Each year, figuring gifts for family takes a lot of thought and effort. This year, I was looking through cross-stitch ornament kits my mother-in-law had given me for possible ideas. I found this NeedleMagic Inc. kit and thought it would work well for a gift. I actually did not realize it was a needlepoint kit until after I opened it. I decided to give it a try even though it wasn't cross-stitch.
The first thing I did was read through the instructions. The instructions for the continental stitch confused me. So I turned to Google for help. These resources from DMC and MonkeySee helped me understand the stitch. Then I started stitching.
In the process of stitching, I broke two needles. My fingers and arm hurt from pushing and pulling the needle through the plastic canvas, but I enjoyed working on this project. I made some mistakes as I stitched, but I worked around them. In the end, I think it turned out nice. Needlepoint was fun to try; however, I thing I will stick with cross-stitching.
