Hi, folks! I thought I'd move all of this info over from the old BB before it goes. If anyone else has anything they'd like to add, let me know!
Tip: Enlarge the chart! I did a 140% copy of mine, and it's so much easier to work from.
Error: At the bottom right of the castle panel, where the castle reflection is up against the border and corner wooden frame in the design, there are a number of quarter stitches missing. I just filled these in with a color/blend that looked right (from the beige/browns of the castle reflection).
There are also a couple of quarter stitches missing behind the Maiden's head. I suggest just filling these in with a suitable background color.
I also posted a tip to the old thread about similar symbols in the Knight panel. The major culprit here is the half-filled circle, and it is used in three ways (ie filled left, right and bottom halves) in a very small area around the top of the horse's legs.
There is a similar situation on the right side of the hill below the castle. >, <, <and_, >and_ are used in the bushes there. Get the right green.
The bead holes in the boarders are not outlined in the chart, but the other bead holes in the panels are. I looked at the example, they are backstitched in 610. So I did.
There is a gap behind the maiden's head next to the forground tree. I filled it with 502/3363 (unfilled down-right arrow). At thebottom of the unicorn's mane three over from the tree trunk there is a missing half stitch. I filled it with 524/3013 (curly w).
There is no back stitch for the horn. I used 413 the darkest backstitch gray.
On the shield of the knight's horse, the seal is missing the center. I used 316/3726 (cents sign) like the other five on the restof the armor. Just below the nose of the horse, the green stripe is missing a half stitch. I used 502/3363 (the unfilled down-right arrow).
if you are stitching on 28ct you might want to purchase extra of the following-
422,452,453,502,503,610,611,612,613,3032,3033,3363,3787.
I used 611 on the extreme outside edge. The 610/3787 (yes two strands) is used on the wood like bracets at the bottom corners of the panels. I used 610 on everything else. The upper bracets, inner edges, diamond eyelets, border between panels, & bead spaces.
For those yet to start - I stitched this one on 28 ct (Brittney) and only needed a full skein of each color. A couple of the colors (eg 610) came real close to running out, and if I'd had to frog lots of them, I would have run out!
Another couple of the colors (eg 520, 778 from memory) only used a teensy amount of each. Rather than start the skein that the LNS sent me, I just used up stuff from my stash. My suggestion is that you carefully go over the chart and symbol list looking for these ones that use only a little bit of the particular color.
Also the petite gold beads - you only need about a dozen or 18 in total, so it's not worth buying a whole new packet if you already have them in your stash.
Thanks to Catherine, Tamaera, and Ruth for most of these tips!
Tip: Enlarge the chart! I did a 140% copy of mine, and it's so much easier to work from.
Error: At the bottom right of the castle panel, where the castle reflection is up against the border and corner wooden frame in the design, there are a number of quarter stitches missing. I just filled these in with a color/blend that looked right (from the beige/browns of the castle reflection).
There are also a couple of quarter stitches missing behind the Maiden's head. I suggest just filling these in with a suitable background color.
I also posted a tip to the old thread about similar symbols in the Knight panel. The major culprit here is the half-filled circle, and it is used in three ways (ie filled left, right and bottom halves) in a very small area around the top of the horse's legs.
There is a similar situation on the right side of the hill below the castle. >, <, <and_, >and_ are used in the bushes there. Get the right green.
The bead holes in the boarders are not outlined in the chart, but the other bead holes in the panels are. I looked at the example, they are backstitched in 610. So I did.
There is a gap behind the maiden's head next to the forground tree. I filled it with 502/3363 (unfilled down-right arrow). At thebottom of the unicorn's mane three over from the tree trunk there is a missing half stitch. I filled it with 524/3013 (curly w).
There is no back stitch for the horn. I used 413 the darkest backstitch gray.
On the shield of the knight's horse, the seal is missing the center. I used 316/3726 (cents sign) like the other five on the restof the armor. Just below the nose of the horse, the green stripe is missing a half stitch. I used 502/3363 (the unfilled down-right arrow).
if you are stitching on 28ct you might want to purchase extra of the following-
422,452,453,502,503,610,611,612,613,3032,3033,3363,3787.
I used 611 on the extreme outside edge. The 610/3787 (yes two strands) is used on the wood like bracets at the bottom corners of the panels. I used 610 on everything else. The upper bracets, inner edges, diamond eyelets, border between panels, & bead spaces.
For those yet to start - I stitched this one on 28 ct (Brittney) and only needed a full skein of each color. A couple of the colors (eg 610) came real close to running out, and if I'd had to frog lots of them, I would have run out!
Another couple of the colors (eg 520, 778 from memory) only used a teensy amount of each. Rather than start the skein that the LNS sent me, I just used up stuff from my stash. My suggestion is that you carefully go over the chart and symbol list looking for these ones that use only a little bit of the particular color.
Also the petite gold beads - you only need about a dozen or 18 in total, so it's not worth buying a whole new packet if you already have them in your stash.
Thanks to Catherine, Tamaera, and Ruth for most of these tips!
