Good luck in finishing your cross stitch. I will be glad to see it framed on your wall. Have fun.

I have done ten stitch squares several times. Never done a Mystic Stitch. There are so many colors I don't see how there would be any problem.

caray, I sort of play it by ear. If a certain color goes several stitches beyond the "square" then I will stitch those to keep from stopping and starting. I've never noticed a discernible line. That could happen whenever you stop and then restart, unless your tension changes so dramatically that you bunch up the fabric. I am working on 18ct linen and have to make sure that I keep the tension even because the fabric is not tightly woven. Washing and stretching will even things out.
Good luck.

Hi Caray,
I learned the same rule about DOING a 10 x 10 square at a time UNTIL I happened to be in a needlework shop some years ago, speaking to the owner about a large project I wanted to do and she showed me an actual completed pattern, that was large, where the stitcher had followed doing the 10 x 10 blocks. When she laid the pattern flat, I could see where the different "blocks" stopped and started. Her advice to me was continue cross stitching some of the thread colors that go into the next 10 x 10 square. So I follow that rule and have finished a few large projects without being able to see a "ridge" line by this method.
I don't blame you for questioning this on a large project that will take you months or even a year or more to complete.

I am working on a very large Mystic Stitch project right now. I work mine page by page. I started on page one in upper left hand corner and work the whole page going between 10 x 10 squares so I won't have it look like a bunch of little squares. It is all blending very well. I will do this through the entire 16 pages of this project.

caray, make a copy of your pattern. Use a highlighter to check off the areas that you have stitched. This will help you know where you are. You can easily cover a much larger area instead of the 10 x 10 blocks.

Caray do what Texas Stitcher just said. I do that with all my projects I am working on also. I make so many marks on my copies that if I didn't make copies my original pattern would be ruined.

Sygel, a project that has SIXTEEN PAGES? ?? Oh my! What is the picture of?

Laughing snowmen, very cute.

Marlene the project I am working on is a Mystic Stitch of John Wayne. It is a gift for my son and has 16 pages and 100,000 stitches. Needless to say it will take a while to finish. I have another large project waiting in the wings named Cards and Dogs by Artecy that is 24 pages long.