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Over on Instagram, they have this wonderful world of craft swaps and I've clearly lost my mind, because I joined approximately 12 billion of them. Or 12. Whatever. The one coming up next is the #doctorwhocraftswap2015 and there is some incredible work out there. I highly suggest perusing that hashtag on IG, because these people get creative AF. Here's some of the work I'm sending off come June 1.

I mean, seriously. Look at that adorable face. I almost wish I'd made this for myself. Who doesn't need an adipose kitchen towel!?

I actually didn't like this piece at first, but it grew on me and now I don't want to send it off. 

I Threw My Pie For You

Like most Netflix watchers, I obsessively ran through Orange is the New Black in a glorious binge watch over a 24-hour period. I also ordered the book the series is based on around episode 3 of my binge watch. (Spoilers: the series is way more dramatic and entertaining, but the book did spur me on to investigate what I can do for prison reform.) Needless to say, this series has permeated the day-to-day conversations of most of my friends. A largely inappropriate Twitter conversation involving @VanitySized , her Crazy Eyes like love for @Miss_Anthrope, and @DavidPLew's subsequent anguish over being assigned the role of Jason Biggs/Larry in their forbidden Sapphic love triangle resulted in this free handed embroidery.

10.31.11 Scott Pilgrim WIP

I've finally advanced far enough on my Scott Pilgrim project to actually produce a WIP picture that actually looks like something. Here's what I have so far:

For reference, this is what I'm attempting to recreate. I figure going character by character is my best bet, so I've started in the top right corner with Nega-Scott.

Incredibly Cute Cross-stitch on Epbot Blog...

How cute is this???

Go here.

(In case you don't already follow Epbot, it's the OTHER blog of the incredibly funny and wonderful Jen of CakeWrecks fame.  I highly recommend both blogs!)

New Project Beginnings

I gave in to the interest in cross stitching the Scott Pilgrim project I mentioned in my last post. As part of the series of work in progress posts you'll get to see, here's the color table for it:

Off I go to purchase most of the colors I need....

ALL GLORY TO THE CROSS STITCH TOAD.

And that's my first contribution to this fine and wonderful blog.

The Hypnotoad is my second finished cross stitch project since I was spurred to take up the hobby by conversation amongst friends on Twitter. The first one was the Prince from Katamari Damacy:


I had done a couple of cross stitch projects when I was much much MUCH younger, but the entire hobby at the time wasn't really geared towards the interests of a young male geek. However, the advent of the internet has allowed for a much wider range of possible projects, not to mention a blog like this that will inspire me to move much quicker to actually finish projects. Because this is what Hypnotoad looked like 196 days ago:

I had planned on moving on to a project involving the "hero" of the FX animated series Archer that Terry had pointed out to me, but I can no longer find it. And thus, I am in the hunt for a new project. I found a Scott Pilgrim project last night, but I don't know if I want to commit to a cross stitch pattern that involves - no joke - 101 different colors.

Cinco Stitches

I have an awful habit of getting really, really excited about a new crafty project, starting it, then forgetting all about it before it's finished. In fact, I have an entire tote bag filled with nothing but half-finished knitting projects. Of course, I can, and do occasionally, revisit these projects over time.

This is a cross-stitching piece I've been working on for awhile. It's a simple pattern with only three colors, and I have plans to add some lettering off to the side when I'm finished.


The only problem with this TARDIS stitch is my floss choice. I decided on a whim to try out a metallic floss to give it some depth, since it was otherwise such a plain piece. My advise to any fellow stitchers out there: DO NOT USE METALLIC FLOSS. It's just awful; it catches on my aida cloth, it unravels, it kinks. It is not worth the hassle.


While that sits on the backburner, I'm working on a project that is much more complicated. This one has a whopping 32 different shades of floss. I'm a little intimidated, but the filler I'm doing right now is pretty mundane.

Fallout 3 WIP

Hey everyone, Mal here! I just wanted to share my current xstitch project...a Fallout 3 inspired piece. Half of his hair ended up looking funky the way the pattern had it, so I'm going to fix it soon.

I got back into cross-stitching several months ago and I've been having a blast doing it. I picked up this particular pattern over at http://www.spritestitch.com/ where they have a ton of geek/game inspired cross-stitch patterns.

I'm by no means an expert but if you have any questions about cross-stitching, feel free to shoot me a tweet or an email!