I kept getting off track--couldn't count to two because I kept counting to three--ripped out more than I left in--accidentally cut threads that should not have been cut--yesterday I could not do a single thing right.
And it's ironic because I have stitched virtually this same pattern on samplers and other projects before. In double running. Without trauma.
Consequently, I finally put it in time-out and sat and fumed until bedtime.
Today as I was driving home from work, I decided, no matter what, I was going to get this done and move on. And I did.
Now I'm going to work on leaves and flowers and pretty things.
And hope I can continue to count correctly.
I feel your pain!
ReplyDeleteYikes, hate when that happens, but you did the best thing...put it down and came back later with renewed determination! :)
ReplyDeleteI'm sorry for all the trouble this part gave you. In the end it turned out lovely. I've been driven mad over a small backstitched piece on s Shepherd's Bush design. It was a small little area and for some reason I couldn't follow the darned chart.
ReplyDeleteSounds like either Frances was begging you to work on her, or else the diagonal stitch gremlin was after you (boo, hiss to diagonal stitch gremlin - he gave me fits a couple of bands ago on Jane Turner). But your lovely twisted chain is done and now you get to stitch a whole bunch of nifty flowers. And some acorns! :)
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