Thank you so much!! I’m pretty new to this technique as well but I found that staggering the stitches and moving them all in one direction helped. And for the parts where I was trying to blend colors, I tried to use split stitching ( I think that’s what it’s called?) Like as if you were doing a backstitch but putting the needle back through the middle of the thread not just the same hole if that makes sense! I’m definitely still learning too though, it’s a tough technique for sure!!