The deer ornament came out beautiful, Anna! What an awesome gift! And I'm so glad we will avoid all future missing needle tragedies thanks to Carolyn! Thank you both for sharing your plans for the new year. It's so fun to watch!
That deer ornament was so satisfying to stitch! And haha, my needle book is in my purse! Always so fun to connect with you, Olivia! Happy Crafting! -Anna
56 count, Anna? Amazing! Great job. I love Cedar Linen too - but I’m always saving it for something special - lol. Caroline - your colorwork sweater is amazing. Love it. Oh Anna = I live your ideas of basket pillows for a dough bowl - such a great idea . I do one thread length a day on my “Big Red Ship of Life” it’s amazing how much progress I get done in a month. But I’m retired so I have time to do that. Anna - being a grandparent iS the best - I feel your joy. ❤. Can’t wait to see your WIP parade - and thanks in advance for sharing.
I see more high count stitching in my future! Whoah! I just looked up "Big Red Ship of Life" - it's inspiring to me that you are stitching that using a length a day! So far, I've stitched 6 lengths into my "The Fruits of Plenty" and I can see progress already. Happy Crafting, Peg! -Anna
The joy you bring to me every time I watch is so special and appreciated!! Can’t get enough of your stitchy life! Aka envious of your beautiful pieces and enthusiasm. Still getting caught up on your channel, now on to the WIP parade!
After such a busy Christmas season, it was so nice to sit down and watch my two favorite Curious Crafters. It was a pleasure to hear about your various plans and see all the projects that you've been working on. Thank you both for another amazing video. Happy New Year!
I now know why I can’t wait to see a new video from you two sisters. It’s the catwalk!!!!! 😂😂😂 I just love it and I replay it a couple of times to get the full effect. Oh yeah the stitching is great too.❤❤❤
Your comment cracked me up, Sheila! The catwalk was Carolyn's idea early on, and we've grown attached to it - it's just so silly. Every time we film it, we sort of shrug our shoulders and laugh! Happy Crafting! -Anna
Thanks, Jenn! I'm actually going through my WIPs right now! I'm enjoying considering each one as I look at it and log it to prep for the next video. Happy Crafting! -Anna
Anna, the ornament you stitched on 56ct is amazing! Carolyn, I want my older sister to make a needle book for me! 😂 So fun hearing about your plans for 2024. I do think stitching large designs and the bigger cut of linen that is needed slows me down too even though I use a hoop. It’s a lot of fabric to deal with! Looking forward to seeing what 2024 brings in your stitching lives xx
I'm getting pretty good at what I call the "fabric flip", to get the excess out of the way! Carolyn just went to her first stitching meet up today. Can't wait to hear all about it and can't wait to continue building relationships withs stitch-y friends - you're so good at that, Tricia! Happy Crafting! -Anna
Thanks again ladies for a very enjoyable video! You have some lovely WIPS. I loved the little Quaker deer and the very small needle keeper. Your bird finish is beautiful! Love those colours. A great pattern! Carolyn, your sweaters are wonderful! Wish I could knit like that! Anna. Your dress still looks great, if even not cut on the bias as you had wished. Very nice colours with your hair! Have a great stitchy week ahead. And Happy New Year! 🎉🥂🧑🏻🦰🇨🇦
Carolyn's and my gifts to each other were a total surprise and very exciting to make (and to receive)! Thanks for your kind words, Marilyn, and Happy Crafting! -Anna
Carolyn and I have a great time sharing what we're up to and love hearing from others about their projects. Happy 2024 Vickie, and Happy Crafting! -Anna
Anna and Carolyn, I really love your videos. It is wonderful to hear the two of bounce ideas off each other. You work together seamlessly, probably because you are sisters. I LOVE the catwalk segment. How did you two come up with that idea? Your stitching is beautiful. I think you balance your stitching/crafting talk with just the right amount of life/family. In my opinion, that is a hard thing to do. Happy stitching. Best, K
Really appreciate this specific feedback, Karen. Thank you. Carolyn came up with the catwalk early on, maybe even for the first video we made - she has a great sense of fun! Happy Crafting! -Anna
So good you two! Loved the advent finish and Loved your floss colors so much! Love the brightness yours have. I watched the daily flosstubes and am so anxious to participate this coming Christmas season.
