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7/21/25 - look how much progress i made rahhhhhh!!!! all that's left now is the colors i ran out of and need to go buy more of still, and the black surrounding them as i've learned that pulling lighter-colored thread through the same hole as black thread leaves black fuzzies on the lighter color. so i do black last now if i can help it. oh and i need to do backstitch... aka re-learn how to backstitch. i decided to do the candles in teal instead of the dark green the pattern called for, as i think it looked closer to the example image of the pattern and i like it better than way. soon i can work on other projects!

6/21/25 - lots of progress now! this color has been fun to do since it's filling out some sections completely and bringing the leaves/branches together. it's exciting to see the finished design come more into view! i'm trying to figure out the best layout for this page that will allow me to show my previous progress pics as well... tbd.

6/5/25 - FUCKKK i had to rip out the leaves in the top left i just did because i miscounted by one. you know what they say.... count three times, end up stitching six anyway or something. i can't wait to be done with this lol. idk where the image for this one went so it'll just be the same as the previous.

6/1/25 - progress is slow because i really dislike rethreading my needle, and the rest of this color requires me to do it pretty much every 2 minutes... x_x and i'll have to move the fabric in my hoop eventually to get the top and bottom done so i'm procrastinating that too. i also realized there were 5 stitches in the bottom right that were the wrong color somehow. looking forward to being done with this color!
i also forgot to mention that i'll be giving the finished piece as a birthday gift! i have about 3 and a half months left to finish by then. i started at the beginning of the year and i'm really glad i gave myself this much time to do it.

5/19/25 - i ran out of two colors..... it's because this is my third time restarting this piece -_- my first try i miscounted so bad and didn't notice until i was like 75% done, and i would have had to rip out at least half of it to fix it. my second try i decided to use 3 strands to see if it had a fuller look than 2, but after stitching with 2 strands for so long, 3 felt too thick and hard to work with so i quickly started over again... i definitely prefer 2 strands on 14 ct now, especially because i can do an easier loop start.
i plan on doing the fire surrounding the cauldron in glow in the dark thread! on my first try i blended one strand of GITD and one strand of the color the pattern calls for, and it looked green enough under the light but i'm not sure if it's GITD enough for my liking. i did some tests before starting and it seems like blending 2 GITD strands and 1 green strand gave the brightest result, but i DID just decide to stitch with 2 strands so... 1 of each it'll have to be. tbh the green is more important anyways since the finished piece probably won't be under strong enough light to always GITD (but hopefully it does? that would be cool).