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jocellogirl · **Posted:** Mon Apr 02, 2012 7:14 pm

Here's the first progress picture.

I'm doing 2 over 1 on 22 count hardanger. It was started yesterday and due to having an ear infection and being very wobbly on my feet I've spent most of today sitting down. Well, I couldn't just sit there and do nothing could I :lol:

destructiveernie · **Posted:** Mon Apr 02, 2012 7:19 pm

Great start, it's going to be interesting watching these start from the top!!

Want to do more of mine now and not this stupid Celtic knot!!!

backafteradozenyrs · **Posted:** Mon Apr 02, 2012 7:58 pm

Great Start! (do you have an example of what the finished master piece will look like?)

I like your thinking on what-to-do when you can't get up out of your seat (but my reason is usually one of our 4-footed furry friends) :lol:

rcperryls · **Posted:** Mon Apr 02, 2012 8:27 pm

Great start. I am looking forward to your updates too. Will be interesting to see how ya'll progress. Truly an awesome project.

Hope you are feeling better soon. :hug:

Earaches are not fun. Ever.

Carole
:wub:

Rose · **Posted:** Mon Apr 02, 2012 9:25 pm

Great start!!!!! Realistically how long to you think this will take you to finish. It is going to be great. :applesauce:

Raine · **Posted:** Mon Apr 02, 2012 9:40 pm

Yay! This will be so fun to watch!

coffee_freak · **Posted:** Mon Apr 02, 2012 10:30 pm

Squirrel · **Posted:** Mon Apr 02, 2012 10:52 pm

Great start on this glorious one. Hope the ear infection goes away but what an ideal way to spend the time. :dance:

Sally

megan_bright · Joined: Wed Apr 06, 2011 11:31 pm **Posts:** 809

Great start!! I can't wait to watch this one unfold!

Mabel Figworthy · **Posted:** Tue Apr 03, 2012 10:43 am

That's a very substantial start! Congratulations, and hope the wobbles will soon improve (or would you prefer to keep the wobbles if they give you more stitching time :-)

?)

Mrs Milkybar Kid · **Posted:** Tue Apr 03, 2012 10:46 am

Great start Jo :applesauce:

!

Lessa54 · Joined: Thu Aug 13, 2009 10:42 am **Posts:** 4110

Great start :applesauce:

XstitchLB · Joined: Wed May 18, 2011 9:19 pm **Posts:** 321

Great start! can't wait for the next update

gyork · **Posted:** Tue Apr 03, 2012 12:21 pm

super start, looking forward to more updates

Nachstenliebe · Joined: Tue Sep 08, 2009 6:04 pm **Posts:** 11784

Nope.. You did the right thing

Can't just sit there! It's looking love so far! And the coverage is looking great! 22 is kind of hard to tell if you want to do one over 1 or two over one.. Two is looking great!
Faith

vanessanjf · **Posted:** Tue Apr 03, 2012 12:56 pm

You have made a great start :applesauce:

OctoberLace · **Posted:** Tue Apr 03, 2012 2:24 pm

Great start, Jo! I'm glad you're stitching this, too. I found it to have lots of confetti, but still an enjoying stitch. It's nice, too, to have others sharing the journey on this one. Theresa

karen4bells · **Posted:** Tue Apr 03, 2012 2:59 pm

this is really going to be great to watch!! What a fabulous project and a very nice start! I hope you are feeling better soon

jocellogirl · **Posted:** Tue Apr 03, 2012 3:24 pm

Thanks for all the nice comments, I've been looking forward to starting this for ages and I'm really enjoying it.
To answer a couple of questions

backafteradozenyrs wrote:

do you have an example of what the finished master piece will look like?

This isn't the best picture but it's the one from the HAED site

Rose wrote:

Realistically how long to you think this will take you to finish.

I've done some calculations;
The design is 350 stitches wide by an eyewatering 997 stitches long, equals 348,950 stitches in total. The approximately 900 stitches I've done so far have taken roughly 9 hours, so 100 stitches per hour is 3,490 hours. If I manage to stitch 3 hours every day that's 1,163 days, which is roughly 3.2 years. That's never going to happen, so I recon about 5 years. I'm 44 next week and my aim is to finish it by the time I'm 50 :shock:

!!!
ETA. The doc gave me some antibiotics for the ear and I'm feeling much better today, thank you :wub:

Parksfarm · **Posted:** Tue Apr 03, 2012 3:28 pm

Great start Jo!