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PostPosted: Fri Mar 23, 2012 7:14 am 
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Decided to stitch an afghan for our new baby due in July. Haven't started it yet as it only came yesterday but so excited I had to share straight away :)

I will bobbin the threads tonight and hopefully thread a needle :D

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Any tips for keeping the back as neat as possible most welcome :)

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Re: Winnie the Pooh afghan
PostPosted: Fri Mar 23, 2012 11:05 am 
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What a beautiful afghan, it'll be adorable!

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Re: Winnie the Pooh afghan
PostPosted: Fri Mar 23, 2012 12:02 pm 
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that is going to be precious. When I do an afgahn I make sure to weave threads under each other when I have to go more than 3 or 4 spaces in between. Doesn't look like you
will have too much confetti. I usually try to do the colors with the least stitches first so that they are covered in the back by the larger blocks (less need to weave then). I hope I'm making sense. Congrats on the new baby.

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Re: Winnie the Pooh afghan
PostPosted: Fri Mar 23, 2012 1:16 pm 
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Congrats! I had no idea you were expecting!!! This will make a lovely little keepsake for the little one :wub:
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Re: Winnie the Pooh afghan
PostPosted: Fri Mar 23, 2012 1:17 pm 
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What a lovely design :wub: This will be perfect and so special. Looking forward to seeing your updates

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PostPosted: Fri Mar 23, 2012 3:14 pm 
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What an adorable design!! Congrats on the upcoming birth of the little one! :D

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Re: Winnie the Pooh afghan
PostPosted: Fri Mar 23, 2012 5:27 pm 
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Thats gorgeous, no wonder you can't wait to start it!


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Re: Winnie the Pooh afghan
PostPosted: Fri Mar 23, 2012 9:12 pm 
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That's lovely :)

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Re: Winnie the Pooh afghan
PostPosted: Fri Mar 23, 2012 9:57 pm 

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Its a beautiful afghan! and congrats! :applesauce:

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Re: Winnie the Pooh afghan
PostPosted: Sun Mar 25, 2012 6:19 pm 
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Very cute design! Good luck!

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Re: Winnie the Pooh afghan
PostPosted: Sun Mar 25, 2012 8:03 pm 
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Congratulations!!

I am currently stitching a dumbo afghan for a friends baby due end of June, and I think the best tip I would have is to loop start. Since I have started using this method I have found my backs to be SO neat :) they could probably be better but I'm pleased nonetheless :)

Here is the back of my first dumbo :

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And the link to my own SAL (which I will update too :) )

http://www.crossstitchforum.com/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=15988

Can't wait to see your progress, I am sure you will catch me up soon! xx

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Re: Winnie the Pooh afghan
PostPosted: Mon Mar 26, 2012 5:38 pm 
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:shock: that is a VERY neat back!!!!

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Re: Winnie the Pooh afghan
PostPosted: Mon Mar 26, 2012 5:58 pm 
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Thank you Mabel :)

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Re: Winnie the Pooh afghan
PostPosted: Mon Mar 26, 2012 6:08 pm 
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That is so cute!! Congrats!

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Re: Winnie the Pooh afghan
PostPosted: Mon Mar 26, 2012 8:02 pm 
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Yes VERY neat Twinkle :) I haven't used the loop method, just usual under a few threads but the backs not looking too bad. I keep checking it for knots (grr…hate that) and I'm not trailing threads too far. Hopefully it will be as neat as yours:)

What's the max no. of squares you've gone across with your backstitch? I'm not at that stage yet but was thinking about it the other day? I was thinking over each one would keep it neat and prevent toes & fingers getting caught in the trailing stitches?

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PostPosted: Mon Mar 26, 2012 8:10 pm 
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I didn't even think of fingers and toes tbh :? Oops. I just did my back stitch as I normally do - whatever suits! Lol. Probably not the best method but it works...usually

*toddles off to go check for hazardous backstitch* :doh:

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Re: Winnie the Pooh afghan
PostPosted: Mon Mar 26, 2012 9:32 pm 
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twinkleberry wrote:
*toddles off to go check for hazardous backstitch* :doh:


:lol: I had an image of snapping threads, not sure where it came from? Hope you've not got any of concern :)

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Re: Winnie the Pooh afghan
PostPosted: Tue Mar 27, 2012 10:58 am 
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Such a cute design :wub: :wub:

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Re: Winnie the Pooh afghan
PostPosted: Tue Mar 27, 2012 12:15 pm 
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so cute!

and when I do something where my back w/ show..I buy the iron on interfacing..it's sticky on one side which you iron on the back of the stitching and all you will see is a piece of white soft material. They do it a lot to cover embroidery on a shirt so on the inside it won't scratch/irritate your skin.

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Re: Winnie the Pooh afghan
PostPosted: Tue Mar 27, 2012 9:32 pm 
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Ooo thanks for the tip Coffee Freak, that'll take the pressure off and ensure no snagging will be had :D

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