The dragons and a thought about approx.

 which is of course short for approximately meaning in English not completely accurate but close.

But first the dragons update

it is getting to that oddly slow stage. There are less stitches to do than have been done and yet it feels like it is taking forever to fill it in.

Right the reason for the concerns about aprox. I am getting set for that All Our Yesterdays project and unusually for me have the frames I want to use before I have started the stitching. So I need the stitching to be in the right count to fit the frames. Which state they are 4" by 6" (approx.) and 5" by 7" (approx.), Now here is the thought about that word in brackets and the definition of  close.  When looking at 4" I would not consider 3.5" as being close. Indeed the approx. measurement on each frame is a half inch out on each side. It will make a difference.  

A half inch might not sound much, and if the measurement was in feet or miles that half inch maybe would be a slight figure and be classed as close.  but when it is the equivalent of an eighth of the promised measurement1 And goodness knows I am challenged quite sufficiently  by by one measuring deficiencies without outside assistance. 

I am just glad I checked and did not believe the big numbers without wondering what impact the little word in () would have. I would have ended up with completed pieces that did not fit in the intended frames and have to buy more and hope they were telling the truth!