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The World of Cross Stitching 37

Design round-up

Celebrate the beauty of snowy scenes and frosty

countryside with this seasonal selection

Winter

landscapes

A

stone farmhouse,

barn and bridge in

deep snow makes a

classic scene from Bothy

Threads*. Some skill is

needed for

‘Winterbourne Farm’

(DWCON06), which is

worked in both two and

one strands of thread in

half cross stitch to give a

naturalistic feel. Blended

colours are used too,

which is where one

strand of each colour is

worked together.

Stitch count: 130 wide

by 115 high, 20x17cm

(7¾x6¾in) on 16-count aida

HERITAGE STYLE

WINTERBOURNE

FARM

A

frozen river at night makes a captivating project to

work on this season. This kit (SSN34219) is a

Luca-S design from Stitcher* on 18-count aida with a

collection of soothing blues in no less than 19 different

shades – so, it’s best to stitch this in a very good light!

Stitch count: 1320 wide by 720 high, 45x34cm (17¾x13¼in)

on 18-count white aida

B

ased on a painting from The British Museum, DMC’s*

‘When Winter Wanes’ (BL1147/73) shows two

peacocks under an inky winter sky, with glimmers of snow

in the air and frost on the ground. The kit is pleasingly

packaged and includes an extra chart in full colour.

Stitch count: 400 wide by 280 high, 36x26cm (14x10in) on

14 - count aida

*For stockists see page 90

ANTIQUE FEEL

WHEN WINTER

WA NES T his Maria Diaz* chart is

the design to work on

indoors while sitting on a

comfy sofa with winter

on show outside! ‘Winter

Window’ (MISC105) comes as

a downloadable PDF and

shows a snowy winter scene

through a window, with a

pretty vase of snowdrops on

the ledge. The painterly detail

is created using Maria’s style

of backstitch, which is worked

in some places across the

top of the whole cross

stitches, rather than solely

as an outline.

Stitch count: 82 wide by 114

high, 13x18cm (5x7in) on

14-count cream aida

INSTANT CHART

WINTER WINDOW

LOTS OF DETAIL

WINTER

LANDSCAPE

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