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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.
$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.
Category: Crewel Embroidery
Tags: embroidery, felt
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Embroidery needle to suit your thread
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The exclusive colour range for Stand Natural Fibres has been developed
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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.
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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
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Strand Skeins 201-205 Manuka Blue
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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
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