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🌈 KittyFantastico (Kit) 🏳️‍🌈 @whiskeredkitty.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

During July in celebration of Disability Pride and the This Body Works - donate anything to a disability charity of your choice and I'll send you 11 different cross stitch designs featuring the amazing artwork of @stitchsindesign.bsky.social and quotes/titles from the scripts.

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tank_effing_johnson @tankeffingjohnson.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

this is so cool! I'm a big gelatinous cube fan, and it's good to see craft rep of it

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tank_effing_johnson @tankeffingjohnson.bsky.social · 27/05/2026

Yeah, I loathe to think of the day I might have to switch to anchor or something. Have you tried a thread conditioner? I personally don't use it but people on the crossstitch subreddit talk about it when they're struggling with thread. Especially tangling.

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tank_effing_johnson @tankeffingjohnson.bsky.social · 27/05/2026

I haven't noticed a decrease overall. There might have just been a bad batch. Keep an eye out though just in case. It might still also suffer from enshittification.

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tank_effing_johnson @tankeffingjohnson.bsky.social · 06/05/2026

Barbara Kingsolver (book was Prodigal Summer)

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tank_effing_johnson @tankeffingjohnson.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

If you don't want to use crossstitch I've used xstitch or pointdecroix as tags on IG. Or maybe something that references what the cross stitch is of?

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Heretic Designs @hereticdesigns.bsky.social · 28/04/2026

🎉 IT'S HERE!! Behold the Antifa Tea Social and Ladies Aid Society! 👉 Get this cross stitch pattern in my Etsy and Patreon shops. Link to both shops in bio!

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tank_effing_johnson @tankeffingjohnson.bsky.social · 28/04/2026

As far as god and the government is concerned I don't have autism. But genetics and my dad's coffee can full of ball bearings might have something else to say about it.

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tank_effing_johnson @tankeffingjohnson.bsky.social · 27/04/2026

As a millenial who does cross stitch my hot (cold) take is needleminders are the new enamel pins.

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guttertongue @guttertongue.bsky.social · 27/04/2026

I want to cross stitch something. I am becoming Grandma. The millennials yearn for fiber crafts.

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tank_effing_johnson @tankeffingjohnson.bsky.social · 24/04/2026

this is so cute! can I ask where you got the pattern?

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tank_effing_johnson @tankeffingjohnson.bsky.social · 23/04/2026

USPS lied to me and my 123stitch order came 2 days sooner than I thought it would, but I still don't want to start until Saturday uuuugggggggggghhhhhhh

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a stuffed penguin wearing a pink hat and skis is sitting on a chair .

Alt: a penguin wearing a pink towel wrap sitting and scowling

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tank_effing_johnson @tankeffingjohnson.bsky.social · 23/04/2026

Depending on how frequently you would end up using it it might be worthwhile to just see if your local library will let you print stuff for cheap or free. My local library gives every card holder 10 free prints a month and it's $0.25/page after that.

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tank_effing_johnson @tankeffingjohnson.bsky.social · 22/04/2026

I wasn't paying attention and got a pattern from someone who uses AI (to be clear it's in their promo pictures and not their patterns, but...). It was a free pattern, so at least there's that. But I really liked their stuff and now I'm just frustrated and don't want to share my work.

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Inger’s Crafts @ingerscrafts.bsky.social · 12/04/2026

Finished @karenhallionart No Kings cross stitch pattern. This was such a fun stitch, and now I am trying to figure out what I want to incorporate it into. #crossstitch #nokings #craftivism

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tank_effing_johnson @tankeffingjohnson.bsky.social · 07/04/2026

They are so difficult. I wish they functioned more like any art program I've ever encountered. I just count my lucky stars that ctrl+z works in WinStitch. At least it kind of does.

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tank_effing_johnson @tankeffingjohnson.bsky.social · 07/04/2026

Do people still need test stitchers for cross stitch patterns? I saw a call on IG for some today and it's the first one I've seen in a long time. Did it just fall out of fashion? Why?

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tank_effing_johnson @tankeffingjohnson.bsky.social · 07/04/2026

I wish I had a labor exchange for my cross stitch hobby. I would one hundo percent prep someone's aida for their next project if they would wind my bobbins.

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tank_effing_johnson @tankeffingjohnson.bsky.social · 03/04/2026

Cross stitch is a subset of embroidery. Referring to cross stitch as embroidery is not wrong. And if you say it is you're just being kind of uncharitably critical.

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Amanda DeLong | BAD Stitch @badstitch.bsky.social · 28/03/2026

Trans Day of Visibility Campaign for @translifeline.org! Donate $5+ and I will send you this Phoenix & feather design. My previous campaign patterns are also available as a big bundle or individually if you missed them tilt.fyi/nR9uGYuA5Z #CrossStitch #Craftivism #transdayofvisbility #phoenix

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🏳️‍⚧️ tabitha's world 🐀 @tabi.world · 25/03/2026

FUCK YOUU turns youu into a cross stitch pattern

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tank_effing_johnson @tankeffingjohnson.bsky.social · 04/12/2025

Ah,ok, I didn't realize. I use a program that doesn't need a connection. Sorry 😔

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tank_effing_johnson @tankeffingjohnson.bsky.social · 04/12/2025

Kate is correct. Sometimes for cross stitch people will draw or stitch grids onto the fabric to better help with the counting problem. But maybe you wouldn't fuck it up. Maybe start small if you're interested in trying.

