This kit was in my stack since te 2000's and I kept putting it off - so this summer Idecided not was the time to stitch. Since it was so old, my pattern was actually a hand charted design, meaning the symbols were hand drawn by Thea Gouverneur. Luckly this kit is now computer charted and much easier to follow. I just love the end result - reminescent of a day at the beach with the dunes. It was stitched with one stand of floss on 30 Ct. Linen. Nothing hard, very little back stitchig. The frame is a custom barnwood grey.