Needlepoint - continued

So I started the needlepoint and it was going very slow.  Probably because I am using too small a mesh for the type of yarns I am using.

My second attempt was using plastic mesh.  The holes are larger and the stitching much easier.  But it is plastic mesh and I'm not sure I like the plastic.

So I called my local needlepoint store - they don't have the mesh.  It is back ordered.

So I'm back to square one.

I may rethink the project entirely, perhaps weave the yarn, or crochet the yarn, or something else.  I'm thinking.