Second little sampler finished

I picked a few more stitches from the Stitch Dictionary to complete the second of the little test pieces. As with the earlier ones, some were fiddly and irritating while others were easy and pleasing.



From the bottom left:
Jade and grey - "Chevron" - easy and one that would be versatile as it would look very different depending on the single or mixture of colours used;
Yellowy - "Encroaching gobelin" - didn't really like doing this as it was fiddly to find the holes under the first stitches and also the bottom row ended up looking wrong as no stitches "encroached" into it;
Lilac - "Jacquard" - I like the texture and it was OK to do, even though the edges with their stitches of different lengths are a bit of a fiddle. I initially thought I was doing it wrong, as the longer stitches look much bigger when they are only bounded on one side - but as soon as you do the adjoining smaller stitch the size looks right. Would certainly use again.
Aqua - "Scottish Diamond" - this looks really nice from a distance, whereas close up it's more obvious where the tension in the cushiony satin stitchy bits aren't of identical tension! I suppose I'll get better with practice....
Jade and pink - "Scottish" - too tiny for me to enjoy doing on this 18hpi canvas, but would probably be better with bigger holes.
Coral - "Mosaic" - looks like little cross stitches and perhaps better suited than cross stitches for this fine-holed canvas. OK for small areas.