Sorry for the downtime, welcome back!!

Cross stitching gradients?

Discuss how you complete your crafts...
Post Reply
neckties
Rank 0 - Little Mario
Rank 0 - Little Mario
Posts: 9
Joined: Mon Dec 09, 2013 8:57 pm

Cross stitching gradients?

Post by neckties »

Hello!

This is my first post, so I'm a bit new to this, but I'm having some trouble making a pattern and was hoping to get some advice. The character that I am cross stitching has a lot of gradients, and I don't know how to do this in pattern-making or actual stitching. If anyone could offer up some tips, that would be great!

Here is the picture for reference:
Spoiler
Cadance3.png
Cadance3.png (168.06 KiB) Viewed 5280 times
And here is the pattern (note I tried experimenting on a section of the tail):
Cadance.sth
(82.91 KiB) Downloaded 296 times
Oh and if anyone wants to use this pattern, you are certainly free to! Just don't use the colors in the pattern because they look much different in real life.
Last edited by neckties on Mon Dec 16, 2013 3:15 pm, edited 1 time in total.

User avatar
Knittenkitten
Rank 7 - Kuribo Mario
Rank 7 - Kuribo Mario
Posts: 455
Joined: Wed Aug 01, 2012 7:41 pm

Re: Cross stitching gradients?

Post by Knittenkitten »

One way to blend tow different colors is to take 1 strand of each color and stitch with it for a section or area. So for the purple of the wings I would stitch the lighter shade first up to the point where the two shades start to blend together, then take a strand of the lighter and a strand of the darker purple and stitch the area where the two are blending and then stitch the darker purple for the rest of the wings. Hope that makes sense.
WIPs:
LoZ:LTTP Map (page 13 of 15)
Save the Stitches Blackwork
Frederick the Literate Kit
Butterfly Scroll Kit
Rainbow Gallery's Specialty Stitch Alphabet

neckties
Rank 0 - Little Mario
Rank 0 - Little Mario
Posts: 9
Joined: Mon Dec 09, 2013 8:57 pm

Re: Cross stitching gradients?

Post by neckties »

That does make sense, thanks!

User avatar
HornyPig
Rank 4 - Raccoon Mario
Rank 4 - Raccoon Mario
Posts: 147
Joined: Tue Jun 21, 2011 12:12 pm

Re: Cross stitching gradients?

Post by HornyPig »

actually thats pretty smart.. i might use it aswell lol

User avatar
blackmageheart
Rank 12 - Yoshi Mario
Rank 12 - Yoshi Mario
Posts: 5695
Joined: Wed Apr 08, 2009 5:47 am
Contact:

Re: Cross stitching gradients?

Post by blackmageheart »

Also, remember that the more strands you use of a colour, the stronger that shade will be when stitched. :)
RMDC wrote:...I've been stitching at an estimated rate of almost a full BMH per day...

Susing
Rank 1 - Big Mario
Rank 1 - Big Mario
Posts: 17
Joined: Thu Jul 10, 2014 9:47 am

Re: Cross stitching gradients?

Post by Susing »

Sorry to hijack with my question but how do you do gradients if you're using a higher fabric count and can only use one strand?

User avatar
Eliste
Rank 10 - Cape Mario
Rank 10 - Cape Mario
Posts: 1007
Joined: Wed Mar 16, 2011 3:41 pm
Contact:

Re: Cross stitching gradients?

Post by Eliste »

Susing wrote:Sorry to hijack with my question but how do you do gradients if you're using a higher fabric count and can only use one strand?
I usually spend a row or two alternating the colours before moving fully into the second color. Its not the same effect, but it still makes it more diffuse than just changing straight from one to the next. Although, tbh, if you're using that high a count of fabric, people are unlikely to see the block changes unless it is a huge difference between the colours. When your stitches are that small things blend together easier anyway.
Image

Post Reply