SAL Day 4

I was lucky enough to make yesterday a stitching day ... most of the afternoon & evening.  This is the progress I've made on my SAL ...

Alas, I do not feel as if I'm really ahead of the game in any way because I haven't stitched at all today.  It's been one of those overcast, rainy, windy days where you just want to curl up underneath the covers & sleep.  I did do some laundry & some dishes & worked a wee bit more on my stash inventory & yes, I did take a nap ... lol!  As you can probably tell there are 2 words not yet stitched on this piece ... one on top of the large white snowflakes & the other to the right of them.  I am going to try to adapt the design a bit so I'm leaving these areas till last.  I'm to the point where I've started the snowman's hat & of course next is a huge amount of stitching with white which I am dreading (see previous post).  I realize my snowflakes look nice in this photo but not so in real life.  I did discover something though.  I have to stitch with a magnifying light & of course any little imperfect stitch shows up like a flashing neon sign when I'm looking at it through the magnifying lens.  When I look at it with my naked eye it looks a lot better.  Of course my eyeglass prescription change is about 6 years past due so what I see with my naked eye isn't much comfort to me ... lol!

I am now faced with a dilemma.  I need to get started on a second exchange piece.  John went to check the PO box today (he hadn't been there since last Friday) & he came home with something I needed for it so it's a go.  However, do I continue along with the SAL & the dreaded white snowman or do I put it aside for a bit & work on the exchange piece?  Decisions, decisions!  I don't think I'll be making any decisions tonight however although I like to start one project & see it through rather than bounce between 2 or more.  I will probably stick with the SAL.  Knowing I have the exchange piece to do will maybe give me the courage to persevere?  We shall see   : )