Flosstube 36: Winter is Hard, but Finishes are Good!

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[@cotterillfamily7355]

Mate you have been through the wringer!! Take all the time you need to feel better, the channel can wait - you focus on feeling better xx take care, Nic x😊

[@Ailarra918]

Thank you! 🥰💙🦄🪡

[@dawnw2156]

So glad to see you. Just make sure you don't push yourself to hard, so you don't push back your recovery time. It was great to see so much crossing off on your project board. Get well and happy stitching 😺

[@Ailarra918]

Thank you so much! 💙🌞🌷💙

[@HoopItUpWithJan0606]

Oh Dear!!! Pneumonia is no joke. So painful. So glad you are doing better. I hope you’re not anemic. You have been through it lately. Hopefully your body has what it needs to fight it all. I won’t stitch a thing without Markup! It’s that one tool that would be me not enjoy stitching so much if I had to do without it. Happy stitching and stay healthy!🫶

[@Ailarra918]

Unless anemia developed recently, I've never had a problem with it 🤞. I'm due for a bliod panel, so I'll be sure to keep an eye out for iron levels when the results come back. And I agree about pur stitching programs! Not sure what I'd do if they suddenly weren't available anymore 😬😬😬😬 .....probably print out a page at a time and press on, but with lots of grumbling 🤣 💙🦄🪡🌷🌞🪻

[@lucycraft1]

Wow… so much accomplished! Totally enjoyed all the great stitching! Please take care of yourself.

[@Ailarra918]

Thank you for watching! Glad you enjoyed 💙

[@mrhickswife]

Love catching up with you! Glad your feeling better! You should just throw in a little notecard on the butterfly project to remind yourself of the stitchy plan and one for the gridded project to remind yourself of the glitch in the grid. Blessings!

[@Ailarra918]

Great idea!! I did already iron out the grid for Woodland Enchantress - I'll have to do the note card for Butterly! 💙

[@tellmeayarn1801]

Let me know if you would like the DMC conversion chart for Dimensions. I requested it from Dimensions because they discontinued the pattern that I needed more floss for. In the end I'm just going to convert the colors to others and restart the pattern on a different fabric.

[@Ailarra918]

Thank you for the offer! I did already have the conversion for these threads - just using up the leftover kit floss first 😁💙

[@JustJan2662]

Man I hope you continue to get better. And stay better! Thanks for taking time while not feeling great to share progress with us❤

[@Ailarra918]

Thank you! 💙🥰💜

[@coveredinfloss]

You just cannot get a break! Poor you!!! I hope soon you will get better, but still, great that you could take this time for stitching. Your progress is amazing ❤

[@Ailarra918]

I'm hoping with the turning of the Seasons is also a turning of my health. That's usually the case as every January I seem to get sick like this 😭. Maybe I just need to move south for the winters 😂

[@stitchyfolklorist]

Sending healing thoughts-thanks once again for a lovely floss tube!

[@Ailarra918]

Thank.you so much for watching! 💙🦄🪡

[@juliewilde663]

Hope you feel better soon!! Love that you got to stitch on so many projects! ❤❤❤

[@Ailarra918]

Thank you! 💙🥰💜

[@amotleyartwkatherine]

Hope you feel better soon! Do what you can but don't push yourself to hard and make yourself sicker. Fun to see all the projects being crossed off.

[@Ailarra918]

Thanks so much! 💙🦄🪡

[@Lisa-vb3gn]

I love your videos, but will happily wait until you have your health and your job on an even keel!

[@Ailarra918]

Aww thank you, Lisa! I was definitely ready to record, though! I missed it and was itching for about a week to come back lol 💙

[@Mariane_et_ses_passions]

It was so nice to spend time with you when I stitch. I am so impressed by all your wips and accomplishments! I hope you get better and to see another video soon.

[@Ailarra918]

Thank you for hanging out with me and watching! 🥰💙🦄🪡

[@kaylitentstitch6614]

O.m.g your chalkboard/bristol board thing is A.M.A.Z.I.N.G ❤ that marker is some serious asmr. Lol

[@Ailarra918]

Haha thank you! That marker makes my skin crawl 😂🤣😂

[@SmallTownStitches]

Gosh girl! Feel better! I was down for 1 weeks and finally went to get checked out after 6 days of not being able to keep anything down the worst cough ever and I had pneumonia too. Just finishing up my antibiotic now. Take care of yourself!!!!

