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[CHAT] my first cross stitch anniversary and a year of daily stitching
Today is my very first cross stitch anniversary! I have sat and stitched every single day this past year (well I actually missed five days but I think it still counts). My current streak is 80 something days and I’m hoping nothing happens to disrupt my flow so I can actually do a straight 365 days. In the last picture there’s me (I know Reddit is usually anonymous but such a momentous occasion requires a proper selfie) and 43 finished projects that I serged on Sunday but I’ve given away some pieces and some were done on the same piece of Aida to make my own sampler so I’ve completed over 50 patterns. In the first quarter of my journey I was so obsessed I’d stitch anywhere from 8 to 10 hours daily. Sometimes I’d want to stitch so bad I couldn’t sleep so I’d just get up and stab some Aida In to the wee hours of the night. Now I probably average two to three hours everyday but there are definitely the occasions where I’m so exhausted I can only manage a few stitches. It’s been the very best hobby and I can’t wait to keep at it and see what new things I make. Shout out to free classes at the library, if it wasn’t for them I never would’ve discovered my love of cross stitch and if you’re lacking in the funds department like I am I highly recommend getting a library card. You can borrow cross stitch books for tons and tons of free patterns. And I scan every pattern I’m interested in so I don’t have to worry about trying to finish it before the book is due back. I also just prefer working off a screen as opposed to following a paper pattern.
I included some pictures of my favorite pieces. Literally every single one of them has their own dedicated post in this subreddit under my username because after I finish anything I put it on Instagram, text a picture to my friend and then post it here 🤣