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Originally Posted by badgoodDeb
Oh, fishing line is a clever idea! You weave it into the fabric, I imagine, and can then pull it out when you are done?
French knots: I set aside one project for 10 years or so, because my Fernch knots never came out right. I finally bought some very small black beads and sewed them on wherever a knot was supposed to be. 
That sized project times a 16 stitch per inch fabric (or is it per something else, in metric countries?) means a LOT of work!! Wow!! |
You have
Easy Count Guideline, which is the official product for cross stitchers to grid with. But I found it to be too thick for my liking (you need to try not to stitch over it, then it gets hard to remove) and expensive (especially in Europe). So I ordered thin colored (one in blue and one in red) fishing line from AliExpress. It's cheap and there it's long. Mind you, gridding is not a fun activity; it need concentration, a lot counting and re-counting, swearing and it takes a lot longer than you think. But in the end it's worth it.
There are only 2 french knots in my next project, I'll do those at the end with a YouTube tutorial at the ready.
Most European cross stitch/embroidery stores list the Aida in crosses per inch, only a few in crosses per centimeter. 14 count in centimeters is 5.5 crosses, and really, who wants to deal with that!
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Originally Posted by Hitch
AGREED! I don't know anything about how this works, but omigosh, Rumple, that must have taken a LOT of time.
Hitch
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I'm almost at 260 hours. And now I have to do the line work. I've got no idea how long that takes, it's my first time back stitching, but I'm aiming for a finish at the end of next week. My initial goal was to finish it before my vacation starts on September 25 and that I should easily make.
Tonight I'm going out to dinner, so a little break from stitching. My wrist and shoulder will like that. I've been pushing myself these last couple of weeks and I'm feeling it.