[@Ailarra918]

Oh no! It's been rough for sooooo many people this winter! Hope you're all fixed up now. I've just started my second round of antibiotics 🙄 💙🦄🪡💜

[@anaussieinakiwiworld9355]

Glad you are feeling better enough to spend time with us. Great progress and stitches. Not sure about others but I need to mute when you are marking off the board, is like fingernails on the chalk board. Hope I don't miss to much while in mute. Look forward to your next video, take care of yourself and happy stitching 🌷🌷

[@Ailarra918]

Oh no! It honestly makes my back teeth itch when I cross stuff off, too,so knowing it bothers even one other person, I will see of I can edit the next video to mute that particular sound! I'll let you know if it works before I publish it 😘💙 Thank you for spending time with me and you didn't miss a thing while it was muted 💙

[@CCLstitches]

So glad you are feeling better but holy moly you got soooo much stitching done! Love it. I gotta try scanning a paper pattern into mark up r-xp, I am absolutely loving it right now…even more so than pattern keeper😮😂 I manually count stitches with paper patterns so if I could get them into mark up…what a game changer!

[@Ailarra918]

Definitely play around with scanning patterns in! I wish I could figure out why I can't get Drive to work on my PC so I could get higher resolution images into Markup! Might help with symbol recognition 🤔. Glad it's working so well for you!! 💙

[@Tricia-TheLefthandedStitcher]

Please look into taking Vit D3. Dr John Campbell on KZbin is a very good source of information on the benefits to your immune system.

[@Ailarra918]

Thanks for the recommendation! 💙🦄💜

[@mazerolle77]

Was so glad to see a new video and was thrilled to see how long it was.❤❤

[@Ailarra918]

Thank you for watching my marathons! 😂💙🪡🦄

[@KelsStitches]

So happy to see your video pop up and I've finally got time after work to watch it. Hopefully you are on the mend now and there'll be no more grossness going into warmer weather for you guys. 🧡🐎🧵

[@Ailarra918]

Thank you, Kelly! Really hoping I can get to enjoy the warmer weather soon without the crud lol. Hope your sniffles have flown the coop by now! 💙🦄🪡

[@lindaklinedinst9236]

Hi Ailarra I hope that you start to feel better soon. I know it’s not fun. I have had Bronchitis - Acute Bronchitis - Tracheo Bronchitis in the past. I was put on Steroids and Z Paks for several weeks. Love all of your WIPS - you are making progress on them. I love them. They are so pretty. Take Care & Happy Stitching ❤️🤗🧵🪡🧵❤️

[@Ailarra918]

Thank you! 🥰💙🦄

[@Claudia_petals-n-wings]

Hello friend I love all your amazing projects. You inspire me to start all the things. Hope you will be back to 100%soon. Feel better and stitch on...hugs❤❤

[@Ailarra918]

Thank you, I hope so, too! Starting almost the things has been very fun for me 😁. Thank you so much for watching! 💙🪡🦄

[@shanadaniels9689]

Hi Alairra! I'm so glad to hear from you again.I was getting a bit worried. I'm sorry to hear you've been that ill. I hope you'll be better soon! I've watched this video while on my momcation actually and really enjoyed it, even though it was a bit rough. That's the kind of video's I love cause it shows real life! Btw my momcation is not very fancy. Just out for the weekend in a nice hotel where I've just been eating, sleeping and cross stitching xD I might be misstaken since at that moment in your video I was marking off my own paper pattern xD but when you were crossing out the christmas ornament "rocking horse" I think you forgot to put a star next to it. You did finish that one too right? Also congratiolations to ms Johnston! Lucky girl! :D Happy stitching Ailarra, I'll look forward to Sunday!

[@Ailarra918]

Your momcation sounds amazing!! And yep! Totally forgot to star the rocking horse 😆. Thank you so much for spending time with me! 🥰🌷🌞💙

[@sunrise49738]

Hi Ailarra! I hope your crud dissipates quickly. Mine has not and will probably get put on another antibiotic later today. I already had a course of 10 days for walking pneumonia, felt better for 2 days, and then started back into it all again, so will see what my doctor has to say today (Friday). I wouldn't be surprised if he puts me on a steroid and another antibiotic. The cough is still horrible and I am running hot and cold literally every few hours even though my temperature is running 97.1 to 97.5. Can definitely relate to no appetite. My entire food intake today was a fried egg sandwich that my mom made, coffee, and Diet Pepsi. Congrats on finishing your Mason Jar kit, the rocking horse ornament, and your model stitch! It is a gorgeous piece! Glad to see Veil Nebula come out to play for a bit. Wow, the inside of Dragons of the Sabot is really coming together nicely. Bet it is exciting to be outlining the dragons now. I always love seeing you but really just base it on how you feel on when you film again. You need to be able to fully recover after everything you have been through already this year plus I know you have to catch up on your business. I just ran into a huge change in dye lots with DMC 3363. Luckily it was in an area of grass so I just kept going with it and I had not even had the first skein of 3363 for that long. You forgot to give your Rocking Horse Ornament a star. Hope you get better each and every day my friend! Happy stitching. Dawn in TX

[@Ailarra918]

Oh, Dawn, I'm so sorry to hear you've been so ill as well! Hope the second round knocks it out for good for you! Thanks for the reminder about the star 🌟 💙

[@tinamickelson1189]

Hope you feel better soon. Your projects are fun. I Enjoy watching..

