how fast do you stitch?

[yessamaca]

I don't count my stitches but I think I'm pretty fast at making a stitch. I don't get many done at a time, though, because I cannot do just one thing at a time. I've got the TV on or am in a conference call. One time I was just too late signing up for an all-day conference so I called in from my couch and stitched all day. It actually helped me pay attention because I wasn't distracted by emails and such. Had I been at the conference I would probably not have heard so much because in order to pay attention I must be doing something with my hands.

I don't stab the fabric but use the other method the name of which I cannot remember. I put the needle in the top and then through the bottom and back up in one movement. And I don't use a hoop or frame. I'm also not super worried about tension, although I do try somewhat to make them even.

I have a 14.5cm x 18cm that I've been working on for 4 years and a 44cm x 33.7cm that I've had going for over 5.

[rogueprincess20]

I don't stab the fabric but use the other method the name of which I cannot remember. I put the needle in the top and then through the bottom and back up in one movement. And I don't use a hoop or frame.

I think that is called the sewing method. I'm a stabber lol and I find I go much quicker when angry, I guess the stabbing is soothing to me plus I use a hoop. I have these two sided needles so that you don't have to flip it all the time and you keep one hand about and below at all times but you need a stand and I don't have one.

[yessamaca]

A 2-sided needle sounds like a recipe for blood all over your fabric. I already stab myself enough when just one end is sharp(ish)!

[rogueprincess20]

A 2-sided needle sounds like a recipe for blood all over your fabric. I already stab myself enough when just one end is sharp(ish)!

LMAO I never actually thought about that fact. I bought them realized how they were used and just threw them in my tote with my cross stitching stuff.

[RMDC]

Remember that scene from Fight Club, where the boss comes over and points at the cross-stitch on Jack's desk and asks, "Is that your blood?" and Jack replies, "Some of it."?

[yessamaca]

So...what you're saying is the cool kids are all bleeding all over their stitching? I can manage that. I almost bled on mine today because I didn't notice that the back of my hand had gotten so dry that the skin had cracked and was bleeding. I don't see any blood, though, so I think I'm good.

As for the topic of the thread, I counted today and I stitched 65 full stitches in 30 minutes. I was a bit anxious, though, so maybe that added to my speed. I was taking a break from working because I was beginning to feel a deep loathing for a set of documents.