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A bit of #modern #blackwork #embroidery to start off 2026.

Mountain pines from the Heather Hills triptych by Derwentwater Designs.

Oh hey, the year is drawing to an end and projects are actually getting finished here! Here's this year's blackwork stitch along from The Steady Thread finished. I had a lot of fun doing this. 2026's stitch along just got announced as well, I'm looking forward to that.
If you're interested, it's free, offers different styles and sizes, and is always beautifully designed.
https://thesteadythread.com/pages/2026-sal-announcement
#embroidery #blackwork

Hello there, fellow fediverselings 👋

After many years of making fibre art (mainly crochet amigurumi) for my family, my friends and myself, I’m in the process of creating Srigurumi¹, where I sell my hand-made creations (custom-made according to your wishes or things I have already made) and teach crochet 🎉

Here’s Srigurumi’s website: 🧶✨ https://srigurumi.art ✨🧶
At the moment it lacks a gallery and an English version (only the Hebrew one is currently available). I will add both in the near future, so feel free to follow this account for updates and photos of cute things made of yarn 📰

Also, I recently discovered blackwork embroidery and I’m totally enamoured 🪡
So maybe I will post about this as well when I create something worthy…
(If you don’t know what blackwork embroidery is, search it on your favourite image search engine and be amazed… 🤩)

— Maja

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¹ A compound of the Hebrew word סריגה /sriˈga/ (which covers both knitting and crochet) and the Japanese word 編みぐるみ _amigurumi_ (crocheted stuffed toy).

#introduction #FibreArt #FiberArts #crochet #amigurumi #blackwork #BlackworkEmbroidery #embroidery #handmade

זה ממש ממש כיף! לא מצאתי דרך לעשות הכל עם המקלדת, אז עדיין צריך עכבר למרות שזה לא הגיוני כל כך כשמציירות על גריד, אבל הכל עובד מעולה עם יד ימין על העכבר ושמאל על המקלדת.

חפשו #blackwork / #BlackworkEmbroidery באינסטנס הפדיוורס החביב עליכן. לכיסוי רחב אפשר להסתכל ב־mastodon.social (מהיתרונות היחידים של ריכוזיות…):
https://mastodon.social/tags/blackwork
https://mastodon.social/tags/BlackworkEmbroidery

⚠ שימו לב שהתג #blackwork כולל גם ציורי עירום מינימליסטיים בשחור־לבן של היוזר https://pixelfed.social/wtzr79, לא כולם עם סימון כ„תוכן רגיש”.

Last night, I did week 14 of the botanical #blackwork #embroidery #TheSteadyThreadSAL 2023.

I considered changing the accent thread, because I wasn't sure that it was coming out enough compared to the background, but I decided to keep it. Spending my days furiously doing a cross-stitch project on Aida, whenever I return to this single-stranded linen, it feels so delicate and sensitive. I need to remind myself to not pull too tight and distort the fabric.

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There. I have caught up on all 13 weeks of my #blackwork stitch-along. I just love it. The geometry soothes my brain. #TheSteadyThreadSAL 2023

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It's Friday, so Week 13 of #TheSteadyThreadSAL 2023 was released yesterday and I completed this week's hex while wrapping up the first major plot arc for "The Irregular at Magic High School" (after the opening Enrollment arc).

This week's #blackwork #embroidery hexagon stitched up pretty quickly. I am not a fan of the leaves, but the flowers are very pretty and give me a steampunk/gears vibe. This is the first time I'm using a pink accent colour and it looks so good!

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I have had Bath #1, a good soak and a rudimentary hairwash without unbraiding my braid, and now I’m tucked in bed with my #blackwork and Netflix (started mighty rewatch of #BreakingBad while in hospital. Middle of season 3 now)

Home home home home home 🥰

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The last release of the year-long #blackwork #embroidery #TheSteadyThreadSAL is week 12, so this should bring us up to date. Releases are on Thursdays, and my Thursday evenings are often relaxing stitching/anime/YouTube/AoE4 ones with @MauveAlert, so expect regular Thursday updates on the latest hexagon. 😁

Perhaps, even some "glamour shots". 😆

(To be fair, Mauve also has better lighting in their apartment, so photos taken there will be better than in mine.)

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The next four weeks of my #blackwork #embroidery #TheSteadyThreadSAL!

