Nadareh Progress 1

After 5 days, I have made it to the first corner of the rug. As I have said in the past, I like to start in the bottom left corner of my rugs and work my way across to the first corner. I stitch the plain outer border almost all the way across, then start on a part of the pattern that is easier to count. I do not count stitches when stitching the plain border. With a rug this size, I would lose count so easily! Luckily, this rug had a pattern only 3 rows in from the outermost row. 

Since it is little squares of alternating colors, I chose to count only the red squares since it ended with a red square in the bottom right corner. Today, I finally got to that corner, and the counting was simple.  I will now begin to work my way up both sides to the top and use the same method. I will also work on the plain border, since this for me, is the most boring part of the rug. I would rather get it over with in the beginning than leave it until the end. I will not be putting a fringe on this rug.