Several folks have mentioned wanting to join in the Advent stitch in 2024. I may try it too! I agree that Carolyn's color palette is gorgeous. Maybe I'll just copy her if I participate - haha! Happy Crafting, Holly! -Anna
I have to say, that reindeer is kitted up to be my first ornament for 2024! The Workbasket pattern for that deer can be found in the 2006 Just Cross Stitch Christmas Ornaments issue. The ornament in the issue has added a green ribbon around the neck with a small silver bell. The one that you stitched Anna is lovely! I cannot wait to begin mine.
Happy New Year 2024 Anna and Carolyn! So many beautiful finishes and WIPs. I'm happy to hear you will be attempting finishes on Fruits of Plenty (but a wee bit sad about the assignment breakup 🤣). Anna, I love the idea of a "basket" small for 2 months. I look forward to seeing that. And Carolyn, you are NOT afraid of BAPs!!! Hawk Run Hollow is no joke! I've seen that finished at Shepherd's Bush in Utah. Whatever 2024 may bring, I look forward to ALL of different types of stitching you and others will do!
Carolyn has the persistence and energy to finish big projects - it's fun to watch her go! I've put a few lengths of thread into my "The Fruits of Plenty" and feel reconnected to it again. Happy 2024 to you Stacey, and Happy Crafting! -Anna
Anna, for your dough bowl of floral baskets. Along with pillows, you should consider other shapes such as strawberries (Blackbird Designs' "Deck the Halls" booklet has 2 options and great finishing directions), button/ribbon bags (Blackbird Designs "Sewing Club" book), or biscornu (Hearstring Samplery Flanders Fields). Carolyn and Anna, I look forward to finishing my Fruits of Plenty with you this year, hopefully, before April when it celebrates a 3 year anniversary.
Thanks for these ideas for my #BowlfulOfBaskets! I can easily imagine some strawberries! And let's go! a 2024 finish! How much do you have left to do on "The Fruits of Plenty"? Happy Crafting! -Anna
You must be thinking of Fruity Knitting, Carolyn, and they are still doing their 90-minute video, every month I think it is - so interesting as you say! You two are wonderful, as always, thanks for another great video podcast!
Thank you for your comment and for reminding me about the Fruity Knitting video podcast. I used to watch it several years ago -- not sure why I stopped! The audio podcast I was thinking about in this FlossTube is Woolful, which ran episodes from 2014 to 2017. I was able to dig up links to their old episodes: woolful.com/podcast-episodes/. I'm curious to re-listen to them. Happy Crafting! -Carolyn
Oh goody, a new flosstube! Some great plans there! Anna, I love your baskets idea. There are so many lovely ones and they can make a great small (and not so small) stitch. I'm trying to do 1% each time on anything I pull out to stitch. Most of my projects are on pattern keeper so that's an easy way to keep track and so far the 1% is around 200 stitches. But then I'm retired and am able to stitch from sun up to sun down. Happy New Year Carolyn and Anna! I look forward to following your stitching year.
I purchased the threads for my first basket. Now I have to choose a linen! I used to be so confused when stitchers would refer to percentages - now I get it! 1% sounds fun to me! We look forward to seeing your stitching too, Robyn! Happy Crafting! -Anna
Ladies! I am so excited to tell you that there IS a Flosstube channel devoted to interviewing different designers and needlework artists! It is the twice weekly podcast called Fiber Talk! Gary does and AMAZING job and there must be hundreds now on his channel for you to enjoy. Thank you for all you do in sharing. I find your recordings SO inspiring and lovely.
Woohoo! This is exciting news! Thank you, Julie. I will definitely check out Fiber Talk! Thank you as well for your kind words, and Happy Crafting! -Anna
Ha ha "Want me to do Brenda?". Good one Anna. I so enjoy listening to you ladies think things out and plan. Also you're inspiring me to pull out my Fruits of Plenty which I did not touch once last year. Good luck to both of you with your. Happy New Year. Health, happiness and creativity to you.
