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I started my new cross stitch project today. Yesterday I used thin, red fishing wire to sew a grid in the fabric to make things easier for me. After about 75 stitches today I noticed I made a mistake yesterday in gridding. Not a huge problem and fairly easily remedied, but I would need to rip out the stitches I did so far.
I was a bit too impatient doing that and ripped a couple of threads in the fabric. Of course in a space where when I restitch things I won't stitch over it.
So I have ordered new fabric. Tomorrow I'll cut it to size, glue the edges to prevent fraying and on Thursday I'll grid it, paying extra attention. I'll probably restart the project on Friday.
Gridding is the most tedious part and I'll have to sew in a grid of 25 by 25 squares. That took me almost three hours yesterday. Skipping it won't do, because a grid does save me a lot of time in the end. Yes, there is fabric with a grid printed on it (dissolves in hot water), but that's only available in white fabric and not the creamy/off white colour of this project.
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