current cross-stitch projects

progress is slow because i really dislike rethreading my needle, and the rest of this color requires me to do it pretty much every 2 minutes... x_x and i'll have to move the fabric in my hoop eventually to get the top and bottom done so i'm procrastinating that too. i also realized there were 5 stitches in the bottom right that were the wrong color somehow. looking forward to being done with this color!

i also forgot to mention that i'll be giving the finished piece as a birthday gift! i have about 3 and a half months left to finish by then. i started at the beginning of the year and i'm really glad i gave myself this much time to do it.

5/19/25 - i ran out of two colors..... it's because this is my third time restarting this piece -_- my first try i miscounted so bad and didn't notice until i was like 75% done, and i would have had to rip out at least half of it to fix it. my second try i decided to use 3 strands to see if it had a fuller look than 2, but after stitching with 2 strands for so long, 3 felt too thick and hard to work with so i quickly started over again... i definitely prefer 2 strands on 14 ct now, especially because i can do an easier loop start.

i plan on doing the fire surrounding the cauldron in glow in the dark thread! on my first try i blended one strand of GITD and one strand of the color the pattern calls for, and it looked green enough under the light but i'm not sure if it's GITD enough for my liking. i did some tests before starting and it seems like blending 2 GITD strands and 1 green strand gave the brightest result, but i DID just decide to stitch with 2 strands so... 1 of each it'll have to be. tbh the green is more important anyways since the finished piece probably won't be under strong enough light to always GITD (but hopefully it does? that would be cool).

this pattern comes from the official undertale cross stitch book! i was so excited to finally buy it after seeing some really cool patterns from it done with black aida. i've heard people talk about it being difficult to work with, but i just make sure to turn on my Official Undertale Shop Napstablook Lamp and position it behind my fabric to make it easier to see the holes. one thing i'm not sure about is if i should have done a slightly lighter black fabric, but so far the color combination seems ok. the finished piece is also going to be smaller than expected, so maybe one day i'll redo it on a lower count fabric. i'd also like to see if using 3 strands makes it look fuller, that's my biggest concern with it so far.

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