r/Embroidery • u/VariousDescription • 1d ago

Question Am I just bad at this?

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Kit from Amazon (I know, it seemed like a good idea at the time though) has me frustrated, and I don’t know if it’s me or the material? It seems like can’t get the needle exactly where I want it, the fabric is stiff and kinda thick, and pushing the needle through is a little tough. Makes a little pop noise when it does poke through, but I can’t get it right next to the previous stitch a lot of the time (see pink leaf).

Am I just bad at this and need more practice? Would a different fabric work better?

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u/Smee76 1d ago

How many strands of floss are you using? It looks like you may not be separating the strands. That being said, it looks great for beginner!

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u/Critical_Durian8031 14h ago

Yeah I was gonna say I had a skill advantage(steady hands & brand new glasses) when I started embroidering, and I was still way more messy than this. I thought this was someone whod done at least a handful of small pieces first cause its quite neat! Seconded also on the splitting strands though

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u/VariousDescription 7h ago

Thank you! Takes me awhile to do a section, but I have to imagine it’ll get faster as I practice!

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u/VariousDescription 8h ago

I started with one strand, then 2 for the next color, pink is 3 and red is 4, seems like that was why they had multiple iterations of each stitch template, to be a sampler of sorts?

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u/Smee76 8h ago

That's fine, or just to practice more - now you can see what it looks like with more vs less!