SUBAn Icelandic Endless Knot Design to Stitch
This design is entirely worked in long-arm cross-stitch, the most common stitch found in the extant traditional embroideries of Iceland.
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SUBThis design is entirely worked in long-arm cross-stitch, the most common stitch found in the extant traditional embroideries of Iceland.
In the Victorian era, it is not entirely surprising that thick paper, or card, was attempted as a ground material for hand embroidery—an important skill for every Victorian lady.
Notre-Dame shines as an example of early Gothic structure with its massive flying buttresses that offset the weight of the tall walls.
Olga Fedorova designed this Orenburg-style lace shawl in 1991. Her sister, Valentina, has been knitting the pattern from memory since then.
From about 1804 until 1844, young schoolgirls at Westtown School, a boarding school in Pennsylvania established by Quakers in 1799, embroidered globes, both terrestrial and celestial.