Melanie,
LOL, you are very welcome!

Debbie,
PS And thanks for the inspiration! 
Melanie  (cat slave and Official Feline Can Opener) =^.^=

Debbie,
Definitely!    Have to look around for Aida cloth...haven't used it in some time!
Melanie  (cat slave and Official Feline Can Opener) =^.^=

That's a good thing!

Debbie,
I really hope you like huck weaving as much as I do! 
Hmmm, now you're making me want to do that again! 
Melanie  (cat slave and Official Feline Can Opener) =^.^=

LOL ... I'm definitely going to look into this once I get caught up!

Debbie,
Terrific!    I agree, filet crochet would be lovely for counted cross stitch. 
Huck weaviing is soooooooo easy, pretty fast, and looks amazing.  Instead of using Aida as cross stitch fabric, you work on the surface, so to speak, on one side.  What you then do is pick up the "floats" - IIRC, those are the two center threads.  Run the needle under them, and when you pull the thread through, you keep going under the other "floats" in the middle of each square to make a pattern.  It's just a bunch of long threads going from one side to the other in a design.    And it looks sooooooo complex...ssh, that can be your secret!    LOL.
Melanie  (cat slave and Official Feline Can Opener) =^.^=

Thank you, Melanie ... no, I have never tried huck weaving ... I will have to check that out.  I would think it can most definately be converted to huck weaving, or any other grid based stitchery.  In fact, I was just about to post a colored graph version of my filet crochet roses doily in this album because it would make a great counted cross stitch project, too, imho ... it will be up in just a few moments. 

Debbie,
Thank you for posting...what intricate designs!  The cross design reminds me in a way of Swedish huck weaving...have you ever tried that?  Perhaps you could make that into a huck weaving design, as well?  (If you haven't tried huck weaving, it can be done on cross stitch fabric, specifically Aida cloth.  Most people believe it can only be made with special fabric, but I've used Aida cloth, and it turned out beautifully!  I believe there's an image of the piece I made, a bookmark, in one of my photo albums here on the site.)
Melanie  (cat slave and Official Feline Can Opener) =^.^=