I’ve finished the first panel of the William Morris design way faster than I thought I would. I’m finding I can work on cross stitch longer than I can knitting – it seems to be a little less complicated for when I’m tired enough that trying to keep tracking of knitting becomes dangerous for the continued flow of the pattern.
I am glad I walked myself back from doing this on linen. There are days when finding the holes in black aida is challenging enough. Definitely need to keep that in mind for future projects. (I think light colored linen will be fine – but definitely need to be wary of the dark stuff.)