Once I got into the rhythm of it, I quickly finished all of the hexagons over the course of a weekend and one weeknight evening. Since my accent colour selections have blues that equal the pinks and purples combined, I decided to alternate between blue and another accent colour on a weekly basis. Variety! 😆

I may use the greens I used in the wreath for the accents in the seven inner most hexes. 🤔

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I can't believe how quickly I managed to catch up with my 2023 year-long #blackwork #embroidery #TheSteadyThreadSAL!

When I originally conceived of the colours, I thought I would outline them in this light brown gradient, but the vegetative components of each weekly release would be in the greens I choose for the outer wreath.

On a whim, I decided to try using the light brown gradient floss for the vegetative components and absolutely fell in love.

The first four weeks!

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A quick update on the year-long beast that is #TheSteadyThreadSAL 2023!

I've been working on this #blackwork #embroidery project, off and on, since my last update on February 7th. On March 7th, a month later, I finally finished the shell! I took photos to celebrate this accomplishment, but because I don't sew in the ends of the hexagons, it looks like quite a mess. 😅

A photo of the back does a better job in conveying what it looks like. I also selected accent colours!

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I have been very good over the past month working on this project once a week. It usually takes me an hour to do each release and, last night, I finished #SnarkySAL's #blackwork #embroidery Gothic Valentine project while watching episode 2 of Poker Face. Just in time!

I am thinking of getting an ebony-stained hoop to frame and hang it. It was a nice, low-commitment, fun project. I will probably line it with black cloth and finish it with some black felt. 💀🦋🌙✨⏳

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I've had a really busy January and February but I'm managing to work on my projects here and there.

Update on my #blackwork #embroidery #TheSteadyThreadSAL:

I am just past the halfway mark in terms of making the template and it is going quickly. I plan on selecting thread for the accent flowers tonight so I can start with weekly releases.

I don't sew in the ends of the hexagon outlines until I'm done with the insides, so... lots of loose threads alert!

#BlackworkEmbroidery

Sixty percent finished with my #100Circles sampler! Crummy photo — the canvas is white, not pink. Now I continue through the rainbow with another 40 circles in blues and greens. Also worked the fourth hex of the #TheSteadyThreadSAL 2023 #blackwork #embroidery

I decided to swatch the floss I have selected for the template, to have a feel for which combinations give me the most pleasure for my #TheSteadyThreadSAL 2023 #blackwork #embroidery project.

I am missing 905 and 470 and I plan on obtaining them before making a final decision.

(This grey cloth is hard to photograph. I tried tweaking the photo settings to be as accurate as possible.)

Thoughts?

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Three current projects: @zinn’s #RangerCardigan, the #TheSteadyThreadSAL 2023, and the 100 Circles Sampler Kit (also from https://thesteadythread.com/)

#Blackwork #Knitting #Embroidery

(Please remove these tags if replying: @knitting @fiberarts )

Purchased floss!
Now, considering combinations...

#TheSteadyThreadSAL

I think I like the brighter combination, but the muted combination is also very pretty against the grey.

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Progress on my #blackwork #embroidery #TheSteadyThreadSAL 2023 project!

My fabric is here! 🎉🎊

I ordered a bunch of "grey" fabric, but only one matched what I envisioned. It is closest in colour to DMC 3799, but not exactly. Maybe halfway to 535?

It's 36ct Edinburgh linen in Magical Grey. 😍

Today, I plan on picking up several shades of green floss to match and probably a few tan/beige for the hexagons.

Template stitching shall begin this weekend! *determined*

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Top hexagon is this week’s clue in the #TheSteadyThreadSAL 2023. #blackwork

I’ve figured out a good mastodon/#pixelfed workflow that allows for minimal redundant typing:

1) post pic here, with good #AltText. Copy the alt text.
2) post pic to pixelfed, pasting in the alt text in the “advanced” section.

This works well for me because it’s easy to see and copy the alt text in my mastodon client (@tootapp !) but it’s hidden from me in the pixelfed interface.

little souvenir from #guadalajara #seraph #seraphim #blackwork #tattoo

Finally, a daylight photo of my progress on the #TheSteadyThreadSAL 2023!

