a really great pattern to knit! I made a couple changes - I made the sleeves symmetrical, but the pattern has the yarn fading all the way from wrist to wrist. I also used 2x2 ribbing on the sleeve cuffs and the edge of the sweater - I believe the pattern calls for 1x1 rib (maybe twisted). There were a lot of ends to weave in.. I wish I had weaved them in as I went... but it only took me a couple days to weave them all in. Let me know if there's anything else you're wondering about!!