Review on 🐧 Tobin DW5972 14 Count Penguin Party Stocking Counted Cross Stitch Kit: Create a Festive 17-Inch Long Christmas Stocking! by Kristen Reid

Nice design, easy to understand instructions. However, there are 2 problems with this kit: 1. I ran out of several colors of thread before I was finished. Looks like they either didn't send me the right number of lengths for each color, or each pre-cut length was shorter than intended. I've never run out of color on any other cross stitch project so I'm pretty sure it's them and not me. However, they say in the instructions that if they run out they will send you more for free and give you an address to send your request to. (Rather than asking the manufacturer for more thread, I simply picked a color that was "close enough" from my stash of embroidery thread left over from other projects.) 2. The canvas (suggested by the blue background ) is not as blue as the picture; The canvas in my set is almost off-white. Well as a general rule when a project calls for a blank canvas as a background I usually buy the filament in the background color and still go through and cross the entire background (even white) because I think it makes the whole project a more finished one Looks. Watch. In this case I just choose the blue color that matches the photo and not the almost white color that matches the actual color of the canvas. However, if you leave the background blank, the moon and snow are barely visible in the background.