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Good News Everyone – Futurama Pattern from Pixel People

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You may have noticed that I have something of an obsession with geeky stitchery – you would be correct.

So when a tipster sent the link to this Futurama-inspired Cross Stitch my geek-o-meter went off big time. Is this not so cute! The cast never looked so good. Of course, Bender is my favorite and if you don’t agree you can bite my shiny metal, oh, nevermind – I don’t mind if you choose another character as your favorite. There is room in the universe for all sorts of opinions.

Have you discovered some stitchy coolness? It doesn’t have to be geeky. I also like puppies, cats, cottages, sassy language and just about any form of Cross Stitch or counted-thread embroidery. So, send in links, including your own blogs, projects, or websites you’d like to see featured here too.

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Go Back to Basics with Common Cross Stitch Terms

It’s back to school time where I live, which I always feel like is a great time to learn a new skill or take a deeper dive into something that you might not have learned a lot about before. 

Usually when we are learning new hobbies we only know what we know. We learn the terms that we encounter, the skills that come up in the projects that we want to make. It’s not that we don’t care about other basics or different approaches, we just learn what we need to know to make what we want to make. 

And that’s totally fine, but sometimes it’s a good idea to go back and review the basics or learn the things you might have missed the first time. 

In that spirit I share this post from Caterpillar Cross Stitch all about basic cross stitch terms that every stitcher ought to know. 

Did you know that the little bundle of thread you use for cross stitch is called a skein, for example? Or the difference between grid size and design area in a pattern? Or that working complete stitches one at a time is known as the English method? (I didn’t know that one! Apparently doing half of the stitch across the row and then coming back and finishing it is the Danish method. Who knew?)

There’s also a little bit about getting started with confidence that might be helpful at any skill level. 

So what I’m saying is, even if you feel like you know a lot about cross stitch already, head over to Caterpillar Cross Stitch and check out their list of terms and make sure you know them all. If nothing else you’ll feel a little smarter, either because you already knew them all or you learned something new!

And if you do learn something new, I’d love to hear about it.