#blackwork #embroidery

Here’s how I’ve been occupying my time while sick in bed, when I’m not #knitting:

#Blackwork! I have 11 of the 100 Circles Sampler done, and a good start on the Botanical Stitch-Along. Tomorrow I’ll be able to fill in the first hexagon! (She releases one hex per week, and only one is up so far)

Using two threads for hex outlines, the vine, and the leaf outlines, and one thread for leaf veins and hex designs. #TheSteadyThreadSAL 2023

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I rewatched "Glass Onion" last night while putting down the first stitches for two of my planned #blackwork #embroidery projects.

One is the #SnarkySAL Gothic Valentine SAL, which releases once a week on Tuesday for the next six weeks. The first part was released today, so I dove into it! I am trying to stitch with recommended thread lengths, which are super short for me. I'm trying to break the habit of using really long threads, so my stitches look better. 😅

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My current #blackwork and #CrossStitch #embroidery pieces in progress, a pinned summary.

- #TheSteadyThreadSAL 2023 year-long botanical SAL
- #TemperatureSAL 2023, pattern by Peppermint Purple
- #The100DayProject 2023: 103 Diamonds, pattern by The Steady Thread
- #CrewelOwlNeedleBook
- #1899ShipCompanyLogo
- #100DaysOfTiny pattern by The Steady Thread
- #TreeOfLifeProject 2023-4, pattern by The Steady Thread

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Updated 2023.07.12.23

I have good and bad news.

The good news is that the "parchment" for my #UrbanStitches Until Death Do Us Part SAL looks perfect and I will start on it (and try to catch up) over the next week or two.

The bad news: my #TheSteadyThreadSAL fabric feels wrong. I was hoping for a grey, maybe blue-ish grey and, instead, it looks green to me. M says it is a blue green grey, but all I see when I look at it is how GREEN it is. I am ordering a bunch of grey fabrics to replace it.

#blackwork #embroidery

Over the weekend and yesterday, I managed to complete three of my #blackwork #embroidery projects!

I completed the year-long #SnarkySAL of rainbow hexagons. I learned a lot over the past year and it was so enjoyable! In 2023, there is a Gothic Valentine SAL I have the materials to start on.

I also completed the Advent Snowflake! Quick and fun.

Lastly, I completed my triptych doiley while watching "Glass Onion". Look forward for pretty photography of all three. 😁

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Hey #blackwork #embroidery folks! Feedback request!

Tomorrow, I finish my #SnarkySAL project, when the last hex will be released. I decided to frame it in a hoop; after measuring, I opted for a 16" hoop. My project in the 16" hoop feels kind of crowded to me, so I tried the 18" hoop and I think it looks better. It *barely* fits, so I will need to add fabric in order to finish it correctly in an 18" hoop. Here is my almost finished piece in 16" & 18". Which looks better?

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I stitched up three more hexagons in my #SnarkySAL, including the penultimate hexagon. One more to go, to be released this coming Saturday. What a delightful journey this #blackwork #embroidery stitchalong has been! I plan on framing it in a single large hoop when it is complete.

The rainbow colourway is so pretty. I am thinking of using it for 2023's botanical SAL, where the colour is going to be the floral element highlight. 🤔

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My #blackwork #embroidery adventures.

Last night, I realized today would be the *last day in November*. Which means I need to finished the frame for my #AdventCalendar2022 stitch-a-day! Design is by The Steady Thread (of course) and the fabric is the November Stash Society set from Afterglow Workshop. Beautiful! So appropriate for me. I worked on it while rewatching #1899.

I also finished the penultimate plot for #TheSteadyThreadSAL. Very proud of the colours I chose!

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Weekend #blackwork #embroidery:

1. #SnarkySAL hexagon 45, four more to go! I saw this pattern as small baseball diamonds when stitching, now I see the "chainlink fence". Very pretty!

2. Caught up with the #TheSteadyThreadHoliday2022SAL charity Baubles! These go quite quickly. Next year, repurpose for ornament gifts?

3. Last week's #TheSteadyThreadSAL garden plot. I love this blue variegated thread. Two more to go!

4. Doiley progress after I corrected the outer ring. 😅

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A small tease of what I've been stitching today:

Week 48, the penultimate piece of my year-long #blackwork #embroidery botanical garden #TheSteadyThreadSAL while watching the Winter Team Championship for #AgeOfEmpires4.

#BlackworkEmbroidery

A small tease of what I've been stitching today:

Week 48, the penultimate piece of my year-long #blackwork #embroidery botanical garden #TheSteadyThreadSAL while watching the Winter Team Championship for #AgeOfEmpires4.

