iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

Kristyn @kristyyyyyyyyyyn.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

I’ve been slowly cross stitching the Breath of the Wild tapestry - here’s a progress update. The pattern spans 120 pages and I’ve completely stitched 94 of them.

Embroidery of tiny little soldiers, part of the breath of the Wild tapestry from the legend of Zelda.

A three foot wide by two foot high embroidery of the breath of the Wild tapestry from the legend of Zelda.

3938

Kristyn @kristyyyyyyyyyyn.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Another week deep in the Steotch mines, but it’s coming together. #crossstitch #stitchsky #fiberarts #craftsky #steotch #crafts

Embroidery of some groovy flowers and the distinct words “what” and “now” plus a shrugging emoji.

0120

Kristyn @kristyyyyyyyyyyn.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

I never go to a job interview without my twelve foot tall Home Depot skeleton.

000

Kristyn @kristyyyyyyyyyyn.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Still no idea what Steotchalong 9 is but it would look right at home in a bright 70s kitchen. #steotch

Embroidery of some floral shapes and the words uhhh and um, plus a shrugging emoji.

070

Kristyn @kristyyyyyyyyyyn.bsky.social · 16/12/2025

So close, but it’s looking like a 2026 finish. Super Mario 3 World 7 WIP.

An embroidery of world 7 from the classic video game super mario 3. Mostly greens and blues. Lots of pipes. A castle with a speech bubble that says HELP.

120

Kristyn @kristyyyyyyyyyyn.bsky.social · 23/11/2025

Finished Shire Winter by WhiteRavenPatterns (Etsy) #crossstitch

a finished embroidery project, of a red walled hobbit hole with a round green door, all covered in snow.

2161

Kristyn @kristyyyyyyyyyyn.bsky.social · 04/10/2025

A bit of progress on Ragnarok by Long Dog Samplers, a cross stitching favourite.

Close up of an embroidery in dark thread on a light background, oak leaves and birds and butterflies.

An in progress embroidery in dark thread on a light background, slowly depicting more and more of the Norse end of the world.

050

Kristyn @kristyyyyyyyyyyn.bsky.social · 15/09/2025

This office is a goddamn ghost town. Pattern by BLAMcreations (Etsy) though I went off script with the red lines to fit the frame.

Embroidery of Charlie from It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia, standing in front of a background of red lines, like the meme “who is Pepe Silvia”

081

Kristyn @kristyyyyyyyyyyn.bsky.social · 27/08/2025

Mad Hamish doesn’t respect my art.

070

Kristyn @kristyyyyyyyyyyn.bsky.social · 27/08/2025

85/120 pages of pattern complete on the Breath of the Wild tapestry. Absolutely sick of guardians.

A close up of an embroidery based on a tapestry from The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild. So. Many. Guardians.

An in progress embroidery of the tapestry from The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild.

072

Kristyn @kristyyyyyyyyyyn.bsky.social · 14/08/2025

I gave birth so fast there was no time for pain management and now this kid thinks they can call me dude?

010

Kristyn @kristyyyyyyyyyyn.bsky.social · 09/08/2025

C A W Pattern by Raven Stitch Craft (Raven stitch craft on Etsy).

An embroidery of a crow in a wreath, all black thread against a brown background.

191

Kristyn @kristyyyyyyyyyyn.bsky.social · 06/08/2025

*weeps softly in health care* Pattern by NacNeedlework (Etsy)

A cross stitch of a fortune cookie, with the paper fortune that says “you will be short staffed”

090

Kristyn @kristyyyyyyyyyyn.bsky.social · 05/08/2025

I’m a sucker for a seasonal quadriptych. Patterns from The World of Cross Stitching magazine (2022), designed by Debbie Harding.

An autumn-themed cross stitch, with a tree covered in orange and red leaves, a few birds including a crow, a grey squirrel and a hedgehog, and some pumpkins and toadstools

Four embroideries that move through the seasons and, beside each other, seem to be showing different parts of the same tree.

180

Kristyn @kristyyyyyyyyyyn.bsky.social · 29/07/2025

Page 3 (33% complete) of Heart Sampler cross stitch by Bad Vibes Only (badvibesonlyshop on Etsy).

An embroidery in red/pink threads on pink fabric of many heart motifs, some anatomical and some symbolic, including a rib cage with a heart in it and the top of some coronary arteries.

080

Kristyn @kristyyyyyyyyyyn.bsky.social · 16/07/2025

Monthly update on Super Mario 3 World 7. I could stitch that 8 x 8 ground pattern in my sleep. #crossstitch #supermario #nintendo

A colourful embroidery of the map from Super Mario 3 World 7.

