Apparently I can only count to 5!

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Apparently I can only count to 5!

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I got some lovely tips here about gridding the fabric and that's helped some but I would still get lost.

Today I told my stitching program to mark the grid in blocks of 5 and now it's much easier for me!

Who knew I could only count to 5?! :thinks:

Edit to clarify that I was using blocks of 10.
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@rotfl: Whatever makes it easy for you.
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That's something good to know about yourself. :dance: :lol:

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The same problem seems to have hit 2 of us but for me it was counting to 2 today which threw everything out.

Hope your new gridding will help

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Hope you didn't lose a lot squirrel. Seems like I don't always get counting to 1 right all the time. :lol:

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rcperryls wrote:Hope you didn't lose a lot squirrel. Seems like I don't always get counting to 1 right all the time. :lol:

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Is that when stitching 2 over 2? I have that same issue. :lol:
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:lol: I have those days myself
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What is "counting"? ;)
I grid everything I do but I still get lost, too.
I checked one of my exams last week, I did some funny mistakes like forgetting to multiply something by 4 or changing "-5" to "5" and things like that...
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It's good to know I'm not alone. :) I bought some highlighters today that should help me mark off what I've completed :beg: They are clickable, like an ink pen. They're pretty cool, you can see the end closing up when you click it so that it doesn't dry up.

I found them at Staples. Pentel brand: Handy-line S, Retractable & Refillable. But I don't remember seeing any refills. I got purple and green, there was also orange and one other color I can't remember.
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