Eliza Skelton 1820 by Hands Across the Seas Hardanger Kit This is the most practical

This is the most practical and useful option for learning reticella: embroider a sampler where the reticella alternates with satin stitch

This kit uses full cross stitch half stitch and back stitch

Set of 4 10 yard skeins (40yards in total) of 100% pure silk thread hand dyed by Treenway Silks

color - Mayflower Mocha by R&R Reproductions (worked over 2 linen threads)

Eliza Skelton 1820 by Hands Across the Seas Hardanger Kit This is the most practicalWith a young boy, dressed as a Cavalier and riding a rocking horse, it is a lovely heirloom sampler to stitch for a child. Rocking horses have been loved by children for many centuries. The verse that Eliza chose for her sampler was taken from Eves Hymn Lifes road let me cautiously view, And longer disdain to be wise, Forebearing such Paths to Pursue, As my reason should hate or despise, To crown both my age and my youth, Let me mark where religion