Pay attention!!!

Hiya.  The putz did it again.  I was so close to having Eunice finished when I realized I wasn't paying attention to the chart once again.  I'll show you what I did and didn't do .... but first ..... my cupboard is almost done!

I've been spending a lot of time with buying removing buying changing buying sanding off the paint and all I have left is the aging wash, wax, wood latches, and knobs.  It's a lot bigger than I thought it would be but I'll have plenty of storage.

Eunice.  Poor Eunice.

Take a look at the main chart. The dot symbol is for 310 (black) and since the over one was dots - I figured black!  Wrong.  Also, look at the distance between Eunice and Birchard along with an element between the two.  (The white line is the fold of the chart which is done on tan paper and kind of hard to read.) 

This is the over one graph printed beneath the main graph.

It clearly shows the symbol of the required color but I didn't double check because I assumed it was black.  Any other symbol would not fit in the tiny space so of course a dot would be used on the main graph.  Pay attention!   I also didn't catch that there is no element and certainly not the space required between the two names as shown on the main chart.  But I wasn't paying attention and continued to follow the over one graph without checking the main graph, stitching "aged 13" right beneath "sampler" which is also wrong.  Look at the main graph putz!  So I had to remove "Birchard", the sampler line was fine, and also removed the "aged 13" line.  Not easy on over one for me even though it is only 30 count.  The black floss left a nice smudge so I used my duct tape to remove the fuzz and it looks pretty good now.  I should have been finished but once again, my lack of focus and patience cost me.  I decided to keep it all in 310 since I would have had to remove "Eunice" as well.  When will I learn?  I'll bet Lucy is shaking her head. 

I'll end with mushball Bud playing kissy face with his girlfriend who is his baby momma.  Does anyone else find that term disturbing?  I do.  Very much.  But this baby momma will no longer be having babies.  Bud bathes her and she just lays there enjoying.  She has no shame.

Hello to new followers.  Thank you so much for signing up to endure a procrastinating, flashing, indecisive, forgetful, menopausal stitcher.  Hope you all have an enjoyable and safe weekend.

Thank you for visiting!!

p.s.  I wanted to mention that I didn't realize the free chart from The Gentle Art was from the fabulous Nan!  Also visit her Threadwork Primitives and click on Free charts to see her great offers.

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