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Stamped Cross Stitch | Gonks Update - Pin stitch & Parking #flosstube #crossstitch #wip

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Claire shares a beginner's update on her stamped cross stitch project featuring gonks (or gnomes). She explains how she started with the light colours, struggled with confetti and similar shades, and eventually discovered the parking method, which she now loves despite some concerns about thread trailing on the back. She also discusses her experiments with pin stitch starts and knot-away finishes, noting frustrations with knots coming undone. The video ends with Claire reflecting on how cross stitch is taking over her free time and asking viewers for their favourite techniques.

  • Claire shows her large stamped cross stitch WIP and explains her initial struggles with confetti and similar light colours.
  • She demonstrates her back, showing trailing threads from early stitching and explaining her switch to parking.
  • Claire shares her love for pin stitch starts and her dislike of knot-away finishes, which sometimes came undone.
  • She praises the parking method for reducing loose threads, though she admits to worrying about long trails on the back.
  • Claire mentions buying smaller cross stitch kits to work on alongside this larger project.
  • She asks viewers for their favourite stitching techniques and strategies.
Description from YouTube
My stamped cross stitch gonk project is growing... and apparently so is the number of ways I've discovered to put thread through fabric! 😂

Join me for another newbie update as I share my progress, my frustrations with all that confetti, and what I've discovered about pin stitch starts, knot-away finishes and the parking method.

I'm figuring all of this out as I go, so this is absolutely NOT a tutorial, just a log of my beginner experiments as I find out what works (or not) for me!

✨ In this video:
00:00 Gonk or gnome?!
01:48 Where I started
05:35 Changing my mind
07:04 Discovering parking
09:49 Highlights
10:25 Cross stitch is taking over my life... 😂

What are you working on at the moment? And if you're a cross stitcher, which starting, finishing or stitching methods do you love — or absolutely hate?!

Thanks for joining me in my little corner of the internet!

Claire 💜

#CrossStitch #StampedCrossStitch #CrossStitchWIP #Flosstube #CraftingCalm #CraftingChaos
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