needle point stretchers, October 11, 2008

I just received a contact from the owner of this company. Not only did she refund my money but REQUESTED THAT I NOT RETURN THE KIT. I still do not care for the kit but THIS COMPANY HAS SUPERB CUSTOMER SERVICE AND I ENCOURAGE ANYONE TO TRY ANY OF THEIR PRODUCTS. i WOULD LIKE TO CHANGE THE STAR RATING TO 4 BUT AM UNABLE TO DO SO IN THIS EDIT.I ordered this kit and it was received in about 5 days. Then my trouble began. This is a kit with split dowels through which you pass your canvas then it is tightened. The longer dowels were 1/16" smaller (doesn't sound like much)and fit too loosely. The side stablilizers could not be tightened enough to hold the canvas.Another thing, small wing nuts are used as tighteners and, as a senior, caused pain to my hands when trying to screw them tightly. When I tightened the stabilizers, it caused the cross pieces holding the canvas to bow and the canvas slipped out of the center area.

This product makes cross stitching so easy! Unlike the cirles that hold your fabric together that leaves lines in your work, the scrollframe makes it so you don't get those lines. Plus, this kit fits most sizes of needlework. It comes with different size dowels and it is very easy to assemble. As you work you can scroll the backing up or down to get where you need to. Right now I have two different projects going at the same time. Plus, the price of this scroll frame is perfect. If you were to go to a craft store you would be spending at least 30 bucks to get a good quality scroll frame. The difference is, this one makes different sizes. The ones in the stores that I found only do one size so you would have to buy more. This is definetly worth every penny.

works well, though big for me to hold. A little difficult to keep tight.