The Witchy Stitcher Cryptid Stitch-Along: Frogman

 The Loveland Frogmen, also known as the Loveland Lizards, derive their name from the area they inhabit, which is Loveland, OH.  The amphibious anomalies have shocked and terrified kids, businessmen, farmers, and police officers.  Sightings began in 1955 and as recently as 2016.  They are bipedal frogs as made evident due to their leathery skin as well as their webbed hands and feet.  They have frog-like heads with wrinkly skin on tope of them.  They are reported to have the ability to use sticks like tools.  However, they also have another ability to use those sticks to emit sparks like a wand.  - The Witchy Stitcher, Cryptid Wiki, Charleston Terrors

Crybaby Cross Stitch

Sometimes I see a cross stitch piece that's only for sale in a kit or as a finished piece. I don't do the kits because I waste too much floss and stuff doing them, and I don't buy completed pieces because part of the joy of a cross stitch piece is knowing that I completed it myself. So I often find myself copying the piece and stitching it up for myself. I never sell them and I always give credit where credit is due. Sometimes I don't even post them. Crybaby crossstitch on Etsy has some great patterns. I think these are the first of hers I did. This one is a finished piece she is selling, but I wanted to stitch it up for myself. I was actually experimenting with marking the aida before doing the cross stitching and seeing if it would show through or not, so I grabbed a scrap piece of glittery aida and stitched it up. Then I decided well, I can't just leave it unfinished, but I couldn't find a hoop or frame that fit it, so I made a frame from Perler beads.

I purchased this pattern from Crybaby Cross stitch. I have several in queue to work on. I love the fabric. I purchased it at Needlewerkes in Copperas Cove years ago, but it was a smaller piece and I while I loved the color, it was kind of pricey and I was saving it for the perfect project. This was it.

More Spookies!

Here are some pieces I did last year. I did this one for my friend Lynn. I worked really hard on it, and she still hasn't framed it, which annoys me, because I feel like it's just gonna sit somewhere and not get framed but oh well.  Pattern by Night Spirit Studio

Bats at the window- I miscounted somewhere and so I didn't have room to put a moon in one of the windows and had to improvise.  Pattern by StitchXLove.

This one is by BlackWaltzStitching. I actually ended up giving it to Allen's cousin John, as he really loved it.

I think I found this one on Pinterest.

This one is by JagerAndYarn.  I have scraps of fabric I like to use up and so sometimes, I have to leave out bits or otherwise alter a pattern because the fabric is too small.  On this one, however, I just cut it way too small in the first place.  

Wheel of the Year

I normally don't have the focus to work on something that is (or that I consider) stitch heavy.  I get bored easily and then put it off and since my brain won't usually allow me to start on a project before I finish the current one, I get in a stitch stop.  This one was a bit different, because I could set very clear goals on where to start and stop.  

This is the Wheel of the Year.  It's the 8 Pagan holidays celebrated each year.  I decided I really wanted to do a Wheel of the Year piece, and this one by The Witchy Stitcher is just beautiful!  So I said I would start one sabbat/holiday and aim to finish it by the time that sabbat/holiday rolled around.  The only one I didn't finish before was Ostara, that purple rabbit, and I actually started and finished it ON Ostara, so it counts!  SO it was basically 8 mini projects, plus the pentagram in the middle.  It took me less than a year to finish, because I started on Samhain around mid-October and finished Lughnasadh, the last one, in August.  So I guess technically that is the one I didn't finish on time but whatever.  It's done, and I really love how it came out.  

Very demure...

I am not up to date on all the memes and quotes people talk about, because I have my mind on other stuff and I don't always catch them. There was something going around about "Very demure, very mindful" that I still don't understand, and everyone is saying it. "See how I did blah blah? Very demure, very mindful." "See how I didn't scream at you before I had my coffee? Very demure, very mindful." Some of them are kind of funny. Julie Jackson of Subversive Cross Stitch came through again, and created this pattern. I have never stitched an alphabet like this. I think it looks really cool!

More Cate Anevski Love

Y'all know how much I love Cate Anevski's art, and how much I love to embroider it, and then how much I love to gush about how cute it is. Here are some more of her illustrations I have embroidered in tha past. These are just illustrations I got from her blog ages ago. I thought they were so cute, and she didn't sell them as a pattern, but I stitched them up for myself.

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Individual ghostly paisleys! Sorry about the bad lighting on these... I was not good with taking pics. The fabric on which I stitched the green one was too small to frame :(

I wish I still had this canvas. It was a candle with ghosts coming out of it like flames. Here is a close-up.

A couple of newer ones...

Sanrio San-x Bead Sprites

 I have found myself in a rabbit hole on Pinterest for Perler Bead stuff.  I found this guy.  I don't know who he is, but he's awfully cute.  He's a Sanrio San-X character but I don't know his name.  I made him in 8 different colors just because. I can't remember when I did this, but I wanted to memorialize them in my craft blog anyway. 

Stitches from the Past

I can't even think of any updates to make this interesting... So here are some newer pieces I've done. This is a Subsversive Cross Stitch piece I did for my BFF from high school. The day I gave it to her (Xmas 2023) was the last time I saw her. She disappears now and then and will resurface. I hope she resurfaces again, at least.

I love British Humor, and I found this pattern on Etsy by StitchyAesthetic. It's from the movie In The Loop, where someone says it's not "Easy Peasy, Lemon Squeezy", but "Difficult, Difficult, Lemon... Difficult".

I made this one for my sweet little husband. He always randomly says to me, "You my boo!". The ghosts are from a Lola Crow Cross Stitch pattern I got on Etsy and I added the text.

Live Laugh UGH.

Pattern by Perikahu on Etsy.

Weekend Finishes

I finished two cool cross stitches this weekend! I used variegated floss for this one and I love how it came out! The pattern is by lagodargentoshop on Etsy.

This one really spoke to me. I had a piece of green aida that was perfect for it! Pattern by BitchStitcheryCrafts.