here's the finished product...sort of. the instructions say to wash, press, and cut fabric to fit the ring...but i'm kind of scared of doing that. sorry it's not the greatest picture, but my camera was being dumb last night.

i don't really get french knots, so i cheated a bit and if you look real real real real close you can see where i've screwed a teensy bit, but i'm going to guess no one is going to look that close.

i took some of my birthday money and purchased some more cross stitch stuff. i think after christmas (with my christmas money) i'll buy a more expensive and complicated and large one and work on it for months and months. lol. i've got serious crafters add.