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New Zealand Fantail Crewel Embroidery Kit
The Fantail or Piwakawaka is most easily recognised by its distinctive long tail and its erratic swooping flight as it hunts for insects. It is one of the best known indigenous birds of New Zealand. The manuka is a highly aromatic shrub found throughout New Zealand.
Worked in several different stitches on material.
Size of stitched area 23cms (9ins) square. Design printed on material.
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All Crewel kits have the design stamped on the fabric.
They come complete with STRAND unique mohair/wool yarn to finish the design and a needle.
Category: Crewel Embroidery
Tags: embroidery, felt
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The Pohutukawa is known as the New Zealand Christmas Tree as it flowers profusely in midsummer. It grows well on the seacoast, mostly in the North Island, and is a striking feature of the landscape at Christmas time. Bees help with the pollination (although the bee shown is not a native!)
Worked in several different stitches on linen/cotton material.
Size of stitched area 15cms (6ins) diameter. Design printed on material.
$50 BUY NOW
All Crewel kits have the design stamped on the fabric.
They come complete with STRAND unique mohair/wool yarn to finish the design and a needle.
Strand Skeins 151-155 Miro Olive
New Zealand made 50% mohair/50% wool crewel yarn
The 10 metre skeins are $NZ2.55 each.
Select colour and update the shopping cart if you require more than 1 skein
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Pack of all five shades $12 Buy Now
Also available in 30m skeins here and 100gm Balls (360m approx) here
The exclusive colour range for Stand Natural Fibres has been developed
to reflect New Zealand's unique light and landscape colours.
There are currently 177 colours available including a new black and pohutakawa red.
The thread is suited to any crewel embroidery, though it is marginally thicker than Appletons.
It is ideal for petit point which is a traditional type of needlework stitched on canvas.
A single thread of the yarn covers 18# canvas whether the design is printed on it or not.
It will cover 14# canvas (if the design is printed on it).
For 12# or 10# or 7# use 2 or more threads in the needle.
It is also very suitable for using with a variety of threads in modern interpretive designs
It knits as a 3 ply/ Super Fine Yarn weight
Strand Skeins 141-145 Miro Brown
New Zealand made 50% mohair/50% wool crewel yarn
The 10 metre skeins are $NZ2.55 each.
Select colour and update the shopping cart if you require more than 1 skein
Strand 141 Buy Now
Strand 142 Buy Now
Strand 143 Buy Now
Strand 144 Buy Now
Strand 145 Buy Now
Pack of all five shades $12 Buy Now
Also available in 30m skeins here and 100gm Balls (360m approx) here
The exclusive colour range for Stand Natural Fibres has been developed
to reflect New Zealand's unique light and landscape colours.
There are currently 177 colours available including a new black and pohutakawa red.
The thread is suited to any crewel embroidery, though it is marginally thicker than Appletons.
It is ideal for petit point which is a traditional type of needlework stitched on canvas.
A single thread of the yarn covers 18# canvas whether the design is printed on it or not.
It will cover 14# canvas (if the design is printed on it).
For 12# or 10# or 7# use 2 or more threads in the needle.
It is also very suitable for using with a variety of threads in modern interpretive designs
It knits as a 3 ply/ Super Fine Yarn weight
Strand Skeins 121-125 Hebe Mauve
New Zealand made 50% mohair/50% wool crewel yarn
The 10 metre skeins are $NZ2.55 each.
Select colour and update the shopping cart if you require more than 1 skein
Strand 121 Buy Now
Strand 122 Buy Now
Strand 123 Buy Now
Strand 124 Buy Now
Strand 125 Buy Now
Pack of all five shades $12 Buy Now
Also available in 30m skeins here and 100gm Balls (360m approx) here
The exclusive colour range for Stand Natural Fibres has been developed
to reflect New Zealand's unique light and landscape colours.
There are currently 177 colours available including a new black and pohutakawa red.
The thread is suited to any crewel embroidery, though it is marginally thicker than Appletons.
It is ideal for petit point which is a traditional type of needlework stitched on canvas.
A single thread of the yarn covers 18# canvas whether the design is printed on it or not.
It will cover 14# canvas (if the design is printed on it).
For 12# or 10# or 7# use 2 or more threads in the needle.
It is also very suitable for using with a variety of threads in modern interpretive designs
It knits as a 3 ply/ Super Fine Yarn weight