I Agree!
My fear in adding Skill levels, is the carver may feel their not ready to carve it, If I say it's extreme. Some will not even give it a try.
Even though their ready.
Some that do go for the more detailed pattern for the first time - they are sometimes shocked they were able to do it. and they turn around and do an exceptional job.
To me the difficulty level is based on three things,
1. The number of cut-outs.
2. The complexity of the shapes
3. the thickness of the lines (that need to stay on the kin).
People tend to always under estimate their abilities.
Here's an example on what I'm talking about.
2 day's ago I got an email from a new member.
He has been carving PM patterns and kits for a many years.
And wanted to give shading a try for the first time.
This was his very first attempt at shading.
And he not only Wowed himself - But me also
The point is you'll never know what you can do, unless you try.
your not learning to cut diamonds - Kins are cheap.
Practice make perfect. Many tattoo artist practice on Pig skin
until their good enough to tattoo a real person.
Messing up a kin - is not as dramatic - LOL
And yes - I also have crazy glue in my tool box. - LOL
I used to love watching Bob Ross on TV.
He always made Happy little mistakes.
Oops = a new happy little tree.