cross-stitch: lightly-sparkly Pride keychain

[kate_nepveu]

I spotted DMC's new-ish sparkly floss, Mouliné Étoile, in a store back in the fall and wanted to try it out, so decided I would make SteelyKid a Pride keychain for Christmas, because they had the necessary colors in-stock.

I finished it yesterday, so not timely at all, alas, but SteelyKid still liked it.

If the above embed doesn't work, the image—and a short video—are down at the bottom of the stitching album.

So how was the Étoile to work with? Fine. I reflexively used the loop start initially, and it doesn't like being folded in half like that, the sparkly bit and the cotton bit separate and bunch up. Otherwise, it didn't need particularly special handling.

Those colors were C550, C666, C699, C725, C816, and C995, just because they were what was in-stock, on 16-count Aida for a 2x3" photo keychain, finished with a row of nun's stitch in white. I had a little trouble fitting the finished stitch into the keychain, and I am steadfastly refusing to check whether I failed to account for the border edge in my calculations, because that would be just embarrassing. (Alternatives: the fabric size was very slightly off, or it got stretched a bit in the stitching.)

So that's done, three months plus late, and now I can start on the daily temperature chart for 2020 that seemed like a good idea for some reason . . .

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[lannamichaels]

Ooooh, gorgeous!

[kate_nepveu]

Thanks!

[sovay]

If the above embed doesn't work, the image—and a short video—are down at the bottom of the stitching album.

Nice!

[kate_nepveu]

Thanks!

[thawrecka]

It's lovely!

[kate_nepveu]

Thanks!

[bibliofile]

Nice piece! I like the way that the sparkle seems to be subtle, i.e. you see the colors first, not the sparkle first. Or maybe that's just the way the photo came across?

I still love that someone came up with the idea for the temperature calendar.

[kate_nepveu]

It's definitely subtle, yeah; I gather unless you go really high-end, more-sparkly floss is a giant pain to work with.

[lokifan]

That's so awesome!

[kate_nepveu]

Thanks!

[ironed_orchid]

It looks fantastic!

[kate_nepveu]

thanks!