Fell off the Wagon

[@HilltopStitching]

We miss your flosstubes!!!!

[@susancompton2429]

Hey Gerald, I wish you would come back. I know you are busy but we all miss you. I will miss hearing you sing this Christmas. I always enjoyed that! I hope you have a Merry Christmas and. Wonderful 2025!!

[@luvslyfe1]

Me too. I liked him singing with his church. I also miss the stitching and knitting videos. I hope he is doing well.

[@jennstumpf1]

Miss your wonderful stitching & knitting videos! Hope you are very well!

[@maryleelaird8708]

Love your good sweater!

[@craftylibrarian5709]

I hope you are well

[@susantaylor530]

Miss you and your videos.

[@countrygal854]

Nice to see you had a new video up. It most important to take care of yourself first!! Beautiful stitching. Have a wonderful week.

[@daisyrea7219]

fabulous video. Harbour Lights you can get on Artecy in large design not as big as heaven and earth but it is 550 x 366 . I love the Riolis kits and s luca as well. You suit the colour yellow well your sweater will be lovely.

[@cynthiaosgood3804]

I was just looking for you because I haven't seen you for a minute. Good to see you again. Life is much harder at this time for sure. You sure do have a green thumb, all your plants are always so pretty. I'm in love with your heaven and earth. Its a beautiful image.

[@kcfield601]

Oh I miss my knitting. I knitted lace. Like doilies,tablecloths, scarfs and socks. After a rotator cuff surgery 2 years ago, can't knit anymore. I was lost. Had been knitting over 50 years. A co worker got onto diamond painting. Loved it still do. I was pinching a nerve in my neck from diamond painting. Thought, go back to cross stitch. I restarted. I am currently working on a budget canvas 11 count stamped. Slowly getting back into it. I just started the sewing method. What a difference. Of course I am only on the background. And it's all 310. I can't see black. Lol I wish HAED would have been around 30+ years ago. Now it's difficult for me to count and remember numbers after 2 strokes. Thank you for your video and sharing. So love your Henry. Excellent Excellent job. A pat on the back for a job well done and your first completed HAED.

[@leeannakroll9394]

0:45 I hope that you are doing well. I enjoy listening to you.

[@Linda-Lovestostitch]

Glad you are back. Your progress is looking good. Love your videos.

[@carlenehall2979]

🤗 Good to see you Gerald! Love the sweater! I am so proud for you in having that house, it looks like a lovely home. Take care.

[@STITCHESCOSTARICA]

Hello again Gerald. Nice new Riolis stitching, and the HEAD will be amazing. I love to see your plants. I have right now a wild orquid in bloom. It's called "Lluvia de Oro" , which translates to Golden Rain. And this time gave me a 2mts flower or more (I am so happy). God bless you.

[@danieladrecsan8347]

🌻🦋🌻🦋

[@thesimplestitch946]

Hi Gerald, I liked seeing the HAED again. It's looking great.

[@annemousseau8757]

Glad you are back.

[@robertoamezcua7624]

We need more ginger Gerald videos, I just found out you knit ❤ me too

[@luvslyfe1]

Love the progress on your HAED. I prep in a similar manner for HAEDS. I have a master set of dmc that I’ll dip into for smaller projects, but my HAEDS have their own dedicated bobbin boxes kitted with the required floss. However, I also utilize pako floss holders for my HAED projects, so that I’m not always dipping into my bobbin box. Bobbin box diving would drive me nuts. I cut elbow length floss of each color in the project and mount them on the pako floss holder. When I run out of a certain color, I just break out the bobbin box and cut a new elbow length (6 ply) to stack on the pako holder, and it lasts quite awhile when youre stitching one over one. It makes things a lot easier for me. I wish I had pattern keeper, but alas, I’m not an android owner. As far as consistency goes, Gerald, extend yourself some grace❤. Life happens, and we just try to go with the flow! I have come to the conclusion in my own life that I am consistently inconsistent 😂. At the end of the day, it’s our happiness that counts !

[@jerrihood2045]

Nice to see you back. Love watching and seeing your progress. Take. Care.