A close up of the first image, showing the pattern that repeats to make the ground of the map.

1131

Kristyn @kristyyyyyyyyyyn.bsky.social · 10/07/2025

Many tiny details. Page 7 of 16 complete of Ragnarok by Long Dog Samplers.

A dark blue embroidery on light blue background of a flower, a bunny, a crow. Some dogs, a crab, a bat, a disembodied whale tale, all part of the detail of the Ragnarok sampler.

A dark blue embroidery on light blue fabric depicting a version of Ragnarok, the Norse end of the world.

090

Kristyn @kristyyyyyyyyyyn.bsky.social · 05/07/2025

Finally all caught up on The White Lotus. Pattern by ImillaDesignsCo (Etsy).

An embroidery of the words “I just don’t think at this age I’m meant to live an uncomfortable life” and a lotus flower.

040

Kristyn @kristyyyyyyyyyyn.bsky.social · 21/06/2025

Turns out these violent delights DO have violent ends. No spoilers I still might finish watching Westworld some day. Pattern by the amazing Sweet Adeline Crafts (Etsy).

An embroidered maze, like the maze seen in Westworld.

040

Kristyn @kristyyyyyyyyyyn.bsky.social · 20/06/2025

But surely THESE violent delights won’t have violent ends…

000

Kristyn @kristyyyyyyyyyyn.bsky.social · 14/06/2025

Monthly update on Super Mario 3 World 7, filling in some borders and some waves. #crossstitch #supermario #nintendo

An embroidered map of Super Mario 3 World 7 in vibrant colours, many pipes and piranha flowers.

0100

Kristyn @kristyyyyyyyyyyn.bsky.social · 30/05/2025

Working on Vah Rudania. Page 82/120 (68% complete) of Breath of the Wild Tapestry by colorbandiits on Instagram.

A stylized and embroidered depiction of a divine beast and its rider from the legend of Zelda: breath of the wild.

A massive embroidery project. Many guardians.

040

Kristyn @kristyyyyyyyyyyn.bsky.social · 27/05/2025

Happy Pride! Twin Peaks-themed stitch by OddlySpecificXStitch on Etsy.

An embroidery that says “fix your hearts or die.” The top half is red with white font. The bottom half is black and white chevron with red font.

250

Kristyn @kristyyyyyyyyyyn.bsky.social · 03/05/2025

Finish on a cross stitch summer scene from a magazine, part of my ever-growing seasonal wall.

An embroidered summer scene, of a tree in bloom with butterflies and birds and flowers all over the ground.

0400

Kristyn @kristyyyyyyyyyyn.bsky.social · 30/04/2025

For the health record nerds. Pattern by Crosseyed Stitches on Etsy.

An embroidered picture with the words “dance like no one is watching, chart like it may one day be read aloud in a deposition.”

050

Kristyn @kristyyyyyyyyyyn.bsky.social · 24/04/2025

Page 2 (22% complete) of Heart Sampler by Kit Cole (badvibesonly shop on Etsy) #crossstitch

An in-progress embroidery project, in shades of pink on a pink background, depicting heart motifs. A little peek of aorta and pulmonary arteries in the bottom left.

3200

Kristyn @kristyyyyyyyyyyn.bsky.social · 15/04/2025

Monthly update on Super Mario 3 World 7, all pipes all the time. #crossstitch #supermario #nintendo

an in-progress embroidery project, in oranges, greens, and blues on a white background, depicting part of the Super Mario 3 World 7 map.

0291

Kristyn @kristyyyyyyyyyyn.bsky.social · 09/04/2025

Huginn, Muninn, and so much Yggdrasil. Page 6 of Ragnarok by Long Dog Samplers complete. #crossstitch #ragnarok #longdogsamplers

Cross stitched image of a bird in a tree, all silhouette using blue floss against a blue tie-dyed background.

Cross-stitched image of the Norse conception of the end of the world, Ragnarok, in progress. Dark blue thread against a blue tie-dyed background.

0130

Kristyn @kristyyyyyyyyyyn.bsky.social · 03/04/2025

Be the goose screaming from the roof of a Taco Bell that you want to see in the world

020

Kristyn @kristyyyyyyyyyyn.bsky.social · 30/03/2025

My outie is going to love this. Scary Numbers by Design Juju Shop (DesignJujuShop on Etsy).

The embroidered words “the work is mysterious and important” on a black background, surrounded by random numbers and hovering over an open box and a progress bar that says “70%.”

