product was as advertised

Great kit for beginners

I purchased a couple of these sets for my grand children as a project to make with them. This is a great kit with many pieces and choices. Before my vacation was over, all the children were creating. They loved helping me with the process and making sure I didn't get stuck with the needles.

I am new to felting so I know very little about this craft . I was very excited to get this kit because it looked like it had pretty much all that I would need to get started. But when I opened it and examined all of the items I looked and looked again and there was VERY LITTLE INSTRUCTION! This kit says it is good for beginners but beginners need lots of instruction. I have NO IDEA what each tool is for and what they are called. The difference in the weight of the yarn and how to use each different kind of them. But what I really wanted to understand was what the little tiles with different patterns like hearts, dog paws, butterflies, etc. are used for. That would be very helpful!!! I would also suggest that someone who has good English writing skills write the very few instructions that there are. They are a bit confusing and not very detailed. A beginner needs detail! Thank You.

I'm not one to do reviews but since I enjoy needlefelting and sell things made through it, I feel it's only wise to do this. Overall, it's not horrible, could be far worse. The amount of roving helps as all these kits always only sell the little baggies; no kit i've bought has ever done more than just little baggies. SO that was expected and some of the wool is swirled with other colors so there's a nicer variety. It has the items you need if you are starting out, such as the needles, the shears, the foam pad to felt on top of, the thumb protectors, and it does give you some instructions.

Outside of that, here's the issues.
There is a strong and strange odor coming from the entire thing. I don't know what it is or what the source is, but there is a strange smell that might give some people a headache; it might air out hopefully.

the thumb protectors are together, which in every other kit I've gotten they are never attached. So to my knowledge, that's a factory mishap.

The shears/scissors are damaged as reviews say. They blades are more bent but somehow they do close. I still have a set of shears and i read reviews and purchased this as the shears weren't the big reason I wanted this.

Like in a review I saw as well, the needles do have a weird grimy feel to them. This seems to be the normal from what I've observed when buying needles. Which isn't fun as you need to wipe them down as the first ever needlefelt kit I had, didn't have this issue; sadly I don't remember what that one was other than it did come to amazon but according to my sister who bought it, seems to have been removed.

There's a bag that is just a mismash of all the things offered and some things I didn't even see. It's a bit hard to know what it all is besides some different options for eyes, some loose bells, keychain attachments, and i'm not sure what else. The things in this bag though feel weird and have a stronger smell to them as well.

The box that holds everything is already bursting at the seams, so it's not gonna close properly sadly. Which is a shame as I do like the box.

Overall, I don't hate it. I read reviews that warned about certain things and still did it but keep in mind, i purchased this while it was on sale and I'm glad I did. As I wouldn't like this for a higher price, with how it is, I feel that despite all the extra items that I wanted being in it, it should probably be priced lower due to the quality issues.

I bought this kit for the wool roving; as I always need that, the pins as I want to try and make some, the keychain bits, the holder for the needle, the styro-foam mat thing, and possibly the pliers. The other things were just the extra bits I was willing to try and use potentially and if I don't, then that's fine. Overall, it's not horrible. Could be a little better.