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Posted by me on July 4, 2008, 1:25 am
Is this a place where I can ask qeustions about cross-stitch?
thanks
ktj
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Posted by F.James Cripwell on July 4, 2008, 6:25 am
"me" (none@gmail.com) writes:
> Is this a place where I can ask qeustions about cross-stitch?
>
> thanks
>
> ktj
Definitely. Now we need the questions. Jim.
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Posted by F.James Cripwell on July 4, 2008, 3:26 pm
"me" (none@gmail.com) writes:
> lol....ok here they come-am a relative newbie for cross stitch- also using
> PC Stitch PRO-
(snip)>
> Some of the charts i have change colors every few stitches...how do you
> handle that. I don;t mind if the back is sort of thick, but i don;t want to
> make it rug-like.
>(snip)
> If a chart has several areas of the same color, spaced not too far apart,
> can you go ahead and do the half cross stitch on all the areas irst without
> compromising the consitency of the stiched surface?
>
>
> thanks for any and all help ! .
> ktj
I do pretty well all my patterns from computer generation, which are noted
for their "confetti" stitches. My record was a line of 17 stitches, each
one of which was a different colour. Do you know how to do loop starts?
If not ask, and someone will tell you. What I do is to count how many
stitches there are of the next colour, and cut enough floss to do that
many stitches. Use a loop start, and the backs will look just fine. I
ALWAYS do as much as I can by half stitches out, and then complete the
stitches on return. I find I can preserve the tension better than one
stitch at a time. The terminology I use is one stitch at a time is the
English method; half stitches out, complete on the way back, Danish
method. I have no idea why.
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Posted by Mag on July 4, 2008, 4:00 pm
> I do pretty well all my patterns from computer generation, which are noted
> for their "confetti" stitches. My record was a line of 17 stitches, each
> one of which was a different colour. Do you know how to do loop starts?
>
Jim,
Do you perhaps know.........or, does anyone know, approximately....
Using 2 stands of thread and a loop start, how many stitches can you
get out of 1 DMC skein, assuming solid coverage?
mag, Oregon
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Posted by Karen C - California on July 4, 2008, 10:09 pm
Mag wrote:
> Do you perhaps know.........or, does anyone know, approximately....
>
> Using 2 stands of thread and a loop start, how many stitches can you
> get out of 1 DMC skein, assuming solid coverage?
>
>
>
What's your fabric count? It's in the thousands, but obviously, you'll
get a lot more stitches on 22-count than on 6-count. :)
For the purpose Jim used, cutting enough thread to do the next batch of
stitches, for the actual stitching you'll need roughly 5" of floss to do
1" of stitches (i.e., 5" = 14 stitches on 14-count fabric).
Of course, since some of us have next to no wastage (loop starts to
begin and stitching down to that last 1/4") and others do a 3" away
waste knot and end off when they still have 3" in the needle, you'll
have to figure your own "fudge factor" for that both when cutting your
floss and when figuring your "miles per gallon".
Although the skein is 8.7 yards, I use 8-even for my calculations to
allow for wastage (which actually gives me some bonus stitches because I
don't waste that much).
Hence:
8 x 36" = 288 inches x 3 sets-of-2-strands = 864 usable inches / 5" of
floss per 1" of stitches = 172.8 x 14-count = ~2400 on 14-count
--
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