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Why is it so difficult to find cross stitch patterns that are the perfect size for your brand new Lugana Brittney? It's pretty, it's soft, it's a beautiful blue color and it'll perfectly any pattern that's around 200 x 200 stitches.

Of course, everyone's patterns are either half that size or 50 stitches too big. Could I just cut the fabric? Yes, but I'm lazy and I want a nice medium sized pattern that maybe features a mermaid and isn't full coverage.

That said, I did find a nice pattern for my other Brittney, a grey one, and the crosses are looking so *beautiful*. I don't know if I'll switch to Lugana for my full coverage projects (after I finish with my remaining Aida and Panamá fabric, of course), but I think I may start to use Lugana for any project where the fabric shows up.

And, hopefully, one day I'll even be able to stitch on linen. Probably with a magnifying glass, but I really want to get to at least 40ct.

I have been working on the background of my Octopus Crocheting, by Stitch It Picasso, and thank all for Youtube, because doing a background that's 90% the same colour can get boring. But I'm mostly done now!

I have also been checking some designers in Etsy (Stitch It Picasso, MIYAStitch and Soda) to see if something catches my attention and I have come to two conclusions:

1) I'm probably going to stitch one of MIYA's designs based on Lord of The Rings.
2) What's going on with all the gnomes?

They're not exactly a new thing, I know, but when did stitching gnomes become a thing? Even the magazine I buy here in Spain have patterns for Christmas themed gnomes last November!