A while ago I bought a cross stitch pattern to make as a gift for friends who are expecting their first baby.

[calimae@glammr.us]

@dikgelukkig Cute!

But omg yes to hating back-stitching. It's vexing, somehow? I have never been able to properly describe why I find back-stitching so annoying.

[dikgelukkig@sunny.garden]

@calimae For me it’s partly that I don’t know if I’m doing it properly. I never looked up how to do it, so I just try to make it work, which doesn’t really feel ‘right’.

And the second thing is that I always make mistakes. Here too, I triple checked and I *still* got it wrong

[calimae@glammr.us]

@dikgelukkig It never seems to look quite how I think it should, either. And so easy to get it wrong! Then pulling it out to try again is treacherous... ugh.

[dikgelukkig@sunny.garden]

Finished! 🥳

#CrossStitch #MastoArt

[florine@mastodon.green]

@dikgelukkig very cute!

[hwll@sunny.garden]

@dikgelukkig aaah! Nice! I did not see that design coming

[jenni@appdot.net]

@dikgelukkig oh my god is that cute!!!

[magicmutti@muenchen.social]

@dikgelukkig
Oh wie süß! Gibt es das als Vorlage oder selbst ausgedacht?

[dikgelukkig@sunny.garden]

@florine I thought so too

[dikgelukkig@sunny.garden]

@jenni right?! Fell in love with it when I saw it

[dikgelukkig@sunny.garden]

@MagicMutti Unfortunately I do not have the skills to design a pattern like this I bought it on etsy: https://www.etsy.com/listing/1769299283/customized-baby-announcement-elephant

[magicmutti@muenchen.social]

@dikgelukkig
I don't have those either
Thank you for the link!

[jenni@appdot.net]

@dikgelukkig it is extremely cute and you did a fanstastic job in stitching it with those slight color changes.

[dikgelukkig@sunny.garden]

@jenni aaawww, thank you!