Oh, pull your "The Fruits of Plenty" and stitch with us this year! I've made a little progress! Happy 2024 to you, Alison, and Happy Crafting! We appreciate you! -Anna
We'll be cheering you on, with your 2020 WIPs! I've been able to reconnect with my "The Fruits of Plenty" and have decided on 12 lengths of thread each week as my goal. Happy Crafting, Carol! -Anna
Best wishes for 2024 - love all the organization hints and the basket idea is a great one, I love baskets and do have a few patterns I have purchased just for the basket also. My style is very cottage (wicker and white) but still..... Hugs all around
Love, love, love watching you ladies! I am always so inspired by your projects and ideas and your curiosity is contagious. I am a fairly new stitcher who is definitely still trying to figure things out! I stitch in hand and would love to hear you talk more about your actual stitching approach/style. Do you use Danish cross stitch or Victorian cross stitch or a combination of both, etc? Your stitching is absolutely beautiful, so I would love to hear more about the mechanics behind your craft. Thank you for sharing!
We use all kinds of methods, depending on the motif! Finishing each cross as we go (I have experimented with several ways of doing this) OR doing a line of half crosses first and then coming back. And even though I stitch in hand, sometimes I use the sewing method, and other times I use the stabbing method. I think the tension of the stitches gets more consistent the more you stitch. Happy Crafting, Laura! -Anna
Your Christmas Countdown is so beautiful! I love how you developed your colourwork! I really enjoyed watching the daily videos also and missed them daily after Christmas! I wonder if I might be brave enough to join in next year??? We did hear lots of interesting info from designers at the Jingle Ball - so interesting! Cheers to 2024!
Let's do it! I have never participated in an Advent stitch, and 2024 may just be the year! Did people ask questions in the conversations with the designers during the Jingle Ball or were they more like presentations? Happy Crafting, Kathy! -Anna
Another enjoyable floss tube. My ears perked up when you spoke about designers sharing their process. I'm NOT an Instagram user. I've got an account in order to see the odd thing that is of interest, but frankly, I've not gone on there for almost a year. I don't have fancy phone so I'm not able to easily post photos (I use a camera that hasn't got phone capabilities and I like it that way! My phone is a landline; it works when the power/internet goes out.) I've had a BLOG for almost 21 years now. As an art quilter, **that's** where I post my process -- with text and photos. That's where I'd look for the process records of others. I'm not interested in a small screen with teeny photos and no descriptions (or limited verbiage). I'm saddened by the slowing interest in blog posts, because even though I'm a visual artist, I am first a *word* person; a series of phots/pictures (eg., on IG or Pinterest) without context bores me. I want the back story -- and a blog or website is where you find that...without the time-consuming challenge of making a video (not to mention the lighting and microphone expense etc.).
So happy to know about your blog, Margaret! I just read your most recent entry - laughed when I read the sentence in which you crossed out "years" and replaced it with "decades"! Carolyn used to have a blog, NonaKnits, and we started our FlossTube adventure with an accompanying blog. As much as I enjoy a blog, I for one do like the many photos and short text of Instagram. Like so many things in life, I'm happy there are options. Happy Crafting and enjoy the first WIPGO pulls! -Anna
Look at the chart that The Scarlett House and Heartstrings Samplery designed (each designed one half)...Berry Bowl Sampler. You could make one of them to include in your dough bowl. I stitched that one on two difference fabrics (and will be joining them together this year), They were ALL fun to stitch.
Love this idea, Sandi. Maybe even some smaller ones on higher count fabric! Thanks. Let me know how sewing the linens together goes - that will be a gorgeous piece to have finished! Happy Crafting! -Anna
Happy New Year to you both! Anna you inspired me to pull back out Scarlet Berries by the Scarlet House, I started this one for my maternal Grandfather from Scotland, Melville Morrison Smith, I can go back as far as my. 5x great grandfather but that still leaves some more names(initials) for 2 rows so need to decide who and how. Love watching you both you always inspire.
