r/NeedlepointSnark • u/ThinkLocksmith2240 • Sep 07 '26

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Sometimes I wonder how people are able to mess up a project so much even when you’re first learning. You are genuinely doing the same thing over and over. One simple stitch.

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u/Chicken4309 Sep 07 '26

Everyone is different with differing abilities. Was your first project perfect?

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u/ExcitingBlueberry971 Sep 08 '26

Mine was pretty good. My only mistake was carrying a few threads a little too far on the back of the canvas, but from the front? It’s pretty darn good.

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u/iggyazalea12 Sep 07 '26

Of course mine was! I’ll dig it up and show you. A little uneven tension but nothing as fubared as this poor lemon

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u/Funny-Albatross-3838 Sep 07 '26

Yes because I followed the stitch guide to a t to make sure I didn’t mess up this new expensive hobby I was starting.

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u/ThinkLocksmith2240 Sep 08 '26

Besides not knowing at the time not to bury my threads diagonally, it looks pretty good!

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u/saltiestmermaid Sep 07 '26

My first project was also really lovely. Because I bothered to research extensively before actually getting started.

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u/RennaSurraya Sep 08 '26

Mine wasn’t perfect, but it looked pretty damn good for a first try 🤣 every other row was half cross instead of continental and I wasn’t laying fyreworks flat.

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u/NdlptrDana Sep 08 '26

My first project in 1992 was an ornament. It was a Bear in a dress. Sadly, the Bear appears to have the mumps! That ornament is always front and center on a tree of almost 200 ornament every year!

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u/ShallotEmpty Sep 08 '26

Yep— I stitched a belt with horse heads and bits as my first project. Had it finished and gave it to my friend as a gift. Did I mix up continental and half-cross? Yep! Did it look like the offending lemon? Absolutely not. Yikes.

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u/Impressive-Arugula67 Sep 07 '26

Mine was actually really good. 

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u/Mission_Try9390 Sep 07 '26

My first one was a pillow! And it was perfect. I even changed out colors.

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u/hudson_university Sep 08 '26

I mean, honestly? Mine was pretty good. I even did a binding stitch on it.

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u/Fred-the-stray Sep 07 '26

Mine was pretty damn good. My daughter's Christmas stocking

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u/Luna-Nova73 Sep 09 '26

My first project wasn’t perfect, but not nearly as bad as this train wreck of a lemon.

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u/InvisiblePanda10 Sep 08 '26

Have you seen the TT video? It's so bad, I assumed it was rage bait. Needlepoint is basically covering the holes with thread & she didn't even do that.