I was supposed to working outside in the garden today, but things went a bit wrong. Because I was nearing the end of my cross stitch project, I thought I'd get the threads out for my next project, a bigger one (112 x 140 stitches, whole stitches only, but there are no unstitched spaces, so it's over 15k stitches). I doubt I'll get it finished for my friend's visit in June, I should have started weeks ago, but I'll see how far I can get. Anyway, I was getting the threads out and there were two that I thought must be a misprint, because as far as I knew, DMC thread numbers started at 150 and these were both way lower than that. So I was panicking, didn't know what to do, emailed the cross stitch magazine the design was in, and they kindly got back to me within the hour with a stockist for the threads. I can only assume DMC has some new threads that aren't on the list I've got. Note to self — track down a new DMC thread list.


Anyway, I've ordered the threads, but I was rattled enough that it threw my entire day off balance and I ended up staying in, finishing the rose (no photos yet), and starting the new design. I really need to photocopy the chart so I can cross off what I've done so far, but that means I'll have to go to the library so I don't know when I'll get that sorted. I'll just have to try not to make mistakes...


I did do my daily caterpillar hunt, got 72. Would have been more, but I dropped a couple.