So fun to hear you are also stitching Scarlet Berries, Tay. I have thought long and hard about those fifteen sets of initials. I think I have a plan, but I still have some time to stew while I stitch the top alphabets - haha! Happy 2024 and Happy Crafting! -Anna
Thanks for saying so, Sarah. I feel the same way about your videos - don't want them to end and always look forward to the next. Let's look for an opportunity to see each other! Happy Crafting! -Anna
Always love your videos! Anna did I miss a picture of your Christmas tree? You talked about your silver tip tree and they are my fav ~ they are not grown on the east coast 😢
Thanks for the reminder! You can sort of see the tree in the Instagram post about our "North Pole" starts. I just took a photo of it and will hopefully remember to put it in the-end-of-January video. Happy Crafting, Teresa! -Anna
I'm working on Let Love Reign by Teresa Kogut and the basket on it is beautiful. About another month and I'll be starting that strip....3/4 of the way done with it. Love your videos ladies and if I make it to California ever would love to meet up!
I just looked up "Let Love Reign". That basket is spectacular - the whole width of the piece! Thanks for the idea and enjoy stitching it when you get down to that section! Happy Crafting! -Anna
Caroline is indeed a wonderful organizer of the advent mystery piece and beyond. Did you see the Instagram call from Kathy B for model stitchers for patterns? I thought of you two immediately. I offered but clarified I am in Canada. Thank you for another awesome video.
Hello and Happy New Year ladies. Wondering if it would be possible for you Caroline to send me your floss colours for the Evertote Advent stitch along?? I love your choice of colours. Thank you in advance if it is possible.
Hi Hanna! Here is the color palette I used. There is no one-to-one conversion for the called for colors, since I doubled up colors and sometimes stitched the same symbol in two different colors. 1) Gentle Arts -- limited edition green from a previous year advent box 2) DMC 3364 3) Roxy Floss Asparagus 4) Roxy Floss Merriment 5) Roxy Floss Blue in the Face 6) Classic Colorworks Cinnamon Toast 7) Roxy Floss Icy Sidewalks 8) Roxy Floss Cabernet 9) Roxy Floss Rule of Plum 10) Roxy Floss Best Dressed 11) Roxy Floss Bough Down 12) Roxy Floss Nobel 13) Gentle Art Apple Cider 14) Roxy Floss Christmas Bells 15) Classic Colorworks Deep Fennel 16) DMC 838 17) Classic Colorworks Bandana 18) DMC 3861 19) DMC 22 20) Weeks Dye Works Red Rocks Happy Crafting! -Carolyn
Hi Theresa! The cardigan is The Botanist by Thea Colman. Here is link to the pattern on Ravelry: www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/the-botanist-2. It was super fun to knit and very cozy to wear! Happy Crafting -- Carolyn
I heard some FlossTubers refer to blessing samplers, usually meaning a sampler you stitch monogamously and finish in January. For me, I like the idea of starting a sampler in the New Year with the symbolism of blessing the year with abundant love. Happy Crafting! -Anna
As the show went on I realize that you are blessing your family members with their initials in the sampler...I guess. LOVE that idea for sure. I too am very bless with the family I have. Thanks again.@@we.are.curiouscrafters
The deer ornament came out beautiful, Anna! What an awesome gift! And I'm so glad we will avoid all future missing needle tragedies thanks to Carolyn!
Thank you both for sharing your plans for the new year. It's so fun to watch!
That deer ornament was so satisfying to stitch! And haha, my needle book is in my purse! Always so fun to connect with you, Olivia! Happy Crafting! -Anna
Thank you both for another wonderful flosstube. Happy stitching.
Thanks for joining us on this stitching adventure, Linda! Happy Crafting! -Anna
56 count, Anna? Amazing! Great job. I love Cedar Linen too - but I’m always saving it for something special - lol. Caroline - your colorwork sweater is amazing. Love it. Oh Anna = I live your ideas of basket pillows for a dough bowl - such a great idea . I do one thread length a day on my “Big Red Ship of Life” it’s amazing how much progress I get done in a month. But I’m retired so I have time to do that. Anna - being a grandparent iS the best - I feel your joy. ❤. Can’t wait to see your WIP parade - and thanks in advance for sharing.
I see more high count stitching in my future! Whoah! I just looked up "Big Red Ship of Life" - it's inspiring to me that you are stitching that using a length a day! So far, I've stitched 6 lengths into my "The Fruits of Plenty" and I can see progress already. Happy Crafting, Peg! -Anna
The joy you bring to me every time I watch is so special and appreciated!! Can’t get enough of your stitchy life! Aka envious of your beautiful pieces and enthusiasm. Still getting caught up on your channel, now on to the WIP parade!
