Lakeside Village, work in progress from newbie

[Makinmagic]

This is my very first project. As with all I do, I dive dip into it and ordered a large kit. I know, I probably should have practiced on something smaller, because I practically have never held a needle until couple weeks ago
This a Lakeside Village by Dimensions, got me with its lovely bright colors. What do you think? I think it looks pretty decent so far fr a total noob. Wow you should see my background, it's such a mess. At least I figured right away that I need to make crosses in the same direction /// \\\. Now I am trying to eliminate diagonal stitches at the back.

[coolpenguin]

I think it looks great! Welcome to our obsession!

[marniecat]

Wow, you're doing a great job!!

[Nachstenliebe]

If you hadn't admitted to being a noob I never would have known

[carladee]

that's looking great

[msufly]

It looks wonderful! And a lot of us here don't care one whit what our backslook like! Looking forward to seeing more of this piece!

[fccs]

That looks great; you'd never know it's your first piece. Well done, and do keep updating your progress.

And welcome to the forum and our lovely addiction.

[Oriettait]

you are doing a great job!

[Ladymyste65]

Very pretty start

[rcperryls]

Very pretty start! and welcome to our forum and to stitching! Hope you will keep posting your updates. Looking forward to getting to know you.

Carole

[vickil]

You are doing great!! Love the colors!!

[Fizzbw]

Well done! And big props to doing a Dimmensions chart!! (I have a love hate relationship with them, in that I buy their kits for the pictures and then never get over the god I hate the chart thing to actually stitch them....)

The colours are amazing here, and sometimes doing a big project can work better of getting the obsession than little stitches.

Look forward to seeing more.

Niki xxx

[Rose]

It s a lovely pattern and for it being your first you are doing fantastic!!!!!!!!

[karen4bells]

It looks wonderful! And a lot of us here don't care one whit what our backslook like! Looking forward to seeing more of this piece!

I totally agree!!!! Great stitching!!!

[Raine]

Welcome! Your first project looks wonderful.

[littleturtlegirl]

Welcome to the forum from Virginia!

I think your piece looks great and don't worry about it being your first piece that is large. I say go big or go home.

[mauveme]

That's lovely, great stitching. Don't worry about the back, mine are nothing to look at especially when you have loads of colour changes. Great work.

[Makinmagic]

Wow, thank you so much, what an amazing encouragement for me!
I have to care for my back, because since I am already deep in the process, I notice that many stitches look not neat - and this is because the back is so overloaded with knots (I was doing knots when I just started) and diagonal stitches on the back, I constantly have trouble finding a hole, getting my thread tie in a knot, and threads from the back pulling to the front with the needle. So I am trying to be neater.
I know I will not was this job if I finish it, because with my lack of technique, it will probably come undone right away and I won't be able to live through that

[mimers]

Beautiful work! I love the colours. I agree it does not look like you are a noob. Keep up the great work!

[mauveme]

If you are getting knots in the back it means the thread it twising, after a few stitches I let my thread and needle hand down and let the twisting spin out, if you are wonering why one thread is longer than the other on the needle after a while, that is also because of twisting. I still get knots so I check every row before I cross it to be sure there are none and if there are I can correct it easier. I find that some threads knot up more than others too.