As I mentioned before, when I take car trips, I usually take along my stitching. This was a new release from Bent Creek and I thought it would make a good model for Winter. Nothing hard, and stitched up fast. I picked a light blue rustic frame. These kits in the Zipper series always include 18 Ct. Linen and DMC floss or pearl cotton. For those who are afraid of the Linen - you can always sub with 10 Ct. Tula, but if you try the linen - stitching over two threads give you a 9 count, which is a large X than the 10 Ct. Tula.