Cat Comfort

Cat Comfort is complete! Here he is both before and after backstitching. The backstitching on this one actually doesn't make as much of a difference as it does with some designs.

 

I really like this gridding pen. I started this piece about a month ago, and the pen washed out with no problem: I didn't even need to wash it, just let it touch the water and the lines disappeared.

I'm thinking next is going to be to try to finish Twilight Silhouette. It's half done, and it works up pretty quickly since it's mostly half stitches. Probably going to do all the full stitches first then finish with the half stitches, even though the half stitches are in the background and you'd think they should be done first. But my half stitches are looser than my full stitches, and it feels like they're more liable to get pulled out of shape from subsequent stitches.

Cat Comfort

Well now, there appears to be a kitty silhouette defined in there!

I've decided to do all the half-stitches first and fill in the pillows and blankets before filling in the cat in the middle. Of course, there's still some kitty that's going to get stitches, but most of him should be kept until the end.

When working on these, I'm always up so close, and you can't really see what the picture's supposed to look like, and it looks bad because you can see all the little mistakes that you've made where the stitches aren't lying quite like. I'm constantly surprised when I zoom out to look at the piece in its entirety how much better it looks, and that you can actually make out what the picture's supposed to be when you couldn't see it close up.

That ends this rotation, and next up is another new start: Provence Market.

Cat Comfort

Hard to see because the first couple are so light, but that's two symbols complete. Still have another two days to devote to this, so should have at least one more symbol complete by the end :)