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The Amazing Crochet Coral Reef Exhibit!

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Coral Reef PDF
Coral Reef PDF

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The many questions and interest I have received about Coral Reef is amazing. I have searched and searched for knit Coral Reef pattern and have not had any luck.  SweaterBabes.com is showing us some of the Crochet Coral Reef Exhibit (Pictured). As you see in the wording it is “Crochet” I wanted to see some knitted-felted Coral Reef. Valerie of “Ruby’s Button Tin” has been doing some experimenting with knitting the Coral Reefs and I think she is doing a great job (pictured).  I did a posting on a few I did but did not write a pattern (pictured).  At a site titled “Archive” and there is a PDF file you can download that give you a good idea how these reefs are formed in crochet, but I think knitter could translate these into knits. (PDF pictured)

 

 

 

 

 

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Of course you can cross stitch on garments, too, whether T-shirts or woven tops, skirts, pants and more. But it can be tricky to transfer cross stitch designs to your garment to make stitching easier. 

Much like with embroidery, it’s great to use a water soluble stabilizer to keep your fabric in place while you stitch and to transfer your design (or your cross stitch grid at least) while you’re stitching. Then you just wash away the stabilizer when you’re done and it will look like the stitching has always been there. 

Ashley General Handmade uses Sulky Stick ‘n Stitch, which is a product I use, too. It’s easy to use and washes away cleanly. 

To make it even easier, she designed some printable cross stitch grids at different counts that you can print out to draw your own cross stitch designs, but you can also print the grid right on the Sulky, so you can stitch on top of squares and then remove them when you’re done. 

Brilliant, right? 

She has pages as big as 8 count and all the way down to 20 (remember: the bigger the number the smaller the stitches will be) that you can download and print to make your own designs and also use to make stitching on clothing easier. I’m definitely going to try this the next time I want to cross stitch on fabric!

You can grab her printables over at Ashley General Handmade.

[Photo: Ashley General Handmade]