Happy New Year!

I went at the Castle itself all guns blazing and finished it within a few days. It was looking more and more effective with each little bit finished so I was feeling suitably motivated. I'm now onto the sky-effect bits surrounding it which are not nearly so much fun. All half stitches and all different colours all over the place. Still, the effect it gives is worth it.
I visited the Coats Needlecraft bargain basement on New Years Eve and they've added a load more kits to their sale. They seem to have lots of things I've never seen anywhere else, not on the web, nowhere. Apart from a few Lanarte floral designs I didn't like anything enough to want to stitch it, and the Lanarte ones were still too expensive. I will probably keep visiting to see if they reduce them to a price ridiculously low enough to induce me to buy!