Herb Wreath

All the X's are done! I used 64 needles for this one. I'm so glad I didn't run out!

Speaking of running out, I almost ran out of another two colours (and definitely would have run out of the ones that I subbed in DMC for). This kit was really badly planned out. Unfortunately, the two colours that I almost ran out of are also used in backstitching, so they will also have DMC subbed in. But at least with the backstitching the colours don't need to match exactly (and having them a little darker is actually preferable). I'm going to be leaving all the lettering for last, since that's the part I'm looking forward to the most.

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I know that the rows are getting shorter - they must be, the numbers say so - but it doesn't feel like it. The lighter pink flowers are all finished now, and there's only one of the darker pink and purple ones left. The top has a bunch of what look like bluebells which should be fun, but other than that it's basically just green and yellow left.

Herb Wreath

Well, only got 13 pages and 7 more rows done today... but the center is closed off! In theory, each row now is going to be less and less work. Except for the fact that I'm still adding needles and each row is almost 2 pages long. Logic says that it should happen eventually though.

I can't wait to get to the backstitched lettering on this one.

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Another 10 rows done. And they were long rows. 19 pages worth of instructions for those 10 rows, and managed that all in one day. Feeling pretty accomplished about that!

I've almost closed off the inside of the wreath. If all goes well, I should hit that milestone today.

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The frame has been officially scrolled. I'm pretty close to closing off the center of the wreath, might get to that point by next week!

I've also switched over from 3 of the kit flosses to DMC. There's definitely at least one more I'll have to do that with, but it's the light yellow in the bow, so obviously the bulk of those stitches are at the top of the piece. The last one I might just make with the kit floss if I'm stingy.

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Well, this is the official halfway point! At least in terms of vertical-ness (didn't check stitch count, but should be close enough I figure). All three of the bow ends have been started now (I don't know how there's three, but there you go), as well as the last of the bees. Here's hoping I don't run out of any floss I haven't accounted for.

Herb Wreath

Well, we've got two of the bow ends started (though one is only a single stitch so far).

There is a problem though. I noticed that one of my colours was getting low, so I did some math and realized that the kit was woefully understocked in not one, but five different colours. I tried contacting Bucilla/Plaid but apparently the kit is 15(!) years out of print and they don't carry the colours anymore. So I picked up the closest DMC matches I could find.
I've already started using one of them. I've still got some of the kit floss left for that colour, but I wanted to keep each colour chunk coming from the same floss.