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Cross-stitching+
Jan. 27th, 2008 07:37 pmSprite Stitch has had me enamored for several months now since it combines two of my favorite things: video games and tedious crafting projects. Oh my god, I love tedious crafting projects like you wouldn't believe. When I was in tech. theatre in high school we would often have to make model sets out of poster board, markers, and scotch tape (haha, so simplistic), and I think I was the only one in my group (and the whole class, really) who actually enjoyed sitting there making miniature pillars, blocks, furniture, etc.
Anyway, back to Sprite Stitch. I admired the patterns from afar, as it were, since I knew nothing about cross-stitching, until I finally broke down and bought some materials at Hobby Lobby. A quick skim through the wikiHow article on cross-stitching gave me the basics and I tried them out on a few characters from the Final Fantasy pattern posted:
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This was just for practice so I didn't bother with a background or anything else; just wanted to get used to cross-stitching. Its a simple pattern, but they were fun to makeeven though my stitching pace is slow as molasses XD. Now I'm working on a larger project (also from Sprite Stitch), but I'm gonna keep it a secret for now.
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Kotaku's Maggie Greene recently posted an incredibly detailed guide on how to get started in cross-stitching, complete with the materials you'll need, tips on how to create your own patterns (via Dark Lilac's Counted Cross Stitch Chart Generator, which I'll talk about a little more below), the actual cross-stitching process, and suggestions on how to store or display your piece. It definitely gave me more information than what my own half-assed research turned up.
Plus, her Ghost in the Shell piece makes my heart flutter. ♥
So, yes, Dark Lilac's Counted Cross Stitch Chart Generator. At first I was going to make my own patterns using theghetto most likely time-consuming method of graph paper and colored pencils since I don't really want to spend the money on PCStitch yet and another suggested software, Easy Cross, is apparently more suited toward crossword puzzles(?). After reading Maggie Greene's description of the Chart Generator, I gave it a try (though I'm still testing it out) and its pretty decent; upload an image and it'll spit out a PDF file for you. And the best part of all is that its free!
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Yesterday I felt absolutely shitty (I've felt this way for several weeks actually, but yesterday was horrible) and nearly made a "HIATUS UNTIL I FEEL BETTER. BUT WHY AM I TYPING THIS SINCE NO ONE CARES" kind of post. (I am full of melodrama at times. Haha?) But then I woke up early this morning and typed out all my crappy feelings in a private post, and now I feel better. Please, someone smack me in the face if I ever bottle up my emotions again.
EDIT. Crap. Despite my borderline neurotic counting of stitches ("One, one, one, that's one stitch. Two, two, two, that's two stitches.") I still managed to make the width of the piece I'm working on 221 squares wide rather than 216 squares. D: Luckily, 1.) only two rows are affected and 2.) my way of stitching, which is also borderline neurotic, means that I only have 40 or so stitches to pull out.
Anyway, back to Sprite Stitch. I admired the patterns from afar, as it were, since I knew nothing about cross-stitching, until I finally broke down and bought some materials at Hobby Lobby. A quick skim through the wikiHow article on cross-stitching gave me the basics and I tried them out on a few characters from the Final Fantasy pattern posted:
Click for a larger image.
This was just for practice so I didn't bother with a background or anything else; just wanted to get used to cross-stitching. Its a simple pattern, but they were fun to make
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Kotaku's Maggie Greene recently posted an incredibly detailed guide on how to get started in cross-stitching, complete with the materials you'll need, tips on how to create your own patterns (via Dark Lilac's Counted Cross Stitch Chart Generator, which I'll talk about a little more below), the actual cross-stitching process, and suggestions on how to store or display your piece. It definitely gave me more information than what my own half-assed research turned up.
Plus, her Ghost in the Shell piece makes my heart flutter. ♥
So, yes, Dark Lilac's Counted Cross Stitch Chart Generator. At first I was going to make my own patterns using the
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Yesterday I felt absolutely shitty (I've felt this way for several weeks actually, but yesterday was horrible) and nearly made a "HIATUS UNTIL I FEEL BETTER. BUT WHY AM I TYPING THIS SINCE NO ONE CARES" kind of post. (I am full of melodrama at times. Haha?) But then I woke up early this morning and typed out all my crappy feelings in a private post, and now I feel better. Please, someone smack me in the face if I ever bottle up my emotions again.
EDIT. Crap. Despite my borderline neurotic counting of stitches ("One, one, one, that's one stitch. Two, two, two, that's two stitches.") I still managed to make the width of the piece I'm working on 221 squares wide rather than 216 squares. D: Luckily, 1.) only two rows are affected and 2.) my way of stitching, which is also borderline neurotic, means that I only have 40 or so stitches to pull out.
