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Posts: 11 02/29/12 15:12:38	Tags : None Remove this ad I am planning out the Fantasy Tryp but not as a picture. I plan on doing it on an afghan. Any tips or tricks I should know about before I start something that will probably take a few years I've done most of Teresa's designs within a couple of weeks. Yes, I spend a couple of hours each night as I watch (?) the tv. This is going to be my largest (in size) cross stitch project. I used to do needlepoint and my largest one was 3 feet x 5 feet. My eyes aren't good enough for linen so aida is the way I go, but some of the patterns require over one so I've avoided them. This will be my first attempt at over one and over 2. The fabric is 100 x 100 stitches per afghan square so seeing shouldn't be a problem. Any help would be appreciated.
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Posts: 5281 02/29/12 18:38:08 Cheering 'gneer	I have this project as a UFO at the moment. Having kids really puts a kink in my ability to stitch. So I'll cheer you on and help you when I can. So some things to think about. There could be ways around the over one vs. over two. I recall a stitcher once stitching Pegasus, where each square on the chart became 4 stitches on her piece. Yes this does effectively mean you will be stitching 4times as much to get to a finish, but you can avoid the whole issue of stitching over one. That could end up working nicely on an afghan though. Or do you just have something like Anne Cloth which is 18ct, and plan and stitching it over two. If you do that you may want to test coverage. You may find you prefer to stitch something like that with four plies instead of the standard 2. I wouldn't recommend 3 because the blends would become evil to figure out. Also spend time figuring out placement of the the "Afghan borders" You really don't want them to break the pattern in strange places, like the faces of the prince and princess, or split the bars with the eyelets in them. That's all I can think about at the moment. I look forward to seeing your progress. Jen From SF Bay Area, CA
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Posts: 12 03/01/12 15:27:17	Thanks, I never thought about the faces. Will have to look into that before I start. I planned on using 4 strands since there is a LOT of blending. Trouble was trying to find a design that would fit 250 x 200 stitches, each square is 100 x 100 halved to 2 over is 50 X 50. Ah! and then the gridding. I can't work freestyle like some I have seen. I need those lines to keep me from going X-eyed Last Edited By: Sky 03/01/12 15:33:45. Edited 1 time.
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