Très joli canevas agréable à faire. Le rendu est très beau. Il y a bien assez de fils pour le faire. Je le conseille.

I am an experienced embroidered and have done many many needlepoint kits in my life. This was the first time I used stranded embroidery cotton for a needlepoint. It is difficult to work with because it is slippery compared to wool. For this reason I think a beginner would find it frustrating. Quality was good. Almost ran out of one or two colours but overall very happy. The finished product looks great. I made this because the sunflower is the national flower of Ukraine and I wanted to stand in solidarity with all Ukrainians.

Bellissimo,luminoso.Il più bello di questa marca

Previously did the Hummingbird Drama and love the finer gauge of these tapestries as you get so much detail. This one is very tricky as other reviewers have said the colours are barely visible on the canvas and you need good eyesight and natural light to do this. If you fancy a challenge it does come out nicely. All of these tapestries show outlining in white thread which I don’t find necessary, so I leave it out. The iridescent thread is a lovely touch but yes, it’s hard to work with. I would have given this more stars but..... There wasn’t enough thread in two colours and I NEVER run out! I had to make do with a different colour for one bit but as one of the colours was on the wings I had to cobble a length of thread from two other shades. Luckily it doesn’t look too obvious. I will definitely do another of these but if you want to try tapestry for the first time, try an Anchor with 10 stitches to the inch.

Los hilos no son buenos.

This is a wonderful little kit. I used to work Dimensions kits as a kid and always liked them, but I haven’t touched a piece of needlepoint in 30 years, let alone a kit, so there were some nice surprises.The biggest one was that the threads are already separated - and attached to a thread guide that includes their product numbers, which is also cross-referenced in a table in the directions, and also keyed in the design chart, which clearly shows which color goes where. This accomplishes two things: first, it keeps the threads organized instead of in a giant knotted jumble, which is especially great if you plan to cart your stitching around with you like I do, rather than keep it in one place at home. Second, because it’s sometimes really hard to tell one color from another when they are very similar, and especially on the canvas itself, it makes it very easy to see which is which, and the combination really facilitates selecting the correct color for each spot.The threads are in a strange order in the thread guide, though, which in no way matches the table, chart, or the standard rainbow-order patch guide on the canvas, so I would highly recommend that you do as I have done and hand-write the corresponding table/chart number right on the thread guide, which will make it much easier as you get going stitching.The instruction sheet also includes directions for how to do the two most common needlepoint stitches (continental and basketweave), and where to use each, as well as a note about how to do backstitching for the spots where that is indicated. It also includes instructions for finishing your piece, and a few excellent tips for working the piece.On the back, the thread guide table is reprised with color names translated to French, Spanish, Portuguese, Italian, German, and (I think) Dutch. Alas, there are no non-Roman alphabet languages like Chinese, Japanese, or Arabic, despite the increasing frequency and importance of such tongues in today’s word, and the fact that the kit is made in China. Most of the rest of the instructions have diagrams that should be easy enough for people to follow even if they are not good with English, though.All of these things make this kit eminently suitable for beginners as well as experienced needlepointers.I would, however, highly recommend that people who have never done any needlepoint at all start with a simpler design with more and larger blocks of single colors and less detail, because frankly, it’s just easier. Because larger blocks work up more quickly, it’s easier to see your progress and understand what proper stitching looks like as well as learning to recognize and fix mistakes. It’s also very gratifying to see the progress.It’s really a matter of personal preference in the end, though. I like going back and forth between detail work and backgrounds, because I tire of both at times, so it’s going to be interesting to see how I get along with my first piece that doesn’t actually have a background or any other large swaths of single colors. That’s why I’ve chosen such a small, inexpensive piece for this experiment, too.For beginners who decide to tackle more detailed designs of any sort, generally speaking, it’s best to start with the smallest details first. With a piece such as this one, that gives you a lot of leeway for choice, although you may find it easier to work outwards one color at a time in each section rather than find yourself with patches unworked between two finished ones. Those can be quite tough to fill in properly, and are where you are most likely to miss a stitch or spear through one rather than go beside it correctly. You might even want to purchase a couple of additional needles and keep them threaded with different colors and work back and forth with them as required for each segment.A number of reviewers have commented that they have not had enough thread to complete some of these Dimensions kits, so if that happens to you, just call the company at the 800 number shown on the third page of the instruction guide (800-794-5866) and give them the code number for the color(s) you need, and they will send it to you.

E stato divertente a provare qualcosa di nuovo - non e solito punto croce, ma mezzo punto. Il lavoro finale puo variare, perche la schema (disegnata su tela spessa) non e tanto precisa. Ma e molto carino e abbastanza facile da capire. Consiglio!