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Cross Stitch Sonic Screwdriver

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Here’s another great Dr. Who-themed project from Hancock’s House of Happy. I will let Hancock describe it.

“Check it out! A totally retro Dr. Who sonic screwdriver in cross stitch. From waaay back when time lords were time lords and all they needed was something to screw and unscrew things sonically. Is sonically a word? It is now!

It is a free chart to download. Some subtle shading but no fractional stitches so it’s a good one for beginners. Lots of backstitching practice.

I would put it on a card or a little sampler with something like “Time Lords do it sonically” because sonically is now a word and we should all use it as much as possible.”

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  1. As a fellow Who fan and stitcher I’d like doing this for our son who’s also a Who fan. How do I download the chart? Thanks.
    Jan

Have you read?

How to Stitch with Variegated Floss

I love the look of variegated cross stitch floss and how it makes it possible to stitch with a variety of colors without changing thread, giving your project more depth and a more complex look without you having to do anything different.

Or at least not much different. I recently came across this blog post from The Copper Fox all about how to use variegated floss and it noted that many people would say it’s a good idea to complete a whole stitch (when you’re stitching whole cross stitches) with the floss before going on to the next stitch. Most of us stitch row by row, but of course if you do that with variegated yarn, it could change color along the way and you’ll end up with stitches that are half one color and half another color or a different shade.

Of course that makes total sense but I’d never thought about it.

The post includes swatches with different kinds of variegated threads to show the different between working stitch by stitch or row by row, and it doesn’t make a huge different over the small area shown but I can see how it might make a difference if you had really long rows or if you just want to make sure your stitches are a single color whenever possible.

In addition to this experiment, the post talks about other ways to work with multicolored floss, including deliberately mixing the colors among the strands of floss you are stitching with and stitching in a different order instead of right to left and top to bottom (or whatever direction you typically work) to get different effects from the thread.

It’s fun to geek out on this stuff because it can make a difference if you want to play with it, or you can just stitch on without giving it much thought, and both will give you good results.

Check out all the experiments at The Copper Fox.

Do you do anything different when you stitch with variegated floss? I’d love to hear about it!

[Photo: The Copper Fox]