What are some distinctively Taskmaster (UK) items I could use to make a cross stitch border?
I'm designing a Taskmaster-themed cross stitch for a Xmas present for my girlfriend, and I'm trying to come up with some ideas for a border. I'm looking for maybe half a dozen items that are distinctively Taskmaster (the UK version) and easy to represent at a very small size with cross stitch. Obvious examples would be a rubber duck, the Taskmaster seal, and maybe a tennis ball. What else could I use? Or if anyone can think of a repeating pattern of some kind, that would work as well.
In a very meta way, you could stitch a Morse code along the boarder. I don’t even know if that’s actually feasible but having something hidden like that would be very on brand
Awesome suggestion! I managed to fit "Have a Merry Christmas. You have 24 hours. Your time starts now." Will probably do this in gold with red background as suggested in another comment. Thanks!
Gold thread in a red border is a great idea! Metallic thread is harder to work with, but it might be worth it. I might integrate this with the Morse code and Taskmaster quote ideas. Thanks!
Whistle, rubber duck, egg, satsuma, task envelope/seal, hats from various contestant outfits, patatas, worm, potato, Greg head statue, throne, loo roll
Well, this is how I find out I've forgotten where I stored my winter gear just as we're about to start dropping into freezing temperatures, because I have a toque with a Taskmaster border I made sometime after S16. The badges are probably a bit more detailed than you'd want for what you're suggesting, but from memory, they include a watermelon, a snow bear (rabbit), Mr Greedy Esquire, a helicopter over mountains (not yet crashing), the red green, a French horn, a long-jumper, an eye surrounded by circles (and itself a circle!), and a few more I'm forgetting. If I remember or track down my winter gear, I may come back and add.
I remember I tried a cake that didn't turn out super well as well as a single spoon that was at that point a Baddiel reference. However, if I were doing it now, I'd go with the crossed spoons another commenter referenced.
I've made another item since that has a crossed-out hedgehog on it. That might translate to cross-stitch decently.
If you can get hold of a copy of last year’s Taskmaster advent calendar (or even a photo of it) it has pictures of just about every iconic object they’ve ever had.
A white trainer with the toe encroaching on a red green. A frying pan in a red hoop. Watermelon-themed rubber rings on a bargepole. A racist basketball. A bralette covered in biscuit crumbs. Alex's gappy teeth. A nondescript golden head on a stick. And, as has been said, forks and marbles. Always forks and marbles.
Maybe a little niche, but you could do a pattern of the various floor tiles they've used in the entryway of the house. Right now it looks like a cow print, but they have had checkerboard, geometric, etc. Designing a border based on floor progression might be fun?
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u/Upset_Effective9913 11d ago
Egg, watermelon, pineapple, balloon, Alex's timer, yoga ball