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I bought this kit because of the beautiful colours, a contrast to the kits of the black cats \ud83d\ude04 It was a bit of a puzzle because the English translation of the Cyrillic text in the manual is not entirely correct. For example, \u201ca half cross stitch with 1 thread\u201d should be: \u201ca cross stitch with 1 thread.\u201d Thank goodness for translation apps\u2026 Embroidering with metallic thread was also a bit of a challenge. It breaks easily and is difficult to keep in place. So embroider with short pieces of thread and use the background fill to secure the threads.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

To make the colours pop even more, I filled the background with white yarn with a light gray border around it. I made a little mistake, a small piece of white yarn has a different colour number. The difference can only be seen in direct daylight. Another lesson for me: always match colours in strong daylight \ud83e\uddd0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The embroidery kit is 'Macaw' (M00745) from RTO, which I bought via https:\/\/spinnerij.nl\/<\/a>. To fill in the background and border I used leftover DMC thread (Blanc and light gray number 415). I used a simple black wooden photo frame measuring 23 cm x 15 cm (H x W).<\/p>\n\n\n

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Dit pakket heb ik gekocht vanwege de mooie kleuren, een contrast met de pakketten van de zwarte katten \ud83d\ude04 Het was wel even puzzelen omdat de Engelse vertaling van de Cyrillische tekst in de handleiding niet helemaal klopt. Bijvoorbeeld: \u201ceen halve kruissteek met 1 draad\u201d, moet zijn: \u201ceen kruissteek met 1 draad.\u201d Lang leve vertaalapps\u2026 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1364,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[7,25],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1360","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-fabrics-sewing-and-embroidery-projects","category-needlepoint"],"yoast_head":"\nMacaw - Spiffystuff<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"An RTO Macaw embroidery kit with background filling and gray edging, mounted in a simple black picture frame.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/spiffystuff.nl\/en\/2024\/08\/02\/macaw-embroidery-kit-framed\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Macaw - 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