Soooooo I lost my stitchy bug for a while after my christmas marathon. I've had this piece in my stash for years and just not done it
I think I started it somewhere between mid January and Mid February - I didnt note the date this time
to try and kick start my bug. It didnt help. SO this is stitched with 2 strands of thread and 1 of Kreinik blending filament on 14 count black aida. I tried using it all in one needle and found the filament just did not want to play nice so I switched to thread in 1 needle and blending filament in another which worked better but took forever and hurt my fingers. At that point I decided to stake a stitchy break and started my drop spindle off and worked on my hand sewn patchwork patches. I'm now up to 40 patches complete - Half way! 10 more need sashing blocks then I can iron the patches and start assembling I think!
Anyway - Back to my dragon
Here is where we are today
I've played with needle sizes and found one I can thread everything together on. So I'm using 1 strand of thread doubled(so I can loop start) and a strand of blending filament slightly longer than my doubled thread, and this is working quite nicely. My stitchy bug has returned
but I have little time to stitch now 
I interviewed for, and got, a 'new' job in a different department. It's only a 6 month secondment basis for now but I'm hoping they will keep me on at the end of that. Its 5 more hours a week, 1 more hour per day than my last job (but I was doing about 10 hrs or 2 days 'pool' work a week on an adhoc basis on top of my 20 hour contract). I absolutely love it but my working hours are 11 - 4, 6 days a week. Its taking some time to adjust to the new schedule! Im hoping to update again soon with some real progress!
I will be following along so find out how desirable this is 
Pleased to see you managed to get the kit that has the blending filament I have seen a number of comments about the later kits that don't have that.
it does become permanent since it is something that you love. I'm sure once you get used to the routine you'll be able to figure out how to get all the things done that you want to. 
