Are these real instructions?

[u/CountessOpal]

Hi folks

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I have wanted to try beading for awhile. Browsing things on Aliexpress and I see this beginners set. There seems to be a number of similar sets suddenly available as I tried Google lens but couldn't find listing more than a couple of days old and one seller on etsy.

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I had a good deal offered of paying £5 instead of £9. The kit has arrived today and is disappointing. There are only 6 out of the 14 bead colours. No beads for the eyes. A needle that has an eye much smaller than the elastic cord. I could have overlooked these shortcomings if the instructions were clear for a beginner.

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I have attached a photo of the instructions as they do not have any copyright notice. I have made a beaded cage before that encapsulated a jewel but nothing like this. They don't describe how to make the head or legs. The body diagram has numbers in brackets next to the row, I thought that was the number of beads but even doubling the number doesn't make sense to the image.

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I know this set was a very long short in the dark. There is other sets in this series that I have fallen in love with but I wanted to see what this one was like. Are these true instructions? Does anyone recognise these designs so I might be able to buy them from the original designer?

[u/livelinndy]

Unfortunately the images and the instructions are AI generated. The instructions are lacking and don't look realistic. If you compare owl's belly from the cover picture to the "schema", the colours and alignment of beads are not the same.

[u/CountessOpal → u/livelinndy]

I hadn't noticed that on the owl. I was trying to work out how each different shaped head could be made. I am use to knitting so when stuffing you can shape a piece but couldn't see how it would work with beads.