Wolf's Craftstravaganza

wolf · 05-23-2004, 01:42 PM

I've posted a few of my crafts in the past for the wonderment of all. I decided to get out my box of unframed objects and see what it held. I don't know if I'll be able to restrain myself to one per day, but I'll see what I can do.

Counted cross stitch on 18 count aida fabric.

This is supposed to be a set of Christmouse ornaments. In order to complete this project I would have to cut out carefully placed ovals around each mouse, sew it to a backing, stuff it with cotton batting, and make an attach a bit of braid around each one, also forming the hanger.

That is the reason that this has not been done. That is too much motherfucking work. I let the cuteness of the design overwhelm me into purchasing it, without thinking of the hell I would have to endure to make the ornaments.

I may eventually have it framed as is, but I will remove the guide threads.

jaguar · 05-23-2004, 01:58 PM

Well that`s a side of you I never expected.

xoxoxoBruce · 05-23-2004, 03:16 PM

Jag, Wolf is actually a bot created by M.C.Escher.

wolf · 05-23-2004, 03:43 PM

I also crochet doileys.

wolf · 05-23-2004, 03:53 PM

I do not read historical romance novels.

SteveDallas · 05-23-2004, 03:59 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by jaguar
Well that`s a side of you I never expected.

You should see her hand-knitted holsters!!

wolf · 05-23-2004, 04:20 PM

One of my backburner projects (i.e., I'd have to get out too damn much equipment to even give it a start) is firearms related ... one of these days, mebbe when I'm on vacation.

richlevy · 05-23-2004, 07:22 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by wolf
I also crochet doileys.

If I give you steel wool will you knit me a bulletproof vest?

wolf · 05-23-2004, 09:06 PM

Just warning you, it's itchy. Worse than wool.

wolf · 05-24-2004, 09:16 AM

One of the things that I like about doing cross stitch is that for the most part you only do the image ... you don't have the often tedious task of filling in the background.

14 count blue aida fabric. A little cross stitch lesson. Aida is the most popular type of fabric for cross stitching. It is formed of very well defined, regularly spaced squares. The "Count" of a fabric refers to how many squares per inch there are ... 14 is the most common, with 18 next. Because you lose design detail, you don't see many projects (other than beginner/children's projects) done on 11 count, which is the next bigger one. Sometimes people will use a fabric with a higher thread count (like 28 count linen ... I'll be posting a pic later that uses this fabric) and work over two stitches.

wolf · 05-24-2004, 10:01 AM

Most folks have seen and understand how cross stitch works ... you make "X"s with thread until you make a picture. Most people, though, think of stamped cross stitch ... the stuff your grandmothers or maiden great aunts did, making tablecloth after tablecloth with flowers and cornucopias and holly leaves on them.

Or pillowcases with cute little pictures.

That's not the kind of thing I do. I do counted cross stitch. You start with a blank piece of fabric and a chart indicating where the stitches in what colors should go. You find the middle of the fabric, the middle of the chart, and that's where you begin, and work your way out toward the edges of the design.

Here is a finished piece and a graph from a kit.

Kitsune · 05-24-2004, 10:16 AM

I just had a horrible geek moment.

It is a bad sign when you look at the cross stitch images and think they look pixellated. "That is some low resolution."

Undertoad · 05-24-2004, 10:21 AM

And so it would be hilarious to do cross-stitches of well-known net images or Fark cliches!

but please not goatse!!

Happy Monkey · 05-24-2004, 10:24 AM

I wonder how many cross-stitch pattern designers crossed into early computer game art design.

wolf · 05-24-2004, 10:35 AM

Interesting speculation, but this is one of those "never the twain shall meet" moments ... the best cross stitch designers still use graph paper and pencil to do their work ... feeding a picture into a software program is cheating it. The art is in the color choice, shading, and blending ... Teresa Wentzler is the master, uh, mistress of this ... I'm working on one of her designs but I honestly don't know if I'll ever get around to finishing it. I'm about 1/3 completed. She will mix two different color threads in one needle ... and you end up doing a LOT of color changes on her designs, but the effect is awesome.

05-23-2004, 01:42 PM	#1
wolf lobber of scimitars Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Phila Burbs Posts: 20,774	Wolf's Craftstravaganza I've posted a few of my crafts in the past for the wonderment of all. I decided to get out my box of unframed objects and see what it held. I don't know if I'll be able to restrain myself to one per day, but I'll see what I can do. Counted cross stitch on 18 count aida fabric. This is supposed to be a set of Christmouse ornaments. In order to complete this project I would have to cut out carefully placed ovals around each mouse, sew it to a backing, stuff it with cotton batting, and make an attach a bit of braid around each one, also forming the hanger. That is the reason that this has not been done. That is too much motherfucking work. I let the cuteness of the design overwhelm me into purchasing it, without thinking of the hell I would have to endure to make the ornaments. I may eventually have it framed as is, but I will remove the guide threads. __________________ wolf eht htiw og "Conspiracies are the norm, not the exception." --G. Edward Griffin The Creature from Jekyll Island High Priestess of the Church of the Whale Penis

