Or is that an assumption and tiny fibers don't adhere? There does seem to be some top fuzz if you look closely at the stitches. Would waxing make them less likely to release, or more likely to stick to the adjoining stitch when pulled through? Yes I know I'm overthinking this and I usually don't give a bird's beak about the proper method, but I would prefer these single rows of light in a sea of red not turn pink. Sorry Vickie. So what say you?
Mark is out getting a few things and I am getting really nervous about being anywhere. I saw photos of the affected people, hospital rooms, patients being administered care, and it brought back how my father suffered and gasped for air for weeks. If everyone shut their mouth, pinched their nose, and tried to breathe for 40 seconds it may scare them into staying home. It seems that compliance should have been taken more seriously in previous weeks. But was it already too late? New Yorkers were encouraged by deBlasio, Councilman Levin, Health Commissioner Barbot, to turn out for the Lunar New Year parade and to visit Chinatown restaurants, "not change any plans due to misinformation spreading about coronavirus.” City Council speaker Corey Johnson on 2/13, "The risk of infection to New Yorkers is low. There is no need to avoid public spaces. I urge everyone to dine and shop as usual.” Pelosi did the same as late as February 24, worried about Chinese restaurants being avoided in San Francisco and encouraged people to get out. No one knew. Not to worry, use the subway, go about your daily lives. No one knew. And we are still learning. Don't criticize unless you can do better. If you can, why haven't you? When are politicians going to put as much effort into their country as they do thinking of ways to denigrate? At this point, your agenda does not matter. WE DO. Grow up. Get off the playground. Come together as a team. You don't have to like every person on it, I don't, but I still want the team to win.
I'm done.
Please be careful. Be safe. Be well.
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Marly, I would stitch all the white for the house 1st and then fill in with the red, etc. Don't stitch one color over the other -- keep them separate.
What happened to One County, no partisanship party-wise? I guess impeachment is still on the minds of some people unfortunately.
I would stitch the windows first and then the house color.
I think those who didn't take it seriously and said go out into the gatherings should be hog-tied and given a swift hit upside the head. Especially knowing what had been on in Italy.
Be well and stay safe!
What a particularly insightful, articulate, and spot-on rant Missy Marley! Bravo! I couldn't agree more. I really like the playground analogy. As for the stitching, well, yes....you may just be overthinking this a wee bit. (Shall I send you my shirt that says "Hold on while I overthink this"??) ;-) I have several thoughts none of which are likely to be of much help to you: (1) I am not certain why you have to do one color over another at all? From what I can see of the design, you have stretches of white and white that can be worked independently without running any color over another? (2) To the extent that you might have some places where you need to tunnel, I am going to differ from the other comments above me and say stitch the red first then the white....the less the white has to suffer the intimate contact with the red, I think the better (3) Yes, waxing will make the fibers "shed" less in my experience and (4) if you don't like the idea of waxing (which I happen to like but usually am too lazy to do), do what I do: keep a tweezers handy. It also comes in handy for wayward cat hairs. ;-) See, told you I wouldn't be much help. Happy Friyay to ya (and ps...I am holding you solely and entirely responsible for the extra pounds I am going to be putting on because you turned me on to Jamocha shakes.... Oh. My. Heck.... I am just grateful that our Arbys doesn't have any specials on them....)
Very good comment! Now I usually do the white first. I haven't had too much trouble with red showing through by doing that!
One can take it seriously but please don’t get caught up in the news coverage showing mostly doom and gloom. Italy is still reporting that 99% of the deaths from complications of corona virus had other health problems. Almost everyone gets a coronavirus at least once in their lifetime, mostly in childhood. Most people who get Covid 19 will have minor flu symptoms. The 3 deaths in my county were in hospice but the news does not report that. They are only sensationalizing how the “victims” family members could not be with them. “Facts” are changing daily. Millions more will suffer from the economical impact this pandemonium has caused than will die from Covid 19 to include homelessness and hunger. If you have compromised health systems, wear your mask and stay home. For the rest of us, “ The risk of catching COVID-19 from someone with no symptoms at all is very low.”
Enough people have weighed in on the house so I’ll refrain from adding anything. I appreciated your comments about New York City. I live in the western part of NY, almost six hours from NYC, but our county’s cases are increasing. It hit home tonight when I found out that my son-in-law’s elderly grandmother tested positive and his parents are in mandatory quarantine. One person here who was displaying symptoms refused to quarantine himself or take a test so he has been hauled off to a secure portion of the county jail. While I don’t think anyone should panic, it seems clear we should all take this seriously. We are never told how many people who haven’t been tested might be displaying symptoms (almost impossible to track, I suppose), nor do we know if we might cross paths with someone who is asymptotic. I’ll be 60 later this year, so I’m being careful. Have to refill prescriptions this coming week and I may send my daughter to pick them up rather than go into the very busy store. Interestingly, I got an email from my cardiologist’s office about next week’s appointment and I’m supposed to call them from my car and wait for someone to get me when they’re ready rather than walk into the office. I’ll be wearing a mask even with those precautions.
The way I stitch Marly is from the left hand side across to the right in vertical rows, so I would stitch some red, then the white, then more red etc. I stitch from top right to bottom left on the first leg of the stitch, then bottom right to top left on the second leg so that I am always going down into the fabric (with existing stitches to the left) and never bringing my needle up through where there is already a stitch, so there is no chance of bringing up bits of another colour. If I am using a solid colour and not an overdyed thread I would stitch a column of half stitches and then back up with the other half of the stitch. Hope this makes sense.
When I was learning how to do cross stitch, the teacher said-first all the colors and last the white.... Will I do that now after so many years-nope. I follow my own rules..lol
Take care and stay healthy both of you.
Greetings, Truus from Holland
I learned to do the white in an area first and then the darker color. If there is transfer of the darker color, it is only passing the white thread once. If you do the darker color first, the white is dragging past the darker color multiple times.
I have no advice on the color or white stitching first. But what Kelly said seems to make sense.
To those who say "no big deal" on catching COVID-19, or "they were old and/or had other health issues anyway", I bet you'd be shrieking loudest for ventilators if you or your family needs one and none were available.
whenever i have used white first, it ended up a pink mess, so i always go with red first and then white, guess I'm alone on this but this has been my personal experience
Yes. We need to come together as a team, but sadly too many out there are not team players. The only agenda we as a country should have is overcoming this plague.
Be safe and well, too.
xoxo
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