Binary cross-stitch

[carolynbb]

I needed a portable craft to take to my in-laws' house (6 hours on a plane + nothing to do = angry carolyn) and decided on cross-stitching. 

I didn't want to do the puppies and hearts that were on the patterns at the store, so I bought plain 18-count Aida fabric and a split-rail scroll frame. 

The design was easy to choose -- it's our last name in ASCII binary code.     My husband is a software engineer and I'm an engineering project manager, so it's safe to say we're both pretty nerdy.  I haven't yet decided whether to hang the finished product here at home or bring it to work for "street-cred" points with the engineers I work with. 





It's about 5" x 7" and has almost 7000 stitches total.  Fun to do, but now I'm looking forward to adding color to my next project.   

[HSG]

Very cool idea!

Rockin'

[Haylie]

I have seen so many binary crafts on craftster lately...seems we're all just a bunch of nerds!   You need a terrific job; it's nerdy yet pretty!

[Aly_421]

aww that's awesome.
i was wondering though how to "translate" into binary?
because my love is super-nerd and i would love to give him a gift that says something all lovey dovey in binary.
any help? 



oh wow, wait...you stitched the white background too?! that's craaaaaaaaazy! 

[longtimegeek]

i was wondering though how to "translate" into binary?
because my love is super-nerd and i would love to give him a gift that says something all lovey dovey in binary.
any help? 

There are translators on the web - do a search for binary ascii conversion and you should find one or two.  (try a couple to make sure you didn't pick some yahoo's site who thinks it is funny to translate wrong)

[carolynbb]

i was wondering though how to "translate" into binary?
because my love is super-nerd and i would love to give him a gift that says something all lovey dovey in binary.
any help? 

Here's a translation of alphabet characters into ASCII binary.

The only gotcha that you want to consider is that every letter is 8 characters in ASCII binary -- you'll be stitching a loooooong time if you want to do an actual message.   

[Aly_421]

mm, so true...
thank you though!! 

[Orrkid]

You rock. No, really. This is just too cool!

I haven't yet decided whether to hang the finished product here at home or bring it to work for "street-cred" points with the engineers I work with. 

What, is there even a doubt? Make two, of course!

It's about 5" x 7" and has almost 7000 stitches total.  Fun to do, but now I'm looking forward to adding color to my next project.   

There you go, one in color, one in B&W. Which will be for work?

Oooooh, you could get black canvas and neon green or amber thread and do that! Ha, my last name is only three letters - I totally need to make something like this! But definitely get black canvas, so you don't have to stitch all the black. 7,000 stitches? Yeesh!! Yes, good time filler for your trip, but my neck would be looking for a new head and body if I subjected it to that!

At first I saw this as a cover for what I thought was a little box, to use to carry your craft stuff in. Perhaps you can make another to use that way - you know, for the next trip to the in-laws' house.

[miche_chan]

The nerdiness of this blows my mind. You rule!

[kakariki]

Awesome!  This totally rocks!

Nerd stitchers unite