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the_other_sandy) wrote2014-02-23 12:42 am
the_other_sandy) wrote2014-02-23 12:42 am
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Apparently I Have a Thing for Cross Stitching Chibi Johnlock
It turns out that the third full weekend of every month is International Hermit & Stitch Weekend. I did not know this. I found out too late to participate last month, but I thought I'd give it a try this month. (There's an official sign-up and blog community, but I'm not much of a joiner, so I just did this for me).
I also thought I'd take a break from the big project I've been working on for months and months, and do something small to remind myself that sometimes these projects can actually end, so I made this:
Chibi Sherlock and Watson are based on a pattern by Caroline Selby over at Crafty Companion. If you just clicked through to look at it, you'll see that I took rather a lot of liberties with the colors. I just wanted John and Sherlock to be wearing the outfits I most commonly think of them in. I've never chosen my own colors before and I'm mostly pleased with the ones I picked, except for Sherlock's scarf. The colors looked warmer on the skein than they did when stitched, and I should have chosen blues more than two shades apart. The contrast looked good on the skeins but was less obvious when stitched.
Oh, well. Call it a learning experience. I still think they're adorable.
I also thought I'd take a break from the big project I've been working on for months and months, and do something small to remind myself that sometimes these projects can actually end, so I made this:
Chibi Sherlock and Watson are based on a pattern by Caroline Selby over at Crafty Companion. If you just clicked through to look at it, you'll see that I took rather a lot of liberties with the colors. I just wanted John and Sherlock to be wearing the outfits I most commonly think of them in. I've never chosen my own colors before and I'm mostly pleased with the ones I picked, except for Sherlock's scarf. The colors looked warmer on the skein than they did when stitched, and I should have chosen blues more than two shades apart. The contrast looked good on the skeins but was less obvious when stitched.
Oh, well. Call it a learning experience. I still think they're adorable.
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You do the greatest BBC Sherlock cross-stitch. I agree with you on the color change. Sherlock, in particular, looks much closer to my mental image.
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Sadly, this is the only other chibi pattern I have. I have two others that are more realistic and serious, but one of them is too big to do in a weekend, so it'll have to wait until I finish all the little ones before I start it.