Elegance of the Orient - Day 1

My word, what have I gotten myself into with this one? Not only is it much larger than I thought it was (318 x 220), but when I opened it up to look through the chart, I realized that, in addition to the full cross stitch, half cross stitch, back stitch and French knots, there was also lazy daisy stitch, twisted lazy daisy stitch, and couching.

This will be quite the endeavor.

But it should look so good once it's done. The thread has really nice coverage on the 18ct. And the large smooth-looking fields of blue were what drew me to this kit originally.