Does Anyone remember painting on Penelope Canvas....????

Most of the needlepoint painting world is probably to young to remember when Penelope Canvas was the rage...you could work a design in the center in 20st. and then zip by with working the background in 10st....this is an example of an old piece that I was asked to copy onto 13st...hummm you say...well 13st is a far cry from 20st...and of course to make it more interesting, I was asked to keep it the same size.....
so here we go again fooling the eye , painting just enough so you think they are the same...with a little less stitches...but let me tell you , when I first apprenticed at American Needlework Center and I was asked to paint a family crest on Penelope Canvas....in order to make sure that the crest was stitch painted I had to hand separate the center canvas spreading the stitches apart so I could paint a single stitch...a bitch you say...well dah !!!.....I thought I was going to go crazy and of course as you moved and handled the canvas the stitches would magically go back together...
so although this project was time consuming and a bit of a challenge..it was a walk in the park compared to painting on that dreadful canvas.......
so you young and up coming needlepoint artists , just count yourself lucky for the mono canvas produced today...don't even get me started on the fuzzy thin a bitch to paint on interlock canvas...yuck and double yuck...