I am 5 minutes into your flosstube and had to subscribe. Anyone who has 3 shelves of Stephen King books and loud dogs is my kinda gal. Okay now I’ll settle down and watch the stitching 🤣
Great start, hope to see you again and again. I, too, am an avid reader & a addicted stitcher. My tip: Audiobooks (BUT) at first listen to an audiobook of a book you have already read. That way, you get used to listening to a book & not get concerned if the mind drifts b/c YOU HAVE ALREADY READ IT. The first time I listened to an audiobook it was Rebecca, which I must have read 3 times. From then on, I can listen to an audiobook COLD (never read the hardback). Just saying that is how I solved the problem of doing two things at once. See you again.
Yes, I stitch and listen. And I love it! Podcasts are also enjoyable. My eye’s won’t let me stitch after 7 PM so I still read so much too. TV hasn’t ever held my attention but oh, my book and stitch collection (and sympathy to whoever has to get rid of all of this if I close my eyes permanently).
Hello from Canada! Well done on your first floss tube I thoroughly enjoyed it! Love all your projects I'm a fairly new stitcher and I love being enabled!! 😂🐝
There’s a special place in heaven for all the SAL patterns that were bought with passion and commitment and the abandoned for other charts. I believe we all have them. Enjoyed! Do more!
We had two swarms of bees move into the eaves of our house and our beekeepers came out yesterday to move them out of the house and both sets left within the last 24 hours. We were elated but surprised. I’m glad yours is doing well! Congrats on stitching so well on linen!!!!
I love that you like to stitch so many different types of designs! Can't wait to watch your 2nd flosstube (going to do that now - I'm already behind)😀🐝
I love that you stitch everything! I'm all over the map too when it comes to stitching and its nice to watch a flosstuber with the same mindset. I'm also a reader, but I do audiobooks exclusively now. I stopped reading for a long time because all my hobbies are handwork. I picked up audiobooks and never looked back. I went from reading zero books a month to 7-8 audiobooks a month. Now I'm starting to collect shelf trophies for my favorite audiobooks. lol
Hi Beck. I enjoyed the variety of styles you stitch, it made for a very entertaining flosstube. I can relate to thinking about not being able to finish everything, but then I decide I don't care. I love the variety and I have focus pieces I work on daily to get finishes. Loved the Rosewood Manor Summer Quaker. That is the only one I don't have as a WIP. I most recently started Spring Quakers and did my own conversion using CCW Belle Soie silks. Looking forward to watching your next video soon!
I discovered your FlossTube this morning when I saw an oh-my-goodness-a-WIP-parade-FIRST-video suggestion in my feed. I am only half through but have to focus on getting to work (I’m a rural mail carrier and the road is calling) but I will be back. If only to see if you make it to picking up your husband on time … great hook 😎. But, two things, I just started a small (AKA not Long Dog) monochromatic because I was sorting floss and came upon a heavily variegated Weeks I bought for the name, Mermaid. Had to use it for lots of reasons so pulled out a new start. Now I want to stitch ALL the heavy variegations. Also, my graduate thesis was “Beekeeping in Yemen as Economic Development” because I was, and still am, convinced beekeepers can save the world. See you after work!
Thank you for stepping forward and bringing your energy to FlossTube, Rebecca. A hoot to watch you warm up to your pace and level of comfort by the video's end... The needle minder on your first project shown spoke volumes. You're obviously a well-read (*pun fully intended*) crafter, and on the flip-side... books are anyone's best accessory. Appreciated the fresh breath of air via patterns and fabric materials (hemp). On that subject as well, thank you for stewarding the planet's food chain; no explanation required. Will be a trip to follow along~~ from the Midwest, US.🌼🌿
Great first Flosstube! Your nerves hardly showed. Really enjoyed seeing all of your stitching and hearing about your beekeeping. The nice thing about stitching is that there are no stitching police and no deadlines. I was quite shocked when you said you had children in their 20's! You look as though you are in your 20's yourself! Subscribed and looking forward to the next one!🐝
Great video, I just found you today ! I agree I was a big reader and then discovered cross stitch ! Whoa I was hooked also in 2020 with Covid shut downs ! Now I use my library for books and spend my money on cross stitch stuff !😂 look forward to your next videos !
