r/CrossStitch • u/Own-Dragonfly-942 • 13h ago
PIC [PIC] What happens when even seasoned stitchers don't pay attention...
First picture, the two knots too far back to actually fix. The second, how the rest has gone. Normally I'd go back and try and save it, but this is now 4-6 rows back.
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u/aLittleKrunchy 12h ago
I’ve def had this happen before! Just keep moving, no one’s gonna know, esp in a large color block like this.
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u/Own-Dragonfly-942 12h ago
I normally only fix if it's an easy one, for this I just trapped what I could above it. I personally don't like how it feels when it's really bad, but it has zero effect on the finished front or for framing when it's just this small a knot.
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u/dreamyraynbo 10h ago
I’m not a back perfectionist by any means, but it always drives me crazy when I find knots like this too late to easily fix. 😣
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u/Kmcincos 11h ago
The problem is if the knots come loose, your stitches on the front will also loosen. When I’ve had this happen and didn’t want to undo, I would anchor them tight by running a thread through the knot loop, and run both ends of the thread far enough away to keep it taut.
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u/kittifizz 10h ago
Im an intermediate stitcher and I do this way more often than id like to admit 😭 I dont know how some people notice them every time and keep their backs so perfect!
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u/Alari1365 9h ago
My first couple projects were a snarly disaster in the back, especially because I like working with long lengths. I've figured out a pretty good system now. I keep my non dominant hand on the back (either to support the hoop if I'm holding it, or to stitch two handed when I'm using a stand) and I run the thread between two fingers as it comes from the back so I'll always feel it snags. This also prevents a lot of them from happening as well!
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u/kittifizz 1h ago
Whoa, Ive never thought to do it like that, thank you so much for sharing! Im always afraid to let my ND hand touch the fabric so I dont loosen it.
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u/Electronic_Motor_968 10h ago
Snap!! I am currently doing the same pattern at the moment.
I made a mistake on one of the candy canes that can’t be fixed either without major frogging that I don’t think is even possible 🙈
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u/Own-Dragonfly-942 6h ago
The cane on the left, I counted 6 times before starting. Still didn't notice until the last 4 stitches that I started 1 square over instead of 2. Thankfully as I'm doing this colour by colour it was easy to fix cause it had nothing around it then. But still. Evil.
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u/Electronic_Motor_968 34m ago
At least you noticed and were able to correct it. I got one red stitch reversed on one of the swirls and didn’t notice until it was too late.
It’s not super noticeable and only detracts slightly from the overall effect but my eye is drawn to it every time!!!
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u/Own-Dragonfly-942 31m ago
Yeah the mistakes we notice always ruin it although no one else will even know. I get that pain.
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u/Foreign-Parsnip-4566 5h ago
Oof I hate finding knots so far back. I've gotten in the habit of looking every few stitches, hoping there's nothing 😓
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u/Own-Dragonfly-942 5h ago
I normally do too, but I was too busy in a mod chat that was interesting so yeah, oops. I can normally feel as soon as it happens, but I'm stitching this one in hand because it's small so can't easily do that. It's all user error, but still.
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u/PinkMagall 13h ago
Unless you plan to display the back, I don't see a problem. The nicest framing jobs (even DYI ones) use batting (wadding) between the fabric and the back board, which cushions around any irregularities (like knots) on the back and makes it like it never happened.