I’ve been on a roll and stitched in the dark hours of the morning before work. It’s a fun pattern to work on, but sadly the most colourful (and fun) part is in the center, and I’m done with it.

How has your week been? Anything exciting to show off?

  • MrJameGumb@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    I started the first stitches of Dracula’s Castle last night! The castle starts off with dark navy blue on black aida, so there’s not much to see yet lol

  • thegiddystitcher@lemm.eeM
    3·
    1 year ago

    Some real lazy lack of progress photos in this thread, like. Get it together stitchers 😂

    My phone is bricked (thanks Android 14) so I had to take real photos with a real camera and use a cable to get them to you. But I persevered!

    This week my WIP is basically kitting up this Errol pattern, which I’ll be starting on Saturday as part of the Discworld Makealong that I have inexplicably agreed to host. For the uninitiated, Errol is a swamp dragon from the book Guards! Guards! which you should 100% read.

    Currently trying to decide between my heart (stitch it on the cool space fabric) or my head (go for the speckled neutral for contrast). And it’s an actual paper pattern, like in the olden days, so I might have to sit on Friday night and make a Pattern Keeper version too!

    Should’ve looked closer at the colour count before buying it, I’m short about £20 worth of floss and definitely can’t afford that for a little bit, so I’ll just start off with the bits I own and see how it goes…

    • MrJameGumb@lemmy.world
      2·
      1 year ago

      I’ll have to get some of those patterns when I finish one of the plethora of patterns I’ve collected to work on lol! I love Discworld!

    • letter_d@lemmy.world
      2·
      1 year ago

      The night watch books are the best. I have a copy of Where’s My Cow, the book Vimes reads to his son.

      • thegiddystitcher@lemm.eeM
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        1 year ago

        Thud! is such an amazing book, it’s the one I usually pick in those “which is your absolute fave” discussions because it’s just the perfect blend of the usual humour plus actual real hard-hitting emotion.

        The Witches have a special place in my heart because Equal Rites was my first book, and Granny was quite a good influence during my formative years! But the Watch are definitely a close second. And I couldn’t say no to Errol’s big sad eyes 😆

        Also PSA to anyone who doesn’t know but [email protected] is totally a thing!