Nice start to your channel. I also hope there are more in the future. The odd counts you refered to are literally odd counts. I just learned the mystery of the numbers from the wonderful lady on Needle bug. She does a fabulous job explaining it.
Loving your video! I agree that a few years ago there was no variety in patterns and I found floss tubes and have proceeded to fall down the rabbit hole and I have now 2 hobbies of collecting kits and cross-stitching!
Enjoyed your video! You did great! I just wanted to mention - I've used lots of the Valdani - I'm a 2 strand stitcher - but found you sort of have to figure where to cut it off so that the 3rd strand variagtion matches the 3rd strand of the next pull-off. I'm new back to cross stitch after 25+ years.... boy is it different! I am set to do a chart that says 'Buying cross-stitch as if I'm immortal'. I watch Nicola - Simply a Stitcher - she has amazing ways to start, then stitch and likes to match up the which way with the piece.... great good joy to you!
For me all the tracking would stress me out 😵💫 So nice to see a variety of styles and your stitches are beautiful. Seeing your first WIP and I already have fomo.
🐝 Great first video! I like seeing all the different projects. I'm totally with you on the listening to audio books. I can't do it and do something else at the same time. I'm thinking about listening to the HP series while I stitch on my Frogwarts though, to see if I can do that and motivate myself to work on that project...
Thank you for sharing your beautiful projects with us! Between your WIP Parade, your bookshelves and you somehow even own a serger (!) - you are amazing! Looking forward to your updates. Welcome.
Congratulations on a great first FT! I Loved every moment and am thrilled we have a few projects in common! I am working on Pollinators and The Deadly Aquarium! I also love Barbara Ana and Miras! I hear what you are saying as far as the count for Miras! 28 doesn’t always look the best and 32 looks a bit tight especially for all the beads! As far as white stitching, try DMC Floche. It a bit thicker and the coverage is really good especially on a 32 count! Might be a bit thick on 36! So I am looking forward to more of your FT’s in there future! Love your book shelve background and hope one day to have something similar! Thanks for sharing! Happy Stitching!
I really enjoyed your first video ! You have a wonderful assortment of projects that I'm anxious to see as you progress . I'll be watching for your second video .
Really enjoyed spending time with you today and seeing all your fun wips. Congratulations on your first flosstube - looking forward to seeing you next time.
🐝 Happy first flosstube.....so glad you decided to take the plunge, was a great WIP parade, so many great projects and absolutely love your book collection as well. I'm absolutely in on Thea Thursday, just need to choose a kit and get it ordered lol Happy Stitching -Kimberly
Hello. Thanks for sharing your projects with the community. On the topic of how many stitches versus how much time one has remaining, there is a channel called the SABLE stitchers. Roberta and Linnie named their channel after that exact sentiment. It stands for stash acquired beyond life expectancy. I think most stitchers live with at least a bit of that in the back of our minds. It’s not morbid, just a factual part of a slow craft or hobby. Anyway, it was nice to “meet” you.
Yes! SABLE is a goal - that way I'll never run out of projects! 😂 Lucy Beam also has a great pattern on this theme - Buying Cross Stitch Like I'm Immortal.
The trick for listening to audio books is to speed them up. I always said the same thing about zoning out, but once I started listening faster - usually at 1.6 or 1.8 speed - it helps you stay connected to the book. I listened to 210 books last year - many while stitching. I often recommend The Dutch House by Ann Patchett - read by Tom Hanks as a good one to get into listening. I enjoyed the parade - I like the variety of projects - I have many Barbara Ana and Long Dog WIPs.
