This is a classic stitchers/embroiders dilemma. In this case I don’t simply mean where in the house although that could easily apply. I have “The Clock” stashed in the upstairs lounge. The Hearthside Frame is in the living room with the MFE piece firmly attached to the scroll rods. And then there is the mess of my craft room.
Choices? Not really. I want to finish the flipping Deadly Aquarium. I actually have no clue of how many stitches are left as parts 11 & 13 are loaded into Pattern Keeper individually, while I had to load the whole thing in for Part 12. Those nasty little jelly fish otherwise don’t tell me WHERE they need to be stitched.
And this leads me to the decision point: first choice is to finish each motif in each section before I move on to the next. This involves changing colors numerous times (pulling threads, threading needles etc). Or I can use one the of the colors and stitch everywhere it is called for before moving on to the next color.
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It is now about 2030 in the evening. I managed to finish the stitching on The Deadly but have absolutely no interest in starting the backstitching. I wound up pretty much finishing a color before I moved on to the next. There was the same amount of starting and stopping, but at least I didn’t have to thread needles quite as often. It came to about 850 stitches with most in Part 12, some in Part 11, the least in Part 13 and finally the gulls which should have been stitched way back when I did the frame.