We appreciate your kind words, Dawn! Thanks for joining us on our cross stitch adventure! -Anna
After such a busy Christmas season, it was so nice to sit down and watch my two favorite Curious Crafters. It was a pleasure to hear about your various plans and see all the projects that you've been working on. Thank you both for another amazing video. Happy New Year!
Such a sweet note, Lorraine. I've been enjoying watching FlossTube as well, during these last days of school vacation. Happy Crafting! -Anna
I now know why I can’t wait to see a new video from you two sisters. It’s the catwalk!!!!! 😂😂😂 I just love it and I replay it a couple of times to get the full effect. Oh yeah the stitching is great too.❤❤❤
Your comment cracked me up, Sheila! The catwalk was Carolyn's idea early on, and we've grown attached to it - it's just so silly. Every time we film it, we sort of shrug our shoulders and laugh! Happy Crafting! -Anna
Hi Ladies great video,56 count wow,loved it all,Happy stitching 2024,Gratitude to designers 👏 have a good week Thankyou for sharing ❤️🇳🇿🪡
There is more higher count stitching ahead for me. I have always liked tiny objects! Happy 2024, Donna, and Happy Crafting! -Anna
Great video girls, can’t wait to see your wip parade!! Happy Stitching 🧵✂️🪡❌
Thanks, Jenn! I'm actually going through my WIPs right now! I'm enjoying considering each one as I look at it and log it to prep for the next video. Happy Crafting! -Anna
Love love love your videos! Happy New Year. Happy stitching. ❤
Thanks, Helen! Happy 2024 and Happy Crafting! -Anna
Anna, the ornament you stitched on 56ct is amazing! Carolyn, I want my older sister to make a needle book for me! 😂 So fun hearing about your plans for 2024. I do think stitching large designs and the bigger cut of linen that is needed slows me down too even though I use a hoop. It’s a lot of fabric to deal with! Looking forward to seeing what 2024 brings in your stitching lives xx
I'm getting pretty good at what I call the "fabric flip", to get the excess out of the way! Carolyn just went to her first stitching meet up today. Can't wait to hear all about it and can't wait to continue building relationships withs stitch-y friends - you're so good at that, Tricia! Happy Crafting! -Anna
Thanks again ladies for a very enjoyable video! You have some lovely WIPS. I loved the little Quaker deer and the very small needle keeper. Your bird finish is beautiful! Love those colours. A great pattern! Carolyn, your sweaters are wonderful! Wish I could knit like that! Anna. Your dress still looks great, if even not cut on the bias as you had wished. Very nice colours with your hair! Have a great stitchy week ahead. And Happy New Year! 🎉🥂🧑🏻🦰🇨🇦
Carolyn's and my gifts to each other were a total surprise and very exciting to make (and to receive)! Thanks for your kind words, Marilyn, and Happy Crafting! -Anna
Enjoyed your flosstube. Love to hear how stitchers are attacking 2024 with their stitching plans.
We do too! Do you make stitching plans in the New Year? Happy 2024 and Happy Crafting, Connie! -Anna
@@we.are.curiouscrafters I don't make plans - just stitch on something I like at the moment, although I have plenty of stash to choose from.
Love your videos! Thanks for sharing all your craftiness endeavors. I look forward to many more in 2024. Best wishes to both of you for the new year🎉
Carolyn and I have a great time sharing what we're up to and love hearing from others about their projects. Happy 2024 Vickie, and Happy Crafting! -Anna
Anna and Carolyn, I really love your videos. It is wonderful to hear the two of bounce ideas off each other. You work together seamlessly, probably because you are sisters. I LOVE the catwalk segment. How did you two come up with that idea? Your stitching is beautiful. I think you balance your stitching/crafting talk with just the right amount of life/family. In my opinion, that is a hard thing to do. Happy stitching. Best, K
Really appreciate this specific feedback, Karen. Thank you. Carolyn came up with the catwalk early on, maybe even for the first video we made - she has a great sense of fun! Happy Crafting! -Anna
Happy new year girls…look forward to sharing the stitchy year ahead with ya 😊
Happy 2024! So fun to think about stitching plans for the year ahead! Happy Crafting, Noreen! -Anna
So good you two! Loved the advent finish and Loved your floss colors so much! Love the brightness yours have. I watched the daily flosstubes and am so anxious to participate this coming Christmas season.
