Week 5 – My Hands HURT!

Coming into week 5, I wanted to explore more pattern-like stitches rather than just the straight lines I had been doing.

The first picture is the design I chose after looking through the options on the app Embroidery design and stitching, which I mentioned in my last post.  The second picture is my starting circle which I thought was harder than just a straight line and it also made my hand cramp like crazy as that little circle took almost 30 minutes. It was easy compared to what I had to do next. You can see in the third picture that I struggled and am struggling a bit. The thread seems to keep going tight on me which makes it hard to pull my needle through. Again, insanely cramping my hand.

I do like the app I found last week but I think I’m going to keep looking for something even better that maybe shows me exactly where to pull and put my needle and string.

I’ll be back next week with an update on what I find!