As you can see above, the goldfish's face is now done. I debated for quite some time whether I should use tent stitch for his round circle eyes. I finally decided they were prominent enough even in tent stitches. After all, if you have carrot red long hair, you might not need to braid it with lime green ribbons in spikes all over your head to draw attention to yourself! I continued using just two plies in the eyes. The only thread I've had any trouble with when it comes to covering the background is the very darkest green in the lily pads. The darkest green was DMC cotton floss, not Splendor silk. That might account for the difference, or perhaps because it is such a dark color, the thread plies are a bit thinner than usual. I've heard many places that very deep and dark colors (reds, black, navys) have to make many trips through the dye bath to get their shades and this thins the thread slightly. Maybe that accounts for it.
I worked a bit on the water stitch background but didn't get enough done to be able to take a good picture for you to see. Maybe tonight....
Main blog at http://blog.360.yahoo.com/chillyhollow