[@debbiebelian818]

Nice to see you back. We all need a mental break now and then. I haven’t stitched in two weeks because I’ve been busy knitting. Socks for my grandkids out of leftover yarn, a sweater for my daughter and knitted knockers. Stitching will be back soon.

[@fjellrosastrikkepodcast]

First time here, you making lots of Nice stuff have a great June 😍🤗🌞🌞

[@marynelson6951]

Love all of your knitting projects, the colors are wonderful. I love my snag-nap-it, it is my most favorite tool and I am lost without it. Your plant is beautiful, I was looking to see if they are anywhere here in the nurseries in Phoenix, AZ but no luck so far! So good to see you back, I enjoy your floss tube very much. Sending you many warm hugs and warm spring wishes from sunny Arizona. (we are a little chillier than usual, however. Never fear it will be back to the 100* before we know it!)

[@hollierosser2756]

Happy to see you back, Gerald! I loved hearing how you are working up your HAED. I'm almost exclusively a HAED stitcher right now but have yet to come up with a system that I like. I used to have all of my project threads separated by project, but that's a lot of floss! So I just spent that last week or so combining my inventory into a primary set. Going forward, my goal is to buy and keep separate flosses with large stitch counts, but maintain the primary set of all project flosses so I can work off one HAED set of floss when I'm stitching. PS--Consistency is hard to maintain. Working on being consistent in one aspect of your life at a time is perfectly fine because it's almost impossible to maintain consistency in all of them all the time. Allow yourself to grow into it one day at a time. I appreciate you for you and look forward to the videos when they're posted. Have a great week!

[@dorothy9276]

Good to see you again. One of my Thanksgiving cactus that had a poor showing around Christmas is now loaded with buds. The other cactus are just sitting there...they had already given there all a couple months ago. Starting a full coverage piece, looking forward to your progress.

[@Cindi.Bennett]

Glad you're back! Love to see your progress. I am not a knitter, but your inside out socks are gorgeous! I hope you have a fantastic week! Give yourself grace. Every day is a fresh start. ✨️ We are starting to thaw out here in Minnesota. Yay! Spring and fall are my favorite seasons. I slipped and fell on some ice and have been very sore, but on the mend. Blessings!

[@jacquelinebonneau5102]

I love, love your aloe.

[@michaelafrommunich4264]

Nice seeing you again. Interesting to learn you can knit socks inside out. I have found a knitting designer on Ravelry, I really like. It's Rastus Hsu from Taiwan and his knitting is so beautiful. I find Henry amazing. Such impressive stitching.

[@traciroberts3048]

I love that book! I haven't made anything from it, yet.

[@nellekeglansdorp1595]

Harbour lights by John Bradley is also charted by Artecy. Both in the normal size (think head mini) and in large ( 550 by 366, so a little smaller than this one).

[@natureluvr_d7186]

After seeing the Red Panda thumbnail I had to watch it. How beautiful and realistic. I subscribed and I'm watching a few of the old videos. How many realistic animals have you done? I know you said they were in your office at work but would it be possible to take some photos? I have a Cheetah pattern I'm looking for because my mom loves them and as soon as I find the book "Safari" by Jane Netley Mayhew, I'll start it. It's a hardback book so I don't know how it will be to stitch from. It had lots of African Wildlife patterns. I love and desire Lady of the Flag but won't ever have her unless they re-release her again without limits. They could make a lot of money if they did.

[@susie-q96]

I started watching you in Jan as I was just getting back into cross stitching after a 20+ yr absence. I enjoyed your videos and hope you are doing well. You’re obviously from western PA, Pittsburg area? Yinz.

[@craftycondostitcher8831]

I have a question. I've started my first HAED and of course I've made a mistake. When that happened to you on Henry did you frog or did you leave it or did you stitch over it? Also, glad you're back!

[@susantaylor530]

Hi, Gerald, Now that school’s out, will we be seeing you again?

[@luvslyfe1]

Seems like he quit doing YT videos

[@susantaylor530]

@@luvslyfe1 Yes. I miss seeing him.