@Celia I think you are safe, we are all novices here
I did used to do loads of cross stitch back in the day, I still have one or two but thirty year cross stitch which weren't even framed are well past their sell by date when you are downsizing lol
I haven't used kits recently because I like to play around with stuff and I had the time so why not. It is actually easy to do your own design and then play with the colours.
At the moment I tend to thread doodle with the crewel wool as I have no plan on what stitch I will use until I am looking at where I am
I unpicked a load of it last night (fluff everywhere) because I didn't like the colour, I had yellow where I now have green and it looks much better I think. I really need to get neater, I am always so
not neat with everything I do that I really am trying with this one!
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There she is, dear ol' Wolfie