I started my first Maia kit this week - Boats At Saintes-Maries. I am very disappointed with the chart. It's very detailed but very small and no way could I comfortably work with it - and it's coloured with the same symbols used in different colours which I don't like. I've had to colour photocopy and enlarge it all before I could even get started On the plus side, the thread is all pre-sorted and ready to go, except for a few where they have included full skeins of colour.
Here's where I got to a few days ago:
I have done quite a bit more now, so will update the photo tomorrow when I have some decent light.
Last edited by SusanF on Sun Feb 05, 2012 5:54 pm, edited 1 time in total.
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Looks like a good start and the colors in this design are lovely. I agree that charts that use the same symbol but in different colors are so hard to read. I hope tha the shades aren't too close. Enlarging is about the only option available.
Carole
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Interested to see this one as I have wanted to do a Maia because there are some beautiful designs but having browsed in a shop at the kits it put me off as I didn't like the look of the chart so I will be interested to see how you get on.
Looking good so far.
My last kit was a maia and i ended up paying to have it colour photocopied and blown up so i could both see it and cross it off as i went along, on the plus side the material supplied was generous as were the amount of threads.
Would love to see a pic of what it will look like when complete and think you have made a wonderful start with it .
Thank you Susan for posting the pic, its really sweet i love anything to do with water/sea etc. The sky is not at all as i imagined but it gives great effect. and if its half cross it don't half grow quick
I've got a Maia kit I won in a free draw comp.. I've not looked at the chart yet!
*rushes off to find kit!*
Hmm! Not too bad but the backstitch looks a nightmare!!
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That is going to be lovely. I hope you can get along with the chart now that it is larger.
I hate when designers use very similar symbols. It just goes to show that they never stitch the design when they are finished with the pattern. I have a pattern I am working on right now it only has 23 colors but 4 of the symbols are so alike you have to go to the picture on the cover to see what is the right one.
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That is looking lovely. And you have made a lot of progress so far. And I'm glad that it is easier to see now that you have enlarged the chart. I hate when they either use shades to denote differences or use differenty sizes (like a big circle vs a medium circle vs a small circle)for different colors too. You have found a way around it and it shows. You are doing a great job.
Carole
WIPs
Star Wars Afghan:Chewbaca
HAEDs:
O Kitten Tree
Dancing with the Cat
Everything else "on hold"
2022 Finished: Star Wars Afghan: Princess Leia, Obi-Wan Kenobi, Yoda, Finn, Rey, Poe, Han Solo,Darth Vader, BB8,Luke Skywalker
Beautiful! I think I might be tempted to invent my own symbols for the chart. But If there is a lot of colours it might be harder , and more time consuming, than it sounds.
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On the plus side, the thread is all pre-sorted and ready to go, except for a few where they have included full skeins of colour. 
I agree with the Maia charts, they confuse me sometimes!
I agree that charts that use the same symbol but in different colors are so hard to read. I hope tha the shades aren't too close. Enlarging is about the only option available.
