Hi Dana! I had no idea that the sockeye pattern involved 3 firsts for you!!! Your first linen, your first black fabric, and your first pattern with fractional stitches...that IS a lot of firsts all at once! But, like you said, that beautiful pattern is worth it! I bought that pattern after seeing a video of you working on it! Soooo gorgeous. I'm wondering if the artist, Blaine Billman, has made similar paintings of other northwestern fauna - do you happen to know? That would be amazing to have several in the same theme. In the other video I'd seen of you working on the sockeye, you were farther along than in this one - it is coming out absolutely gorgeous! I'm looking to start my first project in linen - I've seen so many folks in Floss Tube videos who say that they love so many things about linen vs. Aida - plus, linen comes in lots of gorgeous colors - so, I gotta try it. But, it is a much more pliable fabric than Aida and Fiddler's (the not overpoweringly rustic look of Light Oatmeal Fiddler's is my fave), so I have a number of concerns - many of these I'll probably figure out as I work with the fabric...but, secure anchoring of starting and ending threads is a big one. Btw, I've only used the loop method of starting a few times (I just keep forgetting to do it!), and have never used the pin stitch to end, - I'm just simply not convinced it's as secure as you and many others have insisted...Sorry, nothing personal!!! I have a (possibly!?!) compulsive overconcern of ending up having to fix those, and especially having to do so with entirely too little thread to accomplish it satisfactorily... How well has the "modified" pin stitch you show here ( as I'll call it for non-Aida fabrics) remained secure in your sockeye work so far? Has the much greater pliability of the linen led you to carry out the "pins" farther laterally to maintain their secureness? Thanks, and Happy Stitching!

@peacockandfig

6 жыл бұрын

Haha hi Kerry! The pin stitches seemed to be holding well. I switched to anchoring my floss for the sockeye by running my thread under existing stitches, I took it off the frame and started to work on it in hand. I'm nearly done the water now, I keep stopping and starting that one while I'm working on my own designs. I think you'll really like linen, I did do a video on cross stitch fabrics not long ago, so you can see some of the varieties available. And here's a link to Blaine Billman's other patterns he has available, I'm seriously tempted to do the orca but it's so much black on black.... stitchingstudio.com/blaine_billman/index.htm 🙂

I put my first stitch in the middle of my X so the tail is hidden in the X of the X stitch. It's the thickest part of the stitch and gives the most coverage of the tails rather than in the bottom corner. I am working on linen with 1 thread and have only just mastered the pin stitch. Hope that helps.

@peacockandfig

3 жыл бұрын

Good tip Ally! 🙂

Hi Dana, really enjoyed this video about the pin stitch on Linen and evenweave, thank you. On your video showing the pin stitch on Aida, you showed finishing from the front and clipping the final tail off on the front and very close to the fabric. Brilliant. But can you finish on the front using evenweave? I can't seem to find the answer on any of your pin stitch videos. Forgive me if I you explained and I missed it. Thank you!

@peacockandfig

7 жыл бұрын

Haha thanks very much for your question Tara! Yes you could finish your pin stitch on linen the same way as you start in this video, I talk about running your floss under other stitches as that seems to really lock the stitch in place on such fine fabric. What you could do is do another quarter stitch vertically or horizontally (like I start the pin stitch in this video) to "hide" your finishing pin stitch under the leg of one of your full crosses. You may have to experiment with this, like if you want to finish with your thread on the top you might have to do your finishing pin stitch in between two full crosses -- then there will be quite a few strands already in the holes to really help lock your pin stitch in place. And if you're doing quarter stitches in your pattern, you could always do your pin stitch over that quarter stitch - the stitch would be a little thicker, but then you should be able to lock your thread in place easier. I'd do a little bit of experimentation and see what you come up with, I think it's going to depend on the exact fabric you're using and how many strands as to whether you can keep your threads secure at the finishing stitch. :)

Curious if you ever would use this to end a thread? I tend to use a frame which makes flipping the piece and running the thread behind stitches a little difficult. I like that you basically used a half (or quarter?) stitch to start and wonder if I could do the same to end it.- maybe between two stitches instead of at the very end? Thanks for your videos! Very helpful.

@peacockandfig

3 жыл бұрын

Absolutely, I actually teach that in another tutorial about beginning and ending your threads. 😊

this video shows nothing about using pin stitch on even weave or linen. it's being done on Aida. where can I actually see how it's done on even weave or linen?

