Janlynn Counted Cross Stitch Kit, Dogs of Duck Port, 15" x 10"...

Love a new project. Needed one purchased one

Made this for some one and they loved it a lot.

I changed several things: the wording to match the Bible version that I pray, the colors on the words (I did buy 2 extra from Micheals for it at .89 each), and some of the lettering to match my style. Also had to improvise some of the stems since I changed the words from debts to the longer trespasses. The kit is great and the threads are DMC. Id label it Intermediate because there are a lot of small color changes which give it a textured look. You have to know what youre doing at least a little bit. The bees are super cute and I will use that pattern for other things.

Would really love to give this kit 5 stars, but honestly the floss is terrible. The pattern is very intricate, with tons of color changes, so it took me forever to make. I havent done any cross stitch for about 20 years, and this was my first kit going back into the craft. For myself, I would say it took around 300 hours to complete. But that was spread out over the course of a couple of years. Im sure it would have gone faster if I didnt set it aside for so long in between working on it. My biggest struggle with this kit however, was how cheap and crummy the floss is. I think I would have saved tons of time if it were better quality. As it was, the floss constantly knotted up on me, and even broke a few times. I frequently had to stop to untangle the knots and even had to rip out stitches several times to go back and undo knots on the back side that I didnt notice right away. Highly frustrating to say the least. Assembly of the completed stocking was easy with clear instructions. I also took one extra step and purchased some of that iron on backing just to make sure the threads stay locked in to make the piece last for years. It did turn out to have slightly less room inside than I expected, but its still a decent size. Overall I love the stocking and am very pleased with the outcome. I have already started on the matching one for my daughter. My recommendation to anyone wanting to do this in a hurry though is to go out and buy your own high quality floss instead of the cheap stuff thats in this kit.

Would really love to give this kit 5 stars, but honestly the floss is terrible. The pattern is very intricate, with tons of color changes, so it took me forever to make. I havent done any cross stitch for about 20 years, and this was my first kit going back into the craft. For myself, I would say it took around 300 hours to complete. But that was spread out over the course of a couple of years. Im sure it would have gone faster if I didnt set it aside for so long in between working on it. My biggest struggle with this kit however, was how cheap and crummy the floss is. I think I would have saved tons of time if it were better quality. As it was, the floss constantly knotted up on me, and even broke a few times. I frequently had to stop to untangle the knots and even had to rip out stitches several times to go back and undo knots on the back side that I didnt notice right away. Highly frustrating to say the least. Assembly of the completed stocking was easy with clear instructions. I also took one extra step and purchased some of that iron on backing just to make sure the threads stay locked in to make the piece last for years. It did turn out to have slightly less room inside than I expected, but its still a decent size. Overall I love the stocking and am very pleased with the outcome. I have already started on the matching one for my daughter. My recommendation to anyone wanting to do this in a hurry though is to go out and buy your own high quality floss instead of the cheap stuff thats in this kit.