Like thistleingrey says, that's not wrong, it's just less efficient; for some things, you have to make a single X at a time--I'm currently using variegated thread, and you have to for that.
Very fine sharp needle, lots of little beads. I put the beads in a little flat dish with short straight sides--it was meant for bread oils+seasonings, I believe. Thread the very fine sharp needle with the thread specified by the pattern, come up through the fabric, then stab the needle through the bead and come down in a regular half cross stitch. Sometimes you would then make the other half of the cross stitch through the bead--I think the little silver ones in this big picture may have been full cross-stitches, to keep them straight and not diagonal.
I'm afraid it was moderately fiddly, and I dropped more beads than I care to admit.
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Date: 2014-11-06 11:46 pm (UTC)Like thistleingrey says, that's not wrong, it's just less efficient; for some things, you have to make a single X at a time--I'm currently using variegated thread, and you have to for that.
Beading: only done once, on those Christmas ornaments. Here's what it was like:
Very fine sharp needle, lots of little beads. I put the beads in a little flat dish with short straight sides--it was meant for bread oils+seasonings, I believe. Thread the very fine sharp needle with the thread specified by the pattern, come up through the fabric, then stab the needle through the bead and come down in a regular half cross stitch. Sometimes you would then make the other half of the cross stitch through the bead--I think the little silver ones in this big picture may have been full cross-stitches, to keep them straight and not diagonal.
I'm afraid it was moderately fiddly, and I dropped more beads than I care to admit.
Bookmarks! Do you have ones in mind?