05-23-2004, 01:58 PM	#2
jaguar whig Join Date: Apr 2001 Posts: 5,075	Well that`s a side of you I never expected. __________________ Good friends, good books and a sleepy conscience: this is the ideal life. - Twain

05-23-2004, 03:16 PM	#3
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Jag, Wolf is actually a bot created by M.C.Escher. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

05-23-2004, 03:43 PM	#4
wolf lobber of scimitars Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Phila Burbs Posts: 20,774	I also crochet doileys. __________________ wolf eht htiw og "Conspiracies are the norm, not the exception." --G. Edward Griffin The Creature from Jekyll Island High Priestess of the Church of the Whale Penis

05-23-2004, 03:53 PM	#5
wolf lobber of scimitars Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Phila Burbs Posts: 20,774	I do not read historical romance novels. __________________ wolf eht htiw og "Conspiracies are the norm, not the exception." --G. Edward Griffin The Creature from Jekyll Island High Priestess of the Church of the Whale Penis

05-23-2004, 04:20 PM	#7
wolf lobber of scimitars Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Phila Burbs Posts: 20,774	One of my backburner projects (i.e., I'd have to get out too damn much equipment to even give it a start) is firearms related ... one of these days, mebbe when I'm on vacation. __________________ wolf eht htiw og "Conspiracies are the norm, not the exception." --G. Edward Griffin The Creature from Jekyll Island High Priestess of the Church of the Whale Penis

05-23-2004, 09:06 PM	#9
wolf lobber of scimitars Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Phila Burbs Posts: 20,774	Just warning you, it's itchy. Worse than wool. __________________ wolf eht htiw og "Conspiracies are the norm, not the exception." --G. Edward Griffin The Creature from Jekyll Island High Priestess of the Church of the Whale Penis

05-24-2004, 09:16 AM	#10
wolf lobber of scimitars Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Phila Burbs Posts: 20,774	One of the things that I like about doing cross stitch is that for the most part you only do the image ... you don't have the often tedious task of filling in the background. 14 count blue aida fabric. A little cross stitch lesson. Aida is the most popular type of fabric for cross stitching. It is formed of very well defined, regularly spaced squares. The "Count" of a fabric refers to how many squares per inch there are ... 14 is the most common, with 18 next. Because you lose design detail, you don't see many projects (other than beginner/children's projects) done on 11 count, which is the next bigger one. Sometimes people will use a fabric with a higher thread count (like 28 count linen ... I'll be posting a pic later that uses this fabric) and work over two stitches. __________________ wolf eht htiw og "Conspiracies are the norm, not the exception." --G. Edward Griffin The Creature from Jekyll Island High Priestess of the Church of the Whale Penis

05-24-2004, 10:01 AM	#11
wolf lobber of scimitars Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Phila Burbs Posts: 20,774	How Counted Cross Stitch Works Most folks have seen and understand how cross stitch works ... you make "X"s with thread until you make a picture. Most people, though, think of stamped cross stitch ... the stuff your grandmothers or maiden great aunts did, making tablecloth after tablecloth with flowers and cornucopias and holly leaves on them. Or pillowcases with cute little pictures. That's not the kind of thing I do. I do counted cross stitch. You start with a blank piece of fabric and a chart indicating where the stitches in what colors should go. You find the middle of the fabric, the middle of the chart, and that's where you begin, and work your way out toward the edges of the design. Here is a finished piece and a graph from a kit. __________________ wolf eht htiw og "Conspiracies are the norm, not the exception." --G. Edward Griffin The Creature from Jekyll Island High Priestess of the Church of the Whale Penis

05-24-2004, 10:16 AM	#12
Kitsune still eats dirt Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Tampa, FL Posts: 3,031	I just had a horrible geek moment. It is a bad sign when you look at the cross stitch images and think they look pixellated. "That is some low resolution."

05-24-2004, 10:21 AM	#13
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	And so it would be hilarious to do cross-stitches of well-known net images or Fark cliches! but please not goatse!!

05-24-2004, 10:24 AM	#14
Happy Monkey I think this line's mostly filler. Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: DC Posts: 13,575	I wonder how many cross-stitch pattern designers crossed into early computer game art design. __________________ _________________ \|...............\| We live in the nick of times. \| Len 17, Wid 3 \| \|_______________\| [pics]

05-24-2004, 10:35 AM	#15
wolf lobber of scimitars Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Phila Burbs Posts: 20,774	Interesting speculation, but this is one of those "never the twain shall meet" moments ... the best cross stitch designers still use graph paper and pencil to do their work ... feeding a picture into a software program is cheating it. The art is in the color choice, shading, and blending ... Teresa Wentzler is the master, uh, mistress of this ... I'm working on one of her designs but I honestly don't know if I'll ever get around to finishing it. I'm about 1/3 completed. She will mix two different color threads in one needle ... and you end up doing a LOT of color changes on her designs, but the effect is awesome. __________________ wolf eht htiw og "Conspiracies are the norm, not the exception." --G. Edward Griffin The Creature from Jekyll Island High Priestess of the Church of the Whale Penis

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