embroidery: Christmas tree

[kate_nepveu]

So I finished my second embroidery project a lot quicker than the first, partly because it was much simpler and partly because I did a fair bit of work on it on the cruise while doing podcast-catchup.

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This was from a kit, except that I changed the green from backstitch to stem stitch, for aesthetic reasons and because I like stem stitch. Unfortunately I did not love the stitching process; the pattern used unnecessarily similar colors and my needle was too small, which I didn't realize until I read this blog post about halfway through stitching. (I don't know if I was using the needle that came with the kit or not.) Collectively this meant a lot of picking out stitches with attendant frustration.

But, it's done and doesn't look bad even to my excessively critical eye. And I've already started my next project, this absolutely beautiful fall tree, which is a significant step in up materials and complexity for me. I love it immensely and am so excited to be working on it.

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[stinaleigh]

This is lovely.

[kate_nepveu]

thanks!

[batwrangler]

Both lovely projects. Looking forward to your autumn tree!

[kate_nepveu]

thanks, me too!

[rosefox]

Ooh, that autumn tree looks exciting!

[kate_nepveu]

it is very exciting!

[genarti]

That's so pretty! Nicely done!

Also, wow, thank you for linking that blog post about needle sizes. I tend to err on the side of a smaller needle, and I'd never thought about that being an issue for the thread going through a small hole, but in retrospect I'm pretty sure I've been making life harder for myself -- time to try changing things up, I think.

[kate_nepveu]

yeah, I had no idea either--what starting with cross-stitch does--and it was so great to realize that the snarls and fuzzing were _fixable_! or at least could be greatly reduced.

[bibliofile]

Nice work on the Xmas tree.

The autumn tree looks interesting and pretty.

I didn't know at all about needle sizes. Huh.

[kate_nepveu]

thanks! am glad to be the bearer of good news about needle sizes.