I know, I know, I should really be working on some of my endless WIPs, but this has been calling out at me for so long and has been kitted up for a month that I had to make a start!

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I sent a text to one of my best friend’s with the above picture.  The response was “WHAT IS THAT.  IS THAT RED RIDING HOOD?” … She knows me too well.

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Day 1 Progress.

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Day 2 Progress. Believe it or not, that blob on the left is two different colours.

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Day 3 progress. Starting to introduce varying shades in – I’m a big fan of cross country stitching, I am far too uncoordinated for parking.

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Day 5 – or, as I call it, “Avoid the confetti (single stitches of one colour) for as long as possible”.  I can’t wait until I finally get some kind of pattern coming through – not that this area will have much as it’s the ground and the side of the forest, but I’m hopeful that eventually it will be distinguishable as the forest!

I’ve never gridded my fabric before and seem to be doing fine with my other Heaven and Earth Designs chart (Mini Watching It Fly), however that has a lot less colours – 16 vs. 81!  It’s too late now, but I may keep it in mind for future projects.

I think my aim on this is to finish about four rows across completely – my next aim is to try and fill in those single stitches, but at least I’ve made a bit of progress! The whole thing is just shy of 70,000 stitches, and I’d be surprised if I’ve done more than 1000…. this could take a while.

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