I think you did an amazing job on your first floss tube! Loved seeing all your WIPS and can I just say WOW on your bookshelf! It’s amazing and very fun to look at! Can’t wait until flosstube #2! I subscribed right away!
Hi Beck. What a great first video! You really relaxed into it as you went along. You're my kind of stitcher - wywwyw, lots of genres and keeping lots of records takes up too much stitching time! I write the fabric details on the edge of my piece of fabric, so I'll always know what it is. Thank you for taking the plunge. I've subscribed. 😊🐝 Suggestion for your problematic Mirabilia: Deb Wilson flosstuber uses a lot of Silks4U and told me she uses their white now instead of DMC. I'm planning to try that next time.
i totally stopped the video a couple of times to look for your patterns. The top of the list - Clark Griswolds Christmas Vacation rant! Gotta have it :)
Congrats on your first Flosstube! I created a Notion database to track my projects (and another one for my pattern inventory, and my fabric stash…at this point my Notion is a hobby of its own!). Weeks Dye Works’ older fabric was very loosely woven, but now they do dye on Zweigart (shops will often specify which colors they have that are on Zweigart).
Great first video!I love all of your projects! It's funny, I have the same feeling about 36 count fabric. I always feel like one thread is too thin and two threads can be bulky. I have always stitched on 32 count with 2 threads and I have a ton of it in my stash. I really like a fuller look of 2 threads. I recently joined two FOTM groups and switched one to 36 count. I've decided I will just use 2 strands, unless the fabric is really tight. Sometimes the 36 count just works better as far as fitting the pattern on the fabric ( for a little smaller finish). I really enjoyed your video! I will be back! It's only been 7 days and you already have 1.53K subscribers! That's fantastic! Congrats! :)
"Halloween is a lifestyle, not a holiday" 😂 Can we get that on a shirt??? Subscribed! You also had me at, 'If not ironing things is going to bother you, there a lots of other cross stitch videos on youtube you can watch' lol Love it!
Hello from Tennessee! It was wonderful to watch your first video and I'm looking forward to more. My hubby and I are book lovers. (Is there anything better than finding a first edition hardback book you've been searching for?) Audio books while stitching can become such a lovely bit of time. We have 2 beehives ready to start. Hoping that next year those will be going. I like a wide variety of stitch styles also. Have you watched "the potty mouth stitcher"? We all share the love of colorful language. 🤣. Thank you for 🐝 beeing yourself. See you soon
Enjoyed the WIP parade. I got back into reading about a year ago and dove in head first! I love to listen to audiobooks while I stitch….I feel like I’m multitasking. I’m a CPA who also does some taxes. I’m so glad tax season is over so I have more time for reading and stitching.
Hi Beck. I have so many projects in common with you. So excited you have joined the Flosstube community. Doing pollinators with LaLaDee too and all over everything with a bee in it! Looking forward to your next update.
What is it about accountants and tax preparers that love to craft? I too am an accountant and love the creativity of quilting and stitching (and the math of it too)! Congrats on taking the plunge. Maybe I’ll finally pull the trigger on a floss/quilt-tube channel too!
Welcome to Flosstube! It is so nice to have another Seattle area stitcher around! All your wips are great, I love your eclectic taste in stitching, I have pretty much the same feeling about my stitching - like and stitch everything))
I really enjoyed your video. I can't wait for the next one. I also fell away from stitching for a few years because I could never find anything I liked in the stores. Then I found flosstube, and my stitchy world opened back up. I went from 1 wip to 13 plus another 50 waiting to be started. I've slowly started sharing my progress on Instagram, but haven't built up the courage to try flosstube yet. I too am restitching stockings for my family. I have 1 finished, 1 in progress and 2 more to start.
Loved your Golden Girls needle minder! As one of my wips is the golden girls that my daughter bought me because when her Dad worked nights we would watch it on late night on Nickelodeon till we went to bed. And when I started up again cross stitch she had to buy it for me almost done with it. I subscribed to your channel keep up the RU-vid’s see you on the next one!🎉BMOG
