I finished the second part of the Celtic Garden Mandala last night.  Doing the Rhodes stitches on Aida turned out to be very easy.  The hardest part was making sure all the black backstitching the knotwork section was in the right place.

The only floss choice I’m regretting is the dark blue (I’m using DMC 105).  In pictures of other people’s WIPs, the blue appears to be much brighter than mine, with more contrast against the black.

 In case anyone is wondering, the moon in the middle is Mill Hill Glass Treasure 12186.