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GRRRRRR!

This falls under the heading of Reading Is A Good Thing with a subheading of Read Carefully 2 Or Even 3 Times Before Starting.

I'm about 2/3 done with my current project, a Victorian house. I've been working on the "trees" on the sides and am nearly done. I just noticed last week that 2 symbols use the same blended threads and thought, Huh. Didn't think too much about it because one was a half cross and the other a full cross, so okay.

Then last night, as I was getting even closer to the end, I found out that the half cross was supposed to be *3* strands, not 2. GRRRRR!

So, I spent the time I should have been nearly completing *all* the trees going over the half crosses a 2nd time. Thankfully it wasn't on the full crosses, because that would have been much harder and I probably wouldn't have bothered.

And yes, I can tell a difference in the areas I have restitched, so I'm glad in the end that I put in the effort.

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Joan Erickson
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Joan, that would have been terrible if it had been full crosses so consider yourself lucky. LOL. I am close to the finish on my project and discovered a symbol that isn't listed so I had to do some guess work by looking at the photo and going from that. Sharon in MN

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sharoncapps

Oooo, *another* fun challenge! I don't think I've ever run into that particular problem (knock wood).

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Joan Erickson

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sharoncapps

One of the many benefits of cs! :)

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Joan Erickson

I find this to be a particular problem with Mill Hill cross stitch kits on perforated paper. Their patterns are done right, it's just that I forget to look at the "number of threads used" part. Now I try to remember to use a highlighter to highlight this detail, but sometimes my mind still skips rig ht over it. It is certainly a pain in the BUTT when it happens.

hugs, Violet

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Violet Stitches

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