Poppy Monk Needlepoint lists the reasons to stitch in hand and to use a frame.
https://poppymonkneedlepointkits.com/blogs/the-5-minute-needlepoint-blog/needlepoint-without-a-frame
What you decide is up to you. Like a lot of things in needlepoint, there is no hard-and-fast rule, except the thread goes in the needle's eye. That one is pretty set.
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