#BlackworkEmbroidery

A small tease of what I've been stitching today:

Week 48, the penultimate piece of my year-long #blackwork #embroidery botanical garden #TheSteadyThreadSAL while watching the Winter Team Championship for #AgeOfEmpires4.

#BlackworkEmbroidery

A small tease of what I've been stitching today:

Week 48, the penultimate piece of my year-long #blackwork #embroidery botanical garden #TheSteadyThreadSAL while watching the Winter Team Championship for #AgeOfEmpires4.

#BlackworkEmbroidery

My weekend #blackwork #embroidery was primarily done while watching the #AgeOfEmpires4 Winter Team Championships qualifying matches. (Yes, I watch eSports.)

1. I finished last week's botanical #TheSteadyThreadSAL garden piece (week 46). Only 3 more weeks to go! Then I get to consider if I should put a fence around it. There are optional design additions to the pattern.

2. #TheSteadyThreadHoliday2022SAL November 16th baubles.

3. #SnarkySAL Week 44 hexagon. 5 more to go!

#BlackworkEmbroidery

My weekend #blackwork #embroidery was primarily done while watching the #AgeOfEmpires4 Winter Team Championships qualifying matches. (Yes, I watch eSports.)

1. I finished last week's botanical #TheSteadyThreadSAL garden piece (week 46). Only 3 more weeks to go! Then I get to consider if I should put a fence around it. There are optional design additions to the pattern.

2. #TheSteadyThreadHoliday2022SAL November 16th baubles.

3. #SnarkySAL Week 44 hexagon. 5 more to go!

#BlackworkEmbroidery

My weekend #blackwork #embroidery was primarily done while watching the #AgeOfEmpires4 Winter Team Championships qualifying matches. (Yes, I watch eSports.)

1. I finished last week's botanical #TheSteadyThreadSAL garden piece (week 46). Only 3 more weeks to go! Then I get to consider if I should put a fence around it. There are optional design additions to the pattern.

2. #TheSteadyThreadHoliday2022SAL November 16th baubles.

3. #SnarkySAL Week 44 hexagon. 5 more to go!

#BlackworkEmbroidery

My weekend #blackwork #embroidery was primarily done while watching the #AgeOfEmpires4 Winter Team Championships qualifying matches. (Yes, I watch eSports.)

1. I finished last week's botanical #TheSteadyThreadSAL garden piece (week 46). Only 3 more weeks to go! Then I get to consider if I should put a fence around it. There are optional design additions to the pattern.

2. #TheSteadyThreadHoliday2022SAL November 16th baubles.

3. #SnarkySAL Week 44 hexagon. 5 more to go!

#BlackworkEmbroidery

My weekend #blackwork #embroidery was primarily done while watching the #AgeOfEmpires4 Winter Team Championships qualifying matches. (Yes, I watch eSports.)

1. I finished last week's botanical #TheSteadyThreadSAL garden piece (week 46). Only 3 more weeks to go! Then I get to consider if I should put a fence around it. There are optional design additions to the pattern.

2. #TheSteadyThreadHoliday2022SAL November 16th baubles.

3. #SnarkySAL Week 44 hexagon. 5 more to go!

#BlackworkEmbroidery

*stretches*

Tonight's stitching has me feeling accomplished!

I managed to finish the first of my Christmas doilies, the Nordic snowflake design. I went with one strand of floss for the outermost motifs which makes it look delicate. I will finish it in a natural wood hoop in the size pictured here. I will start the next one, on green linen evenweave, soon.

I also played catch-up with #TheSteadyThreadHoliday2022SAL. This is last week's bauble!

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I had quite a weekend!

I thought I would get much more #blackwork #embroidery done. I got distracted by my SteamDeck. 😅 And ITZY. 🤩 But I will post about those separately. 🤪

I worked on this week's hexagon for #SnarkySAL and I like this crosses/arrows design. It stitched up quickly as I watched episodes of Kakegurui (on Netflix; it's fun & disturbing!).

I thought I would finish the Nordic snowflakes doiley, but I got everything but the outer ring done. So close!

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Finished the header for my #TheSteadyThreadHoliday2022SAL!

Now, to put it away and wait for the 9th when the first bauble design drops.

Now, to work on another Steady Thread SAL, the garden. I've been working on this since the beginning of the year, a plot each week. I have to weave in the ends before I move on to the next plot. #TheSteadyThreadSAL

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