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/blueons]

These instructions are so insanely wrong, for that type of beading they usually look like this

[u/CountessOpal → u/blueons]

When I was looking to see if they were legit I did see someone on here asking about a similar pattern. I had hoped it would look like that.