And I have the first hurdle...

Oh my goodness, I have my first hurdle...I've never cross stitched with perle floss before...so I've never had to wind up that type of floss.  And here's what happened when I was trying to wind up the floss...

I'm afraid this mess is going to add a little excitement to the project, don't you think?! YIKES!

Here's the first Christmas stocking that I'm working on; like I said its a bit unsual to be working on an 18 ct. Linen using perle floss...but I like how fast it's coming along...hope I can say the same when I'm on my 4 or 5 or 6 stocking!