I have changed my idea for my extended project. My new idea is to design a pattern for a cross stitch. I had this idea as just the other week I bought a cross stitch to complete in my spare time, I am really enjoying the cross stitch I am doing at the moment it does take time and patience but its all worth it when you see the piece completed. I am really looking forward to designing a pattern for a cross stitch as when I was looking on the internet to but a cross stitch for myself I couldn't find simple one for beginners. This is the cross stitch I am currently working on.
I have already spent around 8 hours and have only just finished half of the rhino which is the middle animal.
To help me decide what sort of pattern I want to design I will be looking at other patterns to give me inspiration and it will help me decide if I want to keep the pattern simple by using one colour or to step it up and experiment with using more than one colour. There are downfalls of using one colour as there are not many patterns that use just black thread, using just one colour also doesn't make it as exciting and as challenging. But there are the positive sides of using one colour, you don't get confused with what colour goes where and you wont make as many mistakes. In my opinion I do think the black cross stitch patterns do look effective and I do think they look good. The positives of a coloured cross stitch is that it is more detailed and there are more variety in designs. The downfalls of a coloured cross stitch is that it is a lot more complicated and will take a long time to complete. So I will be looking at other cross stitch patterns to help me work out what I will do. 
