Trying to do 17 skeins of only one color...yeah, I would last about 3 hours...maybe. 😊

My daughter was a chef for a long time! As for 17 skeins, I would be the lazy mother who gladly bought, or was sent, BLUE fabric! Then, when it was done, mine would say Thanks mom.

I WOULD DEFINITELY NOT STITCH ALL OF ONE COLOR FIRST AND GO BACK AND STITCH A DIFFERENT COLOR. It would be a nightmare to go back and figure out where you went wrong.

FIRST, make sure that you grid your fabric. Eliminate, some of the subtle shading by combining some of the flosses that are almost identical. That will save time and eliminate a whole lot of headaches.

You can stitch all of one color in one or two small sections before moving on to another color in the same section. Just make sure that you count carefully.

I agree with Nancye. I worked with someone who did all one colour then the next etc & she was constantly frogging because she made so many mistakes with counting. I too would just get a nice blue material & save aLOT of extra stitching!

Nancy: gridding! Of course! Hell! Why didn't I think of that? Well, it's already on a scroll frame, and I've marked the upper left corner so just going to start there.

After I posted this, I looked closer at the chart and decided NOT to stitch all one color; not even sure why I thought that way.

But what did you mean by combining like colors? Eliminating shading?

Thanks all!
Marlene

I definitely meant to eliminate some of the color changes. For instance, 311 and 312 are very close. Choose one or the other. The same theory goes for 939 (dark navy) and 310 (black). The shades are very close to each other.

Stitching is supposed to be fun and relaxing. If you have four or five close shades in a small area it can be challenging. In a pattern like this you don't really need all that different shading. THAT IS MY OPINION