The Cross Stitch projects of 2020

[moonvoice]

Getting my ass into gear to finally post these.

So this was the first year I discovered both Evenweave and the mini 'one square' stitch, as well as Owl Forest kits and tapestry style stitch projects. Compared to regular Aida projects they were more challenging, but once I got the hang of them they were also way faster, because there were just less stitches and far more negative space in the projects.

Owl Forest is a Russian company, and I have sold my soul to Russian cross stitch companies and honestly I don't think I'll ever look back.

I apologise that none of the final products are ironed. I basically finish, take a scrappy photo, shove it into a cabinet and start the new project.


Three Dragons - Owl Forest Kit





The beginning.





I love these because the threads have graded colour in them, so most of the Owl Forest kits come with a max of 8 colours, and sometimes as little as 5 or 6, yet give a sense of colour complexity all the time.












Fox Forest - Owl Forest Kit






Small and precious.




But this quickly became a deceptively complicated project that I had to do a surprising amount of unstitching/restitching for.











Baba Yaga - Owl Forest Kit





It begins.





Baba Yaga appears











Poppies. This was a kit but I don't remember through who.





Poppies





I tend to work in very obvious quarters or halves (or in a giant project, eighths).





But it all comes together in the end.







Frog Prince - Owl Forest Kit (I finished this one in 2021, so photos are going to have to wait of the finished project).





You will notice the tiny one stitches in the face.





This is actually finished now, and is an extremely pretty kit.

Comments

[cmcmck]

These are fun.

I love the Baba Yaga one particularly!

[moonvoice]

Thank you! And the Baba Yaga was my favourite, and thankfully, the smallest and fastest as well, lol.

[autumndaze]

These all look gorgeous! I'm pretty sure I was too ambitious on the ones I ultimately went with for Mom and I, so I'm getting some simpler ones for us to start with and get some practice. Still looking forward to it :) I'm really thankful you gave me the idea! Mom's looking forward to it, too.

[moonvoice]

Simple ones can be really lovely too! I hope you both enjoy them :D

[alias_sqbr]

These are *indescribably* beautiful.

[moonvoice]

AHHHHH <3333

[yourdeer]

oh thes are DELIGHTFUL <3 thank you for sharing!! The bouquet of field flowers makes me feel particular sentimental joy because those are exactly the plants I'd pick into a bouquet when visiting Poland in the summer. :') The Baba Yaga one is fantastic, too.

[nialoke]

These are so, so lovely! *-* The first one has to be my absolute favourite, but also the fox forest one?? so adorable and precious!

[citrakayah]

I think the poppies and fox forest are my favorite. The fox forest because, well, foxes, and the poppies because it's incredible how well detailed the blossoms are. Highlights and shadows aren't something one typically imagines being used to good effect in a cross stitch, but they were there.

You have any plans on how to use them?