Saying Hello - Needlepoint

A detailed winter scene: the wooden house with its windows glowing, a deer coming up the path and the mailbox buried in snow. It is worked in counted petit point, following the chart stitch by stitch, as the fabric is not printed: diagonal stitches all slanting the same way give a close, fine finish, rather like a tapestry.

With 60 colours and a design of this size it is a demanding piece, best suited to stitchers used to counted work. Everything needed for stitching is in the kit: you only need to add a hoop or frame and, once finished, a picture frame, which is not included. The fabric margin around the design leaves enough room for framing.