Does anyone have any advice for satin stitching with satin thread? My machine hates it with a burning passion. Thread snapped every few inches. I tried changing the tension, but every setting, from lowest to highest, was about the same. Taking it apart and cleaning/oiling it helped a little, but not much. I'm working with a Singer FashionMate if that helps.
Blanket!!! (and pattern) I love working with mandalas so much! Spoiler: at least i love it when my hands aren't dying and my vision isn't blurring XD
I have spent a ridiculous amount of time getting this far. (Crochet is not my favorite fiber art.) As such, I refuse to go back and undo the raspberry just because I found a better pink.
I FINISHED the first spin of my Starburst fiber! Next step is to attempt chain plying, which should preserve the color order. I have never chain plied before, so fingers crossed for this one, boys. Then I decided that while I'm on a roll, I might at well finish another first time yarn project and I FINALLY dyed that Merino that I've had sitting around for more than a year. The purple turned out crazy vibrant and next time I'm only going to use one teaspoon instead of two. It's so intense my phone camera has a hard time picking it up. I had to use three teaspoons of the blue just to try and get the color deep enough to balance out. I think it turned out wonderful anyway, especially considering I know next to nothing about this dye except that ti already has he acid in it.
I'm trying to chart out a pattern and I can't for the life of me decide what I like better re: the decreases OPTION ONE: more p2t heavy, preserves the cabling more OPTION TWO: tons of decreases spaced out by non decrease rows, preserves the general structure/shape more
Working on a new cross stitch pattern! Spoiler: Taako's good out here. I have to figure out at least the hat, maybe other accessories. Chopping knife? Onions?
am trying to make witch hats for everyone, but the brim experiment continues to fail. does anyone have tips for that?