A Happy Dance!
A big thank-you to Sandra Popek for the RAK she sent me and the beautiful sentiment along with it! I received the chart for Rainbow Girl II by Josephine Wall. I'm very excited about stitching this one. Mock-up: Link to chart Slipping, Sliding, Twirling... I just happened to have a piece of 25 count fabric the perfect size for this chart. I've been doing lots of test patches on 25 and 28 count fabric recently in order to get the hang of stitching on it. Having never attempted to stitch 1 over 1 full cross on these counts I was surprised to find it so difficult. I was having trouble with the stitches slipping and trying to get them to sit neatly seemed impossible. So after doing some research I discovered the following techniques which help to stop stitches slipping (therefore they also impact coverage and neatness). Apologies if you have all seen my posts from facebook already! I got so excited about my discovery that I just had to...