@peacockandfig

6 жыл бұрын

Hi Rosalind! It's being shown on Aida as trying to do a video of tiny little pin stitches on linen or evenweave would be near impossible for me to do and be visible for those watching -- I don't have a professional cameraman shooting my videos, they're just done on my phone. What I say at the beginning of the video is that I'm stitching over two on the Aida to mimic stitching over two on linen or evenweave. I purposely used Aida so the stitches would be bigger and easier to see. So you'd do the exact same thing on your linen or evenweave, obviously just a lot smaller. Hope that helps! 🙂

@rosalindheid2239

6 жыл бұрын

okay - I guess I just found the description a bit misleading as I was expecting to find the linen or evenweave materials. I'd already found several examples of doing it on Aida, including yours. Thanks for the explanation.

@dif5759

4 жыл бұрын

@@rosalindheid2239 I too just found the title very misleading. Should be edited as it does not even mention Aida until the very end where it says it is different for aida!!

Great video! Any suggestions for linen 1 x 1 ? Or even 2 x 1over ? Yeah, loop but I need to know non loop method on fine evenweave.

@peacockandfig

8 жыл бұрын

+MsPatSmith26 Hi thanks for your question! :) I'd suggest doing exactly the same thing as I demonstrate in the video -- just try to hide the pin stitch in an area where it will be covered or else just do an extra loop around for your pin stitch instead of doing a normal 1 over 1 or 2 over 1 stitch. Yes it will be a little thicker than the surrounding stitches, but once the whole piece is completed it shouldn't be noticeable at all. Otherwise, what you could do (if you're using a pin stitch to start) is just hold a tail of 1" or 2" of floss at the back (or front) of the piece, and make sure that tail is caught with other stitches as you work. If you put the tail at the front and cover it with other stitches (and anchor it with your thumb so it doesn't slip), just as it's about to be completely covered you could carefully snip the end of the thread to hide it. Another way to finish off your floss at the back and not have to flip your piece is just to run your needle under some stitches in one or two directions (you can do it by feel, just make sure the needle doesn't come through the fabric), then leave a bit of a tail of thread when you snip it. When you're completely finished, you can flip your piece and either weave those little tails in or snip them so they're flush against the stitching. :) Hopefully that helps! I'd say try a few techniques and see what works best for you, you may need to switch things up a bit depending on the weave of your fabric, whether you're using one or two threads, etc. :)

@MsPatSmith26

8 жыл бұрын

+Handy Little Gadget Thanks so much!

@peacockandfig

8 жыл бұрын

+MsPatSmith26 You're very welcome! :)

If youre going 2 over 2 cant you just pin stitch with the middle un-used hole?

@peacockandfig

5 жыл бұрын

Yes you can, whatever works best for you. 🙂

@0XSmarty0X

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks!

I cannot belive I can't get to your video on finishing with the pin stitch when there's stitching all around it. help!!!

@peacockandfig

7 жыл бұрын

Haha here it is, have fun with it! :) kzread.info/dash/bejne/m3VsrKWvl72up6g.html

black is sooooooooo hard to work on

@peacockandfig

8 жыл бұрын

+Virginia Cook Haha yes it is certainly proving to be challenging. The pattern is so stunning though, I live on the west coast of BC so I adore the local art. I rarely ever buy patterns since I spend so much time drawing and designing my own, but for this one I had to make an exception. :)

@virginiacook51

8 жыл бұрын

From what I can see that you have done it's going to be beautiful you do beautiful work I watch lots of your videos

@peacockandfig

8 жыл бұрын

+Virginia Cook Thanks very much Virginia, I appreciate that! I don't usually work on multiple stitching projects at a time, but I'm currently working on the Sockeye plus some new samples of designs. It's nice having a project I'm not constantly analyzing thinking "hmmm, should I change this colour here? What about this detail.... " The challenge of working fractionals on black is certainly working a different part of my brain, that's for sure. :) I'm looking forward to seeing the Sockeye's progress, it's such a lovely pattern.

@malatibiswas9733

6 жыл бұрын

Virginia Cook on

Get to the point!

@peacockandfig

3 жыл бұрын

Bahahaha I'm so incredibly sorry for trying to give you as much information as I have. Humble apologies, I'll just go back in time to refilm the video that you're watching completely for free. How about that, will that help you regain your patience about a tutorial for a hobby that requires patience? 😂

I don't understand. You are doing a video on pin stitch for linen or evenweave yet you use aida!!

@peacockandfig

4 жыл бұрын

Yes, because it would be impossible to show the detail on linen and even weave without a professional camera or videographer. Sorry that was hard for you to understand, I preferred that people could actually see what I was doing.

@dif5759

4 жыл бұрын

@@peacockandfig Okay. I could actually see the black cloth just that the colour made it a bit hard. White and it would show I am sure. I Just could not relate you splitting the thread on aida with what I had to do on evenweave as there re no threads to split. No matter :) I tend to take forever to understand things, lol :)