Primitive Needle's Witch's Hollow

I finished the owl at the top of the piece in spite of some confusing symbols placed side by side: ( for Seaweed and ) for Light  Khaki.  Usually, I fall for the whole tromp d'oeill thing and end up doing some serious frogging when this sort of thing occurs.  But, happily, this time I saw the problem immediately and avoided mistakes.  I do wish all designers everywhere would make it a priority to avoid using deceptively similar symbols in a single chart.   I am wary ever since I fell into a symbol trap while stitching Brightneedle's Ghosts and Ghoulies over one and it has been languishing ever since.  I have yet to face the onerous  task of frogging the error.

Anyway, back to Witch's Hollow.  I made a whole bunch of substitutions using GAST and Crescent Colors to fill in the gaps in what I thought was a substantial WDW stash.  It entailed about a half hour staring at color charts on line and then making judgment calls about stash in hand.   In some cases, I'll be replacing one missing WDW color with several of the other brands, e.g., WDW charcoal will be replaced by GAST Onyx for the Bats but by GAST Raven and Soot and CC Blackbird for other motifs further on down the page.  The same goes for some of the shades of grey.  It just seems silly not to use what I have.  The whole point of building such an extensive stash while working was to avoid expense once on the reduced income of retirement.

I am going to have a lot of fun with this piece.  I enjoy Halloween themes and love the style of Primitive Needle.  The designer's untimely death was a sad loss.