[@Ailarra918]

Thank you so much! 💙🥰💜

[@karinmonnich3310]

Love your finishes and your progress on your beautiful wips. I was so sad when I heard that you going to the first weekend in April to StitchNorth, because I am going to the second weekend. I would have loved to meet you in person. I hope you are feeling better soon. Take care. Happy stitching!

[@Ailarra918]

Awww, that would have been amazing to meet you! As of a day and a half ago, I heard weekend A still had openings, and I know they switched my weekend last year for me 😆😉. Thank you for all your support 💙

[@krisevans8072]

Take care of yourself and don’t worry about us. We will all be here waiting for you when you are fully recovered. Don’t push yourself feeling you have to do everything (especially the vids).

[@Ailarra918]

Thank you! 🥰💙🦄🪡

[@mistyjones8854]

wow, you had a long month on your hands.... glad that you are feeling better!! I wanted to chime in as a markup user that you can move the grid lines around. if you click on the gear on the left hand side, scroll down until you get to the grid setup. under the on this page section, there are 2 options. play around with those options until your gridlines are where you want them to be. as you click the plus or minus symbol, you will see on the right hand side of your chart where those lines are being placed. there are options for both vertical and horizontal. i LOVE markup for my paper patterns and can now do all of my patterns now happily. I was a huge fan of mystic stitch but they are now out of business. i bought a ton of patterns from them and drew them all in manually. no longer do i have to do that .... the dimensions finish was beautiful!! i may chime in and edit my comments but the markup portion i had to chime in so that your grids are not off. just move them where you want to and you will be okay. definitely play around with the settings in there. i prefer my squares in blocks of 5 and you can change your area to anything you want. take care if i don't edit my comment lol!! edited.... with dimensions, some of their floss colors have a dmc conversion to them. Search for dimensions to dmc and you may be able to convert some of the threads. if so, you can manually add the colors into the key on markup. if you get that far, let me know lol!!

[@Ailarra918]

Thanks for the tips! I'll have to play around more with the grid setup....might have to just add rows where there aren't any and see if i can get the pages to merge that way. I did already have the DMC conversion - just using up the leftover kit floss first 😁💙

[@mariamannion1409]

Hope you feel better soon. Take care of yourself. Always look forward to your video's but don't overdo it just for us. We can wait . It's always worth it 😊

[@Ailarra918]

Thank you so much! 🥰🦄🪡💙

[@MissusStitches]

Looking forward to your next video. It was not painful to watch your video at all. I would love to hear your plans for next year. I got mine set already. Take care, it sure has been a rough year for you so far. Get better soon.

[@Ailarra918]

Hi Sheila! One of these videos I'll actually talk about next year's plans 😂. Thank you so much for watching! 💙

[@txcrafter4ever]

Please take care of yourself and not worry about floss tube I've had people that I've known die from the seven is no joke please please take care of yourself great video

[@Ailarra918]

I'm doing my best 💙😘💜

[@debra5483]

I had that crud as well...at the same time I was scheduled for a pacemaker. Luckily I did not have a fever on that day and the Dr did it.

[@Ailarra918]

Oh, no! So scary to be sick for a procedure like that! So glad you were able to get it done! 💙🦄🪡

[@sallynelson2503]

You have had such a rough start to this year. It can only get better ❤. Love your videos.

[@Ailarra918]

Thank you! Sprung has sprung, so it's better already! 🌷🌞

[@marzipanstitcher8571]

Next year is gonna involve some hard choices 😂

[@Ailarra918]

Nah, way easier than you might think 😉😘💙

[@lilysmomma785]

Missed you, been such here as well, but glad to see you back 😊

[@Ailarra918]

Aww thank you! Sorry to hear you've also been struggling with the crud! Hope everyone gets healthy soon! 💙

[@StitchinwLoo]

It must feel SO satisfying to cross the projects off ur board there, and to look at it and see all "cross outs of accomplishments"! It makes me want to do something similar with all my wips and planned starts. I mean really I just want to start everything and I seem to have a 123 problem...that or my cat is ordering stuff off my wishlist when I'm not home😂 (yea, ima stick w the latter excuse) lolol. LOVE that bluebird finish! U got some really great progress on ur wips despite feeling so 💩... hoping u r feeling better soon! 🪡❤️

[@StitchinwLoo]

That's funny...u said that right after I posted this comment 😂😂

[@Ailarra918]

Thank you! I highly recommend a board or list or something...it really is pretty motivating knowing I have thay waiting for me. Hahahha...bad kitty! 😂 Great minds think alike 😂🤣

[@sharonmarie66]

Super video , hope you feel lots better soon 😀

[@Ailarra918]

Thank you! 💙🥰💜

[@EsmeraldaL]

great to see you back. I hope you get well soon.

