I have waited to get this pattern for a while as it reminds me of when I was a young girl and what I may have done to a snowman. I am a very experienced cross stitcher. This kit is not for beginners who know nothing about cross stitch. The Aida fabric is stiff and rough. I will be changing it out to a nice Evenweave white or light blue background. The floss colors are very pretty but the floss has no sheen like a DMC or specialty thread and appears rough and appears to shed. The color-card is a huge help with the presorted colors instead of receiving in one or two huge bunches to sort with very good lighting. I also do not know if these flosses are Colorfast. This time I may switch out for my DMC or specialty flosses. I always place the colors and numbers on floss cards placed on a binder ring for ease in use. I am not fond of color charts so will be enlarging and copy in black and white. I always make a working copy so original does not get damaged. There are always a lot of 1/2 and 1/4 stitches along with backstitching and combining two colors for the effect of these kits. That is why I say they are not beginner friendly if you know nothing about cross stitching. In fact, I find Dimensions kits some of the hardest to stitch out of all my patterns. That said, they also turn out very nice due to there being so many color switches, backstitching, 1/4 and 1/2 stitches.