041

Kristyn @kristyyyyyyyyyyn.bsky.social · 20/03/2025

Happy first day of spring from my seasonal collection.

A series of spring themed cross stitches, one is from stardew valley and one is from animal crossing.

080

Kristyn @kristyyyyyyyyyyn.bsky.social · 17/03/2025

Monthly update. Super Mario 3 World 7 cross stitch.

An embroidered version of the classic map from Super Mario 3 World 7. Lots of green pipes and piranha plants.

0251

Reposted by Kristyn

muscular baby jeb lund @mobute.bsky.social · 14/03/2025

I gave the prospect of invading Canada a lot of strenuous sober thought, and I came to the conclusion that it's terrifying, stupid and insane.

truthdig.com

Maple Beef

Talk of annexing Canada is the dumbest sideshow in Trump’s circus — and a recipe for the most embarrassing quagmire in American history.

26548115

Kristyn @kristyyyyyyyyyyn.bsky.social · 09/03/2025

Black sections done. Now to see if the colours agree with this aida I dyed green. Guardian of the Woods by @thewitchystitcher.bsky.social

An embroidery in black floss on green fabric, of a leshy (a Slavic forest spirit)

180

Kristyn @kristyyyyyyyyyyn.bsky.social · 02/03/2025

An old finish. The desiderata sampler by Indigo Rose. One of my favourite pieces that I have ever made.

An embroidery of the classic prose Desiderata

070

Kristyn @kristyyyyyyyyyyn.bsky.social · 23/02/2025

Section complete! Time to move the frame. WIP of Super Mario 3 World 7.

An in-progress cross stitch project, of World 7 from Super Mario 3. Such pipes, many blue.

0170

Kristyn @kristyyyyyyyyyyn.bsky.social · 22/02/2025

It’s the part of my life where I drive kids around all Saturday and sit in various waiting areas while they dance, get dental check-ups, or volunteer. WIP of Guardian of the Woods by @thewitchystitcher.bsky.social

A cross stitch of a tree in black on a green background.

0140

Reposted by Kristyn

Plague Poems @plaguepoems.bsky.social · 18/02/2025

A message to future historians who will ask why we did nothing while the alarm was sounding: get your facts straight, it is not the case that we did nothing while the alarm was sounding, we did something, the something we did: is that we got up and removed the alarm’s batteries.

17616

Kristyn @kristyyyyyyyyyyn.bsky.social · 17/02/2025

Page 4 (66% complete) of Cirque des Cercles by Ink Circles #crossstitch

1180

Kristyn @kristyyyyyyyyyyn.bsky.social · 15/02/2025

Monthly update. Super Mario 3 World 7 cross stitch

Embroidered version of the map from Super Mario 3 World 7, in progress.

1213

Kristyn @kristyyyyyyyyyyn.bsky.social · 14/02/2025

Weighted blankets aren’t cutting it. Bury me in a bog.

Illustration of an ancient American bog burial

020

Kristyn @kristyyyyyyyyyyn.bsky.social · 11/02/2025

Felt cute, might fight hate later.

White woman in a t-shirt that says “you will have to go through me” in the trans pride flag colours.

040

Kristyn @kristyyyyyyyyyyn.bsky.social · 10/02/2025

Winnipeg must be the only place where you can simultaneously see a sun dog so cold, so deadly, so beautiful it could make you weep, and a guy biking around in gym shorts, risking frostbite to his thighs IN DEFIANCE OF GOD.

070

Kristyn @kristyyyyyyyyyyn.bsky.social · 08/02/2025

Page 82/120 (68% complete) of the Breath of the Wild Tapestry, adapted for cross stitch by colorbandiits (Instagram)/FeyFabrics (Etsy).

The right top corner of the Breath of the Wild tapestry, showing the sheikah letters and patterns from the game.

The entire (in progress) breath of the Wild tapestry. Many guardians. Such calamity.

The entire (in progress) breath of the Wild tapestry, laid out on my kitchen table so you can get a sense of how massive it is.

0171

Kristyn @kristyyyyyyyyyyn.bsky.social · 06/02/2025

I made little embroidery kits for my kid and some daycare friends to do, out of old hoops, drawer mat, and elastic cord. Start ‘em young.

170

Kristyn @kristyyyyyyyyyyn.bsky.social · 30/01/2025

It bears repeating. Pattern by my pal (SweetAdelineCrafts on Etsy).

Embroidery in red floss on a pale yellow background, that says “nolite te bastardes carborundorum”

050