Thanks for the suggestions, Dawn. I'm sure I'll be able to find some business in town that will have a printer on which I can enlarge patterns. Maybe even Staples or someplace like that.

I normally go with 28ct too...after this ordeal I think I'm going to give up 32ct in the future. It's not worth it if stitching is an exercise in frustration. I love the look of projects done on high count fabrics, but my 43 year old eyes are in the throes of middle age changes, and I don't think it's for me anymore.

You bring up something I've been working on for a long time; giving up perfection in my stitching! I've been challenging myself for a few years to leave in some of my errors if they aren't too obvious (this usually entails putting the project down and looking at it with fresh eyes later). The spacing of that snowflake mistake was too obvious to my tastes, but I have to admit, I'm not sure anyone else would have pointed to it and screamed, "error!"