Progress

I have been making good progress on the Rune Sampler. The end is in sight but I am really fighting to resist starting something new. I recently bought a kit called Travel Memories, and I'm finding it hard to resist picking it up. The lure of the blank canvas and all the fresh flosses is hard to ignore. It is relatively small and much of the stitching is done in half cross stitch so it should be quite quick to do. Will push however to get this finished first and can reward myself by doing my new one then.

I know all the instructions in kits and magazine say to finish all the cross stitch before strarting on the back stitch, but what I tend to do is backstitch as I complete a section. That way I have the satisfaction of completeing individulal bits as I go and am not left with a mass of outlining and highlighting to do when I have finished the cross stitching. There is always more to do than you expect.

I have managed to get a bit more done on Frederick too. I started stitching the book spines and some of the gold backstitching, but changed my mind in this case and decided to leave it to the end. I'm worried that moving the hoop round frequently over them will pull and damage the gold thread. So in this case I'll leave that to the end. I'm pleased with the way this is turning out too. Pity I have to go to work!