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3/1/26 - so close!!! i ran out of the dark blue color thread again though so updates will become scarce again. i am so excited to be done!

2/15/26 - the dark blue is coming along now that i got more thread! starting with the left side first then i'll gradually move towards the center and the right. also can't forget the whole section down near frisk and monster kid i'll have to fill in. phew!

11/14/25 - only one color left! which i ran out of so this is on pause until i get more. the hoop marks are killing me in this picture i promise the stitches are straight...

9/27/25 - slowly but steadily filling in the dark blue. i contemplated not doing it because it's difficult but i will persevere! it definitely will look better with the dark blue as well. sorry about the difference in image height btw lol....

9/11/25 - not going to be many in-progress pics for this one... i actually restarted it entirely since the last entry because i didn't like how sparse it looked with 2 strands. so now i am doing three! i learned how to do a loop start with an odd number of strands so that definitely helped, even if i think it's messier than an even number. also i take back anything good i had to say about working with black aida. my stitches are so messy and my eyes are tired. i've gotten into the real hell now: stitching a close-to-black color on black aida. what the fuck. it's so hard. you can't see it well in the pattern picture, but there's a dark blue color in every castle window + around the castle itself, as well as down around frisk and monster kid. i've been working on this primarly at work in my downtime and i think i have to do it exclusively at home now because there isn't sufficient lighting at work to see what the hell i'm doing.... but it does look cool so far! i really love the contrast of the lighter blue against the black aida.

5/19/25 - this pattern comes from the official undertale cross stitch book! i was so excited to finally buy it after seeing some really cool patterns from it done with black aida. one thing i'm not sure about is if i should have done a slightly lighter black fabric, but so far the color combination seems ok. the finished piece is also going to be smaller than expected, so maybe one day i'll redo it on a lower count fabric. i'd also like to see if using 3 strands makes it look fuller, that's my biggest concern with it so far.