I have never added my comments to a blog before, but I just have to tell you how much I enjoy using the Easy-Count Guideline, or the very thin red fishing line, as I call it. It makes cross stitching so much easier, and I even use it on my smaller projects. What I like is that I can start anywhere on my picture, not just the center. And I can move to stitch wherever I wish, just tripple checking that I have moved to the correct square. With the 10 by 10 stitch squares, I have yet to be off, or if I do make a mistake, I catch it within the 10 stitches. And yes, it takes time to lay out the grid, especially on a large picture, but it is well worth it, and I just consider it part of my hobby. I have never tried the special pre-grid cloth you can buy, and I doubt that I ever will. I like this "red fishing line" very much and have used it on over ten projects and love how easy it is to remove at the end without hurting my stitches. However, I have only used it on Aida cloth. Has anyone used it on anything else?