11/24/2023 0 Comments Barney cools weasley knit sweater![]() ![]() Make a second diagonal stitch, finishing the XĬross-stitch basics: Cut a piece of yarn about as long as your arm and tie a knot in one end. ![]() If you’re an old hand, skip the following paragraph, and get stitching. If you’ve never done these before, don’t despair it’s quite easy and this is a forgiving project if your stitches (like mine) don’t end up being all the exact same size. Step 4: Using the knit lines of the sweater as a grid, begin filling in your outline using cross-stitches. When you’ve successfully outlined your shape into only one layer, remove the template. It’s handy to place a piece of cardboard or a placemat between the layers of your sweater so you don’t catch the back when you’re stitching into the front and end up with something unwearable where you have to go back and do a ton of unpicking. Step 3: Using a different color of yarn if you have it, stitch the outline of your letter into the sweater. I think next time I would have done a slightly smaller letter, but live and learn! Now’s the time to adjust the size and placement, so make sure you get it where you’d like it. Pin it down to your sweater front, centering over the pin you used to mark the middle. Step 2: Cut the letter you’ll be stitching out of paper (or scrap fabric if, for some reason, you have no paper at hand but lots and lots of fabric) in the rough size you’d like it to be. Step 1: Use your ruler to measure the center of your sweater front, going from armpit to armpit.
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