i've achieved my final form

got back into cross stitch in a big way recently!

found this incredible pattern by @8pxl and then decided to muck around and edit it so it looked more like the love of @nonuniqueindie's life

(i think i pulled it off!)

going to wash this and find a cute frame for it and then it's going up on the wall somewhere.

progress photos below the cut!

1. It fucking HURTS!!! Wherever the infection is will be red hot to the touch, and also be in extreme pain. My infection was in my left ankle and if I tapped my left foot on the ground, I would be crying in pain

2. They are not able of having in depth conversations. The infection messes with your head, even if it is far away from your brain. For me, I was so incredibly tired all the time. You could talk to me, but I felt like I was living in molasses the whole time. It was very, very hard for me to hold a conversation with anyone

3. The person is sick in EVERY WAY. I was throwing up constantly, I could barely keep food down, and anything I did eat made me feel sick afterwards. I was also so weak that getting myself into my kitchen from my bedroom would wind me. My apartment is less than 700 square feet. It is not a far distance between the 2

Edited April 8th 2026

Pedäjä - pine (Pinus, especially Pinus sylvestris) Bokkońe - green pinecone Helveh - The thin, leaflike pieces of pine bark Honga - large, old pine Kelo - dead, dried up and barkless pine Käbry - any conifer cone Mäntö - pine with especially lot of branches Mäzrä - vascular cambium of pine Niga - dead pine that still has it's bark Peäköńe - pinecone Pilpa - the small, dry powdery pieces of pine bark Ruga - dried pine (or spruce) resin Smola - pine resin Šilo - straight, nearly branchless pine

Koivu - birch (Betula) Ihvi - moisture that raises on birch bark Kierikoivu - Betula nana Mahla - birch sap Nält't'ä - Vascular cambium of birch Pihkakoivu - Betula pubescens Pihkalehti - the barely opened first spring leaves of birch Riveh - birch catkin Retenkoivu - Betula verrucosa Rutta - leafbud of birch Tuohi - birch bark Viža - young, small birch

Hoaba - common aspen (Populus tremula)

Kuuzi - spruce (Picea, especially Picea abies) Karas - dead, dried up spruce Keyhnä - the outmost fine, fluffy layer of spruce bark Koššus - spruce bark Käbry - any conifer cone Ńäre - small, young spruce Ruga - dried spruce (or pine) resin Šiiška - large spruce cone Viidapuu - straight, even spruce

Niini - small-leaved linden (Tilia cordata)

Voahtera - maple (Acer platanoides) Linduzet - the fruit of the maple tree

Leppä - alder (Alnus) Halieleppä - Alnus incana Käbryne - alder cone Mussaleppä - Alnus glutinosa Ripša - male catkin of alder

Paivu - willow (Salix) Lambahut - willow catkin, especially when not yet bloomed Parkki - willow bark Raida - goat willow (Salix caprea) Vetla - white willow (Salix alba)

Kadai - common juniper (Juniperus communis)

Tammi - Oak (Quercus, especially Quercus robur)

Tuomi - bird cherry (Prunus padus) Puumaŕda - berry of bird cherry

Pihlai - rowan (Sorbus, especially Sorbus aucuparia) Pihlareboi - rowan tree full of berries Räbinä - rowanberry, sometimes also the tree

D'alai, ulmus, väzipuu - elm

Kiparesnoi (puu) - cypress (Cupressaceae)

it’s okay that i don’t have a sewing machine

i love backstitching by hand for hours

this has got to be great for my back

millions of my ancestors did this and they lived almost as long as i want to