Several folks have mentioned wanting to join in the Advent stitch in 2024. I may try it too! I agree that Carolyn's color palette is gorgeous. Maybe I'll just copy her if I participate - haha! Happy Crafting, Holly! -Anna
I have to say, that reindeer is kitted up to be my first ornament for 2024! The Workbasket pattern for that deer can be found in the 2006 Just Cross Stitch Christmas Ornaments issue. The ornament in the issue has added a green ribbon around the neck with a small silver bell. The one that you stitched Anna is lovely! I cannot wait to begin mine.
Oh, enjoy that reindeer - especially the antlers!!! Let us know how you decide to finish yours! Happy Crafting, Lin! -Anna
Happy New Year 2024 Anna and Carolyn! So many beautiful finishes and WIPs. I'm happy to hear you will be attempting finishes on Fruits of Plenty (but a wee bit sad about the assignment breakup 🤣). Anna, I love the idea of a "basket" small for 2 months. I look forward to seeing that. And Carolyn, you are NOT afraid of BAPs!!! Hawk Run Hollow is no joke! I've seen that finished at Shepherd's Bush in Utah. Whatever 2024 may bring, I look forward to ALL of different types of stitching you and others will do!
Carolyn has the persistence and energy to finish big projects - it's fun to watch her go! I've put a few lengths of thread into my "The Fruits of Plenty" and feel reconnected to it again. Happy 2024 to you Stacey, and Happy Crafting! -Anna
Anna, for your dough bowl of floral baskets. Along with pillows, you should consider other shapes such as strawberries (Blackbird Designs' "Deck the Halls" booklet has 2 options and great finishing directions), button/ribbon bags (Blackbird Designs "Sewing Club" book), or biscornu (Hearstring Samplery Flanders Fields). Carolyn and Anna, I look forward to finishing my Fruits of Plenty with you this year, hopefully, before April when it celebrates a 3 year anniversary.
Thanks for these ideas for my #BowlfulOfBaskets! I can easily imagine some strawberries! And let's go! a 2024 finish! How much do you have left to do on "The Fruits of Plenty"? Happy Crafting! -Anna
You must be thinking of Fruity Knitting, Carolyn, and they are still doing their 90-minute video, every month I think it is - so interesting as you say! You two are wonderful, as always, thanks for another great video podcast!
Thank you for your comment and for reminding me about the Fruity Knitting video podcast. I used to watch it several years ago -- not sure why I stopped! The audio podcast I was thinking about in this FlossTube is Woolful, which ran episodes from 2014 to 2017. I was able to dig up links to their old episodes: woolful.com/podcast-episodes/. I'm curious to re-listen to them. Happy Crafting! -Carolyn
And than YOU for being who you are. Always look forward to your episodes. Thank You Thank You
So sweet, Hanna! We appreciate you! -Anna
Oh goody, a new flosstube!
Some great plans there!
Anna, I love your baskets idea. There are so many lovely ones and they can make a great small (and not so small) stitch.
I'm trying to do 1% each time on anything I pull out to stitch. Most of my projects are on pattern keeper so that's an easy way to keep track and so far the 1% is around 200 stitches. But then I'm retired and am able to stitch from sun up to sun down.
Happy New Year Carolyn and Anna! I look forward to following your stitching year.
I purchased the threads for my first basket. Now I have to choose a linen! I used to be so confused when stitchers would refer to percentages - now I get it! 1% sounds fun to me! We look forward to seeing your stitching too, Robyn! Happy Crafting! -Anna
Ladies! I am so excited to tell you that there IS a Flosstube channel devoted to interviewing different designers and needlework artists! It is the twice weekly podcast called Fiber Talk! Gary does and AMAZING job and there must be hundreds now on his channel for you to enjoy. Thank you for all you do in sharing. I find your recordings SO inspiring and lovely.
