{"id":10346,"date":"2026-04-30T14:16:59","date_gmt":"2026-04-30T18:16:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.theboywonder.net\/?p=10346"},"modified":"2026-04-30T14:42:29","modified_gmt":"2026-04-30T18:42:29","slug":"aida-blues","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theboywonder.net\/?p=10346","title":{"rendered":"Aida Blues"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I started that super secret cross stitch project the other night. I got the black stitching done, but only after a lot of fighting with the threaded needle. Anytime I came up through the back of the fabric with the needle and reached around to pull it through, it would just fall out the back. Frustrating! I started on the next color and decided things just weren&#8217;t right. So, I started comparing the Loops &amp; Thread (Michael&#8217;s house brand) fabric I was using to some other 14-count fabric I have on hand, and the issue became immediately apparent.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.theboywonder.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/img_4455.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"10344\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.theboywonder.net\/?attachment_id=10344\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.theboywonder.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/img_4455.jpg?fit=1854%2C1856&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1854,1856\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;2.2&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;iPhone 16 Pro&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1777539014&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;2.2200000286119&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;160&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.0083333333333333&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Bad Fabric\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.theboywonder.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/img_4455.jpg?fit=660%2C660&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-10344\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.theboywonder.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/img_4455.jpg?resize=400%2C400&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Bad Fabric\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.theboywonder.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/img_4455.jpg?resize=400%2C400&amp;ssl=1 400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.theboywonder.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/img_4455.jpg?resize=1024%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.theboywonder.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/img_4455.jpg?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.theboywonder.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/img_4455.jpg?resize=768%2C769&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.theboywonder.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/img_4455.jpg?resize=1534%2C1536&amp;ssl=1 1534w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.theboywonder.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/img_4455.jpg?resize=300%2C300&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.theboywonder.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/img_4455.jpg?w=1854&amp;ssl=1 1854w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.theboywonder.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/img_4455.jpg?w=1320&amp;ssl=1 1320w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nBad Fabric!!!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.theboywonder.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/img_4456.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"10343\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.theboywonder.net\/?attachment_id=10343\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.theboywonder.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/img_4456.jpg?fit=2000%2C2000&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"2000,2000\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;2.2&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;iPhone 16 Pro&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1777539035&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;2.2200000286119&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;125&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.0083333333333333&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Good Fabric\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.theboywonder.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/img_4456.jpg?fit=660%2C660&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-10343\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.theboywonder.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/img_4456.jpg?resize=400%2C400&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Good Fabric\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.theboywonder.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/img_4456.jpg?resize=400%2C400&amp;ssl=1 400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.theboywonder.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/img_4456.jpg?resize=1024%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.theboywonder.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/img_4456.jpg?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.theboywonder.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/img_4456.jpg?resize=768%2C768&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.theboywonder.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/img_4456.jpg?resize=1536%2C1536&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.theboywonder.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/img_4456.jpg?resize=300%2C300&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.theboywonder.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/img_4456.jpg?w=2000&amp;ssl=1 2000w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.theboywonder.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/img_4456.jpg?w=1320&amp;ssl=1 1320w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nGood Fabric!<\/p>\n<p>No wonder my needle wouldn&#8217;t stay put. The holes on the Loops &amp; Thead fabric are waaaaaaay too big. That issue aside, the fabric&#8217;s overall quality isn&#8217;t all that great either. I really should have been paying more attention before I got started. Now I get to ditch what I have done so far and start from scratch on new (and better) fabric.<\/p>\n<p>I swear this isn&#8217;t going to become a crafting blog. Ha ha.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I started that super secret cross stitch project the other night. I got the black stitching done, but only after a lot of fighting with the threaded needle. Anytime I came up through the back of the fabric with the needle and reached around to pull it through, it would just fall out the back. 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