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In this episode of Cross Stitch Weekly Roundup, the host, DarkXStitch, reviews new cross stitch releases from various designers and shops, offering opinions on chart quality, size, and confetti levels. She begins with Heaven and Earth Designs, highlighting several new charts, including 'Conversations Over Wine', 'Enchanted Spring', 'Hedge of Thorns', and 'Chocolate Cream Dream', while also critiquing AI-generated designs and an expensive custom eye chart service. She then moves on to The Stamped Stitch Club, discussing new stamped patterns and expressing concerns about the prevalence of AI art in their releases. The host also covers Artecy, praising their hand-charted samplers and full coverage pieces, and mentions new releases from Stitches Sew Beautiful, Charting Creations, and Thread Geeks, including a return of Enys Guerrero. She notes a sale at Gecko Rouge and finishes with Unconventional Cross Stitch, where she particularly admires a 'Polite Frog' design and several other Delphine charts, recommending the larger sizes for full detail. Throughout, she shares her personal preferences and advises viewers on which charts she would or wouldn't stitch.
- Reviews new releases from Heaven and Earth Designs, The Stamped Stitch Club, Artecy, Stitches Sew Beautiful, Charting Creations, Thread Geeks, Gecko Rouge, and Unconventional Cross Stitch.
- Critiques AI-generated charts, noting issues with pixelation and checkerboarding, and advises against some releases.
- Praises hand-charted designs, particularly from Artecy and Unconventional Cross Stitch, for their quality and detail.
- Highlights a sale at Gecko Rouge where kits will be discontinued after the sale ends.
- Shows a strong preference for the 'Polite Frog' design from Unconventional Cross Stitch, adding it to her wish list.
- Mentions the return of Enys Guerrero to Thread Geeks and her favorite chart, 'Button Eye', based on Coraline.