more joggles

First I would like to thank you all for your blogaversary wishes. It wouldn't be any fun without you all.

The pics are of the progress on my sampler. I think the subsequent work has taken away from my first stitching. I maybe should of left a gap between them. I have explored texture and weight this time round.

The whole piece so far.
More points, and trying different weights of thread to do 'ground cover'.
Lines, lines, lines. Still not quite how I would of wanted it to be. I have, however figured out (along with others, and thanks to others) that I am doing the portugese knot WRONG (wrapped stem stitch). I was growing to like the stitch, but still not happy with it. I think the problem is solved, and that will be my next 'line' of stitching.
The actual piece looks so much better in reality, it has a great deal of texure and movement. A pic just doesn't show that.