Woohoo! This is exciting news! Thank you, Julie. I will definitely check out Fiber Talk! Thank you as well for your kind words, and Happy Crafting! -Anna
Ha ha "Want me to do Brenda?". Good one Anna. I so enjoy listening to you ladies think things out and plan. Also you're inspiring me to pull out my Fruits of Plenty which I did not touch once last year. Good luck to both of you with your. Happy New Year. Health, happiness and creativity to you.
Oh, pull your "The Fruits of Plenty" and stitch with us this year! I've made a little progress! Happy 2024 to you, Alison, and Happy Crafting! We appreciate you! -Anna
Awesome inspirational video. So enjoyable. I pulled out two 2020 WIPs from my basket - hope to finish them this year.
We'll be cheering you on, with your 2020 WIPs! I've been able to reconnect with my "The Fruits of Plenty" and have decided on 12 lengths of thread each week as my goal. Happy Crafting, Carol! -Anna
Best wishes for 2024 - love all the organization hints and the basket idea is a great one, I love baskets and do have a few patterns I have purchased just for the basket also. My style is very cottage (wicker and white) but still..... Hugs all around
How about a trio of baskets all done in whites and neutrals?! That would look cool, I think. Happy 2024 Kathie, and Happy Crafting! -Anna
Love, love, love watching you ladies! I am always so inspired by your projects and ideas and your curiosity is contagious. I am a fairly new stitcher who is definitely still trying to figure things out! I stitch in hand and would love to hear you talk more about your actual stitching approach/style. Do you use Danish cross stitch or Victorian cross stitch or a combination of both, etc? Your stitching is absolutely beautiful, so I would love to hear more about the mechanics behind your craft. Thank you for sharing!
We use all kinds of methods, depending on the motif! Finishing each cross as we go (I have experimented with several ways of doing this) OR doing a line of half crosses first and then coming back. And even though I stitch in hand, sometimes I use the sewing method, and other times I use the stabbing method. I think the tension of the stitches gets more consistent the more you stitch. Happy Crafting, Laura! -Anna
I saw somebody on Jingle Ball that mixes crushed walnut shells with dried lavender.
No kidding?! I may try that! Thanks, Angela, and Happy Crafting! -Anna
Your Christmas Countdown is so beautiful! I love how you developed your colourwork! I really enjoyed watching the daily videos also and missed them daily after Christmas! I wonder if I might be brave enough to join in next year??? We did hear lots of interesting info from designers at the Jingle Ball - so interesting! Cheers to 2024!
Let's do it! I have never participated in an Advent stitch, and 2024 may just be the year! Did people ask questions in the conversations with the designers during the Jingle Ball or were they more like presentations? Happy Crafting, Kathy! -Anna
Another enjoyable floss tube. My ears perked up when you spoke about designers sharing their process. I'm NOT an Instagram user. I've got an account in order to see the odd thing that is of interest, but frankly, I've not gone on there for almost a year. I don't have fancy phone so I'm not able to easily post photos (I use a camera that hasn't got phone capabilities and I like it that way! My phone is a landline; it works when the power/internet goes out.)
I've had a BLOG for almost 21 years now. As an art quilter, **that's** where I post my process -- with text and photos. That's where I'd look for the process records of others. I'm not interested in a small screen with teeny photos and no descriptions (or limited verbiage). I'm saddened by the slowing interest in blog posts, because even though I'm a visual artist, I am first a *word* person; a series of phots/pictures (eg., on IG or Pinterest) without context bores me. I want the back story -- and a blog or website is where you find that...without the time-consuming challenge of making a video (not to mention the lighting and microphone expense etc.).
So happy to know about your blog, Margaret! I just read your most recent entry - laughed when I read the sentence in which you crossed out "years" and replaced it with "decades"! Carolyn used to have a blog, NonaKnits, and we started our FlossTube adventure with an accompanying blog. As much as I enjoy a blog, I for one do like the many photos and short text of Instagram. Like so many things in life, I'm happy there are options. Happy Crafting and enjoy the first WIPGO pulls! -Anna
Look at the chart that The Scarlett House and Heartstrings Samplery designed (each designed one half)...Berry Bowl Sampler. You could make one of them to include in your dough bowl. I stitched that one on two difference fabrics (and will be joining them together this year), They were ALL fun to stitch.
