So I may think this little kitty is the cutest little freebie kitty EVA.
This little guy is the free kit from issue 214 of 'The World of Cross Stitching.' and I, as noted above, agree with their statement of 'cutest ever kitten'.
Really the only issue I had with this kit was that while they kindly advised the number of lengths of each colour to assist in sorting the floss bundle...they got it wrong... The guide advised only one brown and one light brown but I had two of each. But once I realised the single brown strand was dark brown the rest fell in to place.
The illustration for this guy is by Helz Cuppleditch. I'll have to keep an eye out for more I think. So cute. I may have embarrassed myself stopping at random stitching intervals to squee 'so cute'.
If I stitched it again I'd definitely do it on evenweave. While there are only a few fractionals in the cross stitch a significant amount of the backstitching needed to be placed at a fractional point. It got a little frustrating on the aida BUT I was also too lazy to go get a sharper needle so I'll take responsibility for that little bit of frustration.
All in all an easy, very cute, weekend stitch.
This also represents the first thing I've really completed this year. I hope it's a sign I'm getting some creativity and energy back.
I did have something else I created last week almost finished. But made the mistake of leaving it on the living room table before bed. Next morning it was gone. When I find out where the cats have hidden it and assuming it's not too munched I'll see about finishing it off. Then I'll have two whole things complete!
Progress shots:
