Full Coverage - April 2024 Month End Report

 

The Mead Dragon (Art by Stanley Morrison, Charted by Paine Free Crafts) got 4,018 stitches in April - well over my goal of 2,500.  That brings me to a total so far of 13,526 stitches out of 94,500 or 14.31%.

Here's where I started the month for comparison

I got a little self indulgent and put in the black 'wing tips' on both wings.   I'm still working one strand of color on the dragon, one strand of DMC318 (to color complete that problem symbol that doesn't outline well in Pattern Keeper - 506 stitches left) and then a few strands of background.  I don't want to get too far behind on the black/navy/grey.   I'm working on the fourth row of squares across, working pretty much according to the typewriter method, working from upper left across and down to find the next unworked color.  Once I've worked that 'next unworked stitch', I hunt around for other stitches in that color and just work out the thread wherever it takes me with the goal of avoiding any sharp edges that could put a tension line in the work.   

Thank goodness for Pattern Keeper.  I resisted moving to electronic charts for a long time, but I love this app.   And I'm being very careful to back up at the end of each stitching session and keep two days of backup in Dropbox.   

There's still a long way to go