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Flosstube #18 - A finish and a new start

Journals and Stitches Sweden42 views5 likes25:25English31 May 2026Watch on YouTube ↗

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Christina, who lives in Sweden but is currently abroad for work, returns with a Flosstube episode covering a busy month of stitching. She took part in Laura's Giro d'Italia challenge, stitching one stitch per kilometre of the cycling race, and reports a personal best of 11,029 stitches across seven projects. She shows one finish and one new start, plus progress on several other pieces, a small stash haul, and her journal pages for June.

Christina finished 'February' from the Cricket Collection, her second finish from that designer, on 40-count hand-dyed evenweave by Coffee Craft Fabrics.
She started 'Enchanted Vase' by Golden Kite, a large full-coverage piece with blended threads, using Chris's diagonal stitching method.
She worked on 'Words to Live By' by Tiny Modernist, finishing the centre block and one corner block, and plans to frame it without the border.
She restarted 'Japan 2', a confetti-heavy pattern she suspects was AI-generated, stitching it in half cross on 28-count evenweave.
She made progress on her Mirabilia 'Nightingale', filling in part of the dress, and on 'Wolf with Glasses'.
She is stitching 'Cartoon Town', a stamped kit from Mona Lisa, as a SAL with Nessa, and has completed rows 0 to 40.
She bought 'Seaside Town' by Golden Kite and plans to start 'Mountain View' by Elena Bydenko next.
She showed her June journal pages, which combine stitching and fitness tracking, and mentioned a possible mini photo printer.

Finishes / FFOs Haul New starts Stitch-along (SAL)WIPs

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Giro d’Italia challenge is created and hosted by Laura over at @istitchbirds 

Nessa and I have our own little SAL as we are both stitching the stamped kit from Mona Lisa - Cartoon Town. You can find her channel here: @CrossStitchingwithNessa 

The way I’m doing my full coverage comes from Krys over at @CrossStitchMeadow . I’m also currently converting my master set to his floss storage method. :) Ingenious!

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Finishes shown

Februaryfrom the Cricket Collection, finished this month3:37

Patterns

Enchanted Vasenew start, small version with blended threads from Golden Kite5:28
Words to Live BySAL from Tiny Modernist, stitched on 28ct black evenweave8:28
Japan 2restarted, stitched in half cross on 28ct evenweave11:20
NightingaleMirabilia pattern, stitched on hand-dyed evenweave13:41
Wolf with Glassesworked on this month17:09
Mona Lisamaker of the Cartoon Town stamped kit17:42
Cartoon Townstamped kit from Mona Lisa, SAL with Nessa17:42
Seaside Townbought from Golden Kite, standard version with blends19:42
Mountain Viewby Elena Bydenko, planned new start20:36

Designers

The Cricket Collectiondesigner of the February pattern3:37
Golden Kitedesigner of Enchanted Vase and Seaside Town5:28
Cross Stitch MeadowChris's channel, source of the diagonal method and floss storage method7:19
Tiny Modernistdesigner of Words to Live By8:28
Mirabiliadesigner of Nightingale13:41
Elena Bydenkodesigner of Mountain View20:36

Fabrics

40ct evenweavehand-dyed by Coffee Craft Fabrics, used for February3:37
14ct fabricecru with golden sparkles, used for Enchanted Vase6:46
28ct black evenweaveused for Words to Live By8:28
28ct evenweaveused for Japan 211:20
28ct hand-dyed evenweavedyed by Christina herself, used for Nightingale13:41

Shops

Coffee Craft Fabricshand-dyed fabric used for February3:37

Events

Giro d'Italia challengecycling challenge hosted by Laura at I Stitch Birds1:20

Other

@istitchbirdsLaura's channel, host of the Giro d'Italia challenge1:20
diagonal methodstitching method from Chris at Cross Stitch Meadow7:19
Cross Stitching with NessaNessa's channel, SAL partner for Cartoon Town17:42