[@Ailarra918]

Thank you! Me, too lol 💙🦄🪡

[@JackieOnyon]

Just finding your channel and dang it sounds like you have had such a rough couple of months. Hope you're feeling better!! Your collection of WIPs is amazing. I am so curious about the 32ct evenweave from AliExpress...I have searched high and low for large cuts but have been unsuccessful. What did you think about about it, is it any good?

[@Ailarra918]

Thank you so much for joining me! I've gotten to work on the new 32 count and I LOVE it!! Super easy to stitch on for 1x1 work! 💙🪡🦄

[@JackieOnyon]

@@Ailarra918 oh, so good to know! Thank you, I may take the plunge 😬

[@Ailarra918]

@JackieOnyon let me know what you think if you do! 💙

[@jonihall8754]

Ailarra, I found your New Year WIP parade(s) a couple of months ago and did not write your name down so luckily this weekend your latest video popped up again and I did write it down and subscribed. You are amazing! I do not necessarily do full coverage (yet) but I love and appreciate those folks that do. I like the fact you are doing what you love and it’s not the same old charts that everyone else is doing. You don’t know it but I’m “spending” my weekend with you catching up on your videos. You have inspired me to try a full coverage so I’ve ordered a kit from Golden Kite….and it just happens to be a Unicorn 🦄 😊. Also, I appreciate your willingness to discuss your mental health which so much of what you say I can relate to such as anxiety, depression, etc. My cross stitch is my therapy and I appreciate the cross stitch community. BTW, I’ve been to Stitch-Con three times and it is an amazing experience and you would be amazed at how it feels!

[@Ailarra918]

Oh my goodness, thank you for spending so much time hanging out with me and all your kind words. Glad to have you 💙 Which Golden Kite did you get? I don't remember any unicorns, but it's been a while since I've poked around their site! I hope you enjoy the full coverage experience as much as I do lol. I'm sorry you're able to relate so much to the mental health aspect, but it really does help to know we're not alone, eh? One pf these days, I'll get to Stitch-Con! 💙🦄🪡💜

[@jonihall8754]

The Golden Kite kit I ordered is Mythical Steed 😊

[@Ailarra918]

@jonihall8754 ooooo very pretty!!

[@thissideupthatsidedown]

Happy you are on the mend. The blue bird looks like stained glass. Always like to hear about plans and changes in plans. Mega cross off on the list very satisfying to watch. I thought you said 31goals (29 plus 2) done but only ticked off 29, could be wrong. Love the star stickers. Thanks for the video.

[@Ailarra918]

Thanks for watching! That was me misspeaking since I didn't work on all those in a month 🤦‍♀️. The extra two are the focus pieces and will be crossed off at the end of the year 😃

[@thissideupthatsidedown]

Go it. My misunderstanding. You have done very well this first quarter even with all the issues that have tried to get in your way. Great job!

[@Ailarra918]

Thank you! 🥰

[@donnapincince1430]

Please don’t push yourself too hard. You’re still recovering from surgery, and pneumonia just drains away all your strength and resistance. This was the first of your videos in months that showed I was still subscribed since the last one! 🎉

[@Ailarra918]

Thank you, Donna! Also, yay! 🥳💙🦄🪡

[@e_craftingincolorado]

💜💙💜

[@Ailarra918]

💙🌞💙

[@stitchinliz]

Get better soon!

[@Ailarra918]

Thank you! 🥰💙

[@hazelbradshaw3993]

Glad to see you back,I just love your videos.Hope you feel a lot better soon.😊

[@Ailarra918]

Thank you so much! I definitely feel better than I did 😅💙🪡🦄

[@DeviSisk]

Hope you feel better soon ❤ 💛🐇❤️🐰🖤

[@Ailarra918]

Thank you! 💙🥰💜

[@Ailarra918]

Good to have you back in my comment section 💙😘💜

[@booksandstitches]

💛💜

[@Ailarra918]

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[@CharleneTaylor-kz8lz]

You lost your voice

[@Ailarra918]

I sure did 😂

[@CharleneTaylor-kz8lz]

In hope you feel better

[@Ailarra918]

Thank you 🥰

[@CharleneTaylor-kz8lz]

When I get sick it goes to my lungs

[@Ailarra918]

Seems like my illnesses like to do that, too. So much not fun 😕