I'm turning into a frog...
By BarBaraPrz
@BarBaraPrz (45597)
St. Catharines, Ontario
September 15, 2019 7:39pm CST
I must be. I keep going rip-it rip-it rip-it!
Anyone who does cross-stitch knows what I'm talking about. I really hate having to rip out stitches that I've done because things aren't working out as they should. You'd think I'd never cross-stitched before.
I blame whoever printed the pattern. Yeah, it's their fault, using symbols that are too similar in the same area, and then printing the backstitching guide over top.
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@vandana7 (99009)
• India
16 Sep 19
Aw.......we don't get such printed patterns out here. :) But I do understand your situation. My late aunt used gunny sack and some cheap thread to make a carpet. Back then we didn't have television nor computer. So it was a good time pass. Problem was it couldn't be kept in place like a carpet. So it became a wall hanging instead. LOL
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@BarBaraPrz (45597)
• St. Catharines, Ontario
16 Sep 19
Yes, it's a good way to pass the time. Keeps me off the streets, anyway... 
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@vandana7 (99009)
• India
16 Sep 19
@BarBaraPrz All hobbies keep me mentally happy.
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@ScribbledAdNauseum (104632)
• United States
16 Sep 19
My sister and mom were really good with cross-stitching but it's not something I've ever tried. I hope you can get through this pattern without wanting to rip your hair out.
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@BarBaraPrz (45597)
• St. Catharines, Ontario
16 Sep 19
I'm about 80% finished but it is frustrating.
@ScribbledAdNauseum (104632)
• United States
16 Sep 19
@BarBaraPrz I hope you can get past this bit that's frustrating and the next 20% goes smoothly.
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@BarBaraPrz (45597)
• St. Catharines, Ontario
16 Sep 19
@ScribbledAdNauseum I do, too, or I may croak... 
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@celticeagle (159611)
• Boise, Idaho
17 Sep 19
When I was a young girl I would do a lot of cross stitching. I would get so frustrated because it would not look uniform and I would have to rip-it. Ugh!
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@BarBaraPrz (45597)
• St. Catharines, Ontario
17 Sep 19
When I was a young girl, I just did "regular" embroidery. I didn't start counted cross-stich until I was an adult, after first trying needlepoint and crewel.
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@celticeagle (159611)
• Boise, Idaho
17 Sep 19
@BarBaraPrz .......I don't do any of them anymore.
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@changjiangzhibin89 (16549)
• China
16 Sep 19
Oh!Hope you won't have to do it from scratch !
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@BarBaraPrz (45597)
• St. Catharines, Ontario
16 Sep 19
No, most of it's done, and if I find a mistake, I rip it out and redo it. Ususally doesn't mean having to rip everything out. 
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@andriaperry (116860)
• Anniston, Alabama
16 Sep 19
I always started in the middle of a plain piece if CS fabric. I haven`t stitched in 20 years.
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@BarBaraPrz (45597)
• St. Catharines, Ontario
16 Sep 19
I do, too, on smaller pieces but I had to put this in sideways in the scroll frame, and it had a squared-off border, so it seemed best to start at one corner and go from there.
@BarBaraPrz (45597)
• St. Catharines, Ontario
16 Sep 19
I find it creates patience.
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@GardenGerty (157692)
• United States
16 Sep 19
I never could concentrate on cross stitch but I would hate to have to rip things out.
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@BarBaraPrz (45597)
• St. Catharines, Ontario
16 Sep 19
The thing is, this isn't such a complicated design but I keep making mistakes. I don't think I made even one when I did that big angel with 96 colors years ago.
@TiarasOceanView (70035)
• United States
16 Sep 19
Oh dear they need to get it together with those patterns now.
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@RasmaSandra (73808)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
16 Sep 19
I used to do a lot of cross-stitching at one time but then I got tired of trying to do all those patterns just right. I hope you can figure this out and get it right.
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@BarBaraPrz (45597)
• St. Catharines, Ontario
16 Sep 19
I'll get back to it tomorrow, and hopefully get it right.
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@BarBaraPrz (45597)
• St. Catharines, Ontario
16 Sep 19
I had a brother-in-law who sewed his own clothes.
@Starkinds (32703)
• India
16 Sep 19
Sorry but I don't know anything about embroidery or kind of stitches
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