Love this idea, Sandi. Maybe even some smaller ones on higher count fabric! Thanks. Let me know how sewing the linens together goes - that will be a gorgeous piece to have finished! Happy Crafting! -Anna
Happy New Year to you both! Anna you inspired me to pull back out Scarlet Berries by the Scarlet House, I started this one for my maternal Grandfather from Scotland, Melville Morrison Smith, I can go back as far as my. 5x great grandfather but that still leaves some more names(initials) for 2 rows so need to decide who and how. Love watching you both you always inspire.
So fun to hear you are also stitching Scarlet Berries, Tay. I have thought long and hard about those fifteen sets of initials. I think I have a plan, but I still have some time to stew while I stitch the top alphabets - haha! Happy 2024 and Happy Crafting! -Anna
I savor every moment of your videos. Such beautiful stitching from both of you. Happy New Year. Hope we can see each other this year.
Thanks for saying so, Sarah. I feel the same way about your videos - don't want them to end and always look forward to the next. Let's look for an opportunity to see each other! Happy Crafting! -Anna
Always love your videos! Anna did I miss a picture of your Christmas tree? You talked about your silver tip tree and they are my fav ~ they are not grown on the east coast 😢
Thanks for the reminder! You can sort of see the tree in the Instagram post about our "North Pole" starts. I just took a photo of it and will hopefully remember to put it in the-end-of-January video. Happy Crafting, Teresa! -Anna
I'm working on Let Love Reign by Teresa Kogut and the basket on it is beautiful. About another month and I'll be starting that strip....3/4 of the way done with it. Love your videos ladies and if I make it to California ever would love to meet up!
I just looked up "Let Love Reign". That basket is spectacular - the whole width of the piece! Thanks for the idea and enjoy stitching it when you get down to that section! Happy Crafting! -Anna
Caroline is indeed a wonderful organizer of the advent mystery piece and beyond. Did you see the Instagram call from Kathy B for model stitchers for patterns? I thought of you two immediately. I offered but clarified I am in Canada. Thank you for another awesome video.
We did see KB's call for model stitchers. I must admit my heart went pitter patter! Happy Crafting, Karen! -Anna
Hello and Happy New Year ladies. Wondering if it would be possible for you Caroline to send me your floss colours for the Evertote Advent stitch along?? I love your choice of colours. Thank you in advance if it is possible.
Hi Hanna! Here is the color palette I used. There is no one-to-one conversion for the called for colors, since I doubled up colors and sometimes stitched the same symbol in two different colors.
1) Gentle Arts -- limited edition green from a previous year advent box
2) DMC 3364
3) Roxy Floss Asparagus
4) Roxy Floss Merriment
5) Roxy Floss Blue in the Face
6) Classic Colorworks Cinnamon Toast
7) Roxy Floss Icy Sidewalks
8) Roxy Floss Cabernet
9) Roxy Floss Rule of Plum
10) Roxy Floss Best Dressed
11) Roxy Floss Bough Down
12) Roxy Floss Nobel
13) Gentle Art Apple Cider
14) Roxy Floss Christmas Bells
15) Classic Colorworks Deep Fennel
16) DMC 838
17) Classic Colorworks Bandana
18) DMC 3861
19) DMC 22
20) Weeks Dye Works Red Rocks
Happy Crafting! -Carolyn
I'd love to get your cardigan patterns, but couldn't find it mentioned in the info
Hi Theresa! The cardigan is The Botanist by Thea Colman. Here is link to the pattern on Ravelry: www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/the-botanist-2. It was super fun to knit and very cozy to wear! Happy Crafting -- Carolyn
Just wondering why your January sampler is called a 'blessing sampler'??...Anna
I heard some FlossTubers refer to blessing samplers, usually meaning a sampler you stitch monogamously and finish in January. For me, I like the idea of starting a sampler in the New Year with the symbolism of blessing the year with abundant love. Happy Crafting! -Anna
As the show went on I realize that you are blessing your family members with their initials in the sampler...I guess. LOVE that idea for sure. I too am very bless with the family I have. Thanks again.@@we.are.curiouscrafters
What is considered a strand, like in dmc there are 6plies, so what is considered a strand?
I consider 1 ply of DMC a strand. Happy Crafting, Becky! -Anna