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tank_effing_johnson @tankeffingjohnson.bsky.social · 04/12/2025

I very much encourage flying too close to the sun. Even if you don't make it you'll learn a lot of useful skills.

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tank_effing_johnson @tankeffingjohnson.bsky.social · 04/12/2025

I just want to take some of these images and make them into usable patterns. But, you know, what would be the point?

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tank_effing_johnson @tankeffingjohnson.bsky.social · 04/12/2025

Is this not the goal of every cross stitcher?

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tank_effing_johnson @tankeffingjohnson.bsky.social · 04/12/2025

Has anyone stitched loss.jpg?! I hate that I'm tempted to now.

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tank_effing_johnson @tankeffingjohnson.bsky.social · 04/12/2025

Hate to be the bearer of bad news here, but I am also a chaos gremlin. Goals? Nah man, vibes only.

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tank_effing_johnson @tankeffingjohnson.bsky.social · 04/12/2025

Yeah, second this. Pretty sure it would be blackwork.

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Maud @sphiinxes.bsky.social · 29/11/2025

Why have a digital mockup of your finished cross stitch pattern on the Etsy listing when you can hire me as a test stitcher or test finisher

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tank_effing_johnson @tankeffingjohnson.bsky.social · 26/11/2025

I haven't posted my opinion on AI in a hot minute, but I got followed by an account using AI slop. If you use AI at all for any reason you are a chump and you are actively causing your brain to atrophy. I hope you enjoy not being able to figure out how your own kitchen is arranged without a chatbot.

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tank_effing_johnson @tankeffingjohnson.bsky.social · 14/11/2025

I've been stitching for like 6 years straight now and this'll be my first cone. So, you're probably fine for a while, lol.

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tank_effing_johnson @tankeffingjohnson.bsky.social · 14/11/2025

It's DMC 310 (black) 6 strand embroidery thread that weighs in at 100 grams and about 450 yards. And it is shaped like -the cone-. It's good to have if you've been in deep on embroidery because everyone runs through black so fast and a regular skein is only like 8.7 yards.

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tank_effing_johnson @tankeffingjohnson.bsky.social · 14/11/2025

I'll have to see if Starlight will restock before I run out. It looks like they have -the cone-.

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tank_effing_johnson @tankeffingjohnson.bsky.social · 14/11/2025

Unfortunately I don't think I can justify the price of the gigantic cone yet 😅 but I'll take a look at the shop, thank you!

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tank_effing_johnson @tankeffingjohnson.bsky.social · 13/11/2025

Where is the best place to buy a DMC 310 cone (a.k.a. the cone of doom)? I want to finally get one, but I'm not sure where? I usually buy from 123stitch. Thought I'd outsource though and see if I get some better places. #crossstitch #embroidery #blackwork #stumpwork #sashiko #threadpainting

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tank_effing_johnson @tankeffingjohnson.bsky.social · 12/11/2025

Oh yeah baby, show me those clean stitches 😂

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tank_effing_johnson @tankeffingjohnson.bsky.social · 11/11/2025

I thought this was supposed to be rage bait? Why did you just say something that's true?

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tank_effing_johnson @tankeffingjohnson.bsky.social · 11/11/2025

Usually stuff about movies and books. Sometimes political and sociological stuff when I can stomach it. Of course it dips into straight up drama sometimes 😅 Recently it was a Thomas Flight video on art vs. artifice and a Girl On Film deepish dive on the film genre of feminine revenge.

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tank_effing_johnson @tankeffingjohnson.bsky.social · 11/11/2025

Goon a movie: Eternal Goon of the Spotless Mind

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tank_effing_johnson @tankeffingjohnson.bsky.social · 11/11/2025

I usually watch video essays and commentary channels on youtube.

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tank_effing_johnson @tankeffingjohnson.bsky.social · 10/11/2025

I'm going to be working on something for a show that is a pattern I wouldn't know how to share really? But I'll keep sharing and repost patterns that follow my values. I just won't have any patterns I made for a while.

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tank_effing_johnson @tankeffingjohnson.bsky.social · 10/11/2025

Oh, yeah, it might. This is a small pattern so it would be worth giving it a go and see if you like it better. My perspective is a little skewed. I've stitched everything on 18 or 20 ct for a few years now. It's really neat to see your stitching and I hope you stick with it.

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tank_effing_johnson @tankeffingjohnson.bsky.social · 10/11/2025

Yeah, nothing quite like calling into question your ability to count to do you in. But if you're struggling, then go slow. It's a slow craft. Recount as many times as you need to.

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tank_effing_johnson @tankeffingjohnson.bsky.social · 10/11/2025

It looks cute! What makes you say you need higher count aida?

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