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Acorn Forager

from $55.00

Crewel Embroidery Kit

The embroidery design measures 13.5cm x 23cm wide.

Acorn Forager features a cute red squirrel scurrying along an oak branch, surrounded by leaves and acorns. Fifteen shades of crewel wool bring depth and natural shading to the fur, foliage, and bark, while 10 common stitches build texture throughout — from the squirrel's coat and fluffy tail to the lobed oak leaves and rounded acorns.

The embroidery kit includes everything you need to complete the design.

IN THIS KIT YOU WILL FIND:

  • INSTRUCTION BOOKLET with detailed, step-by-step instructions and diagrams

  • Taupe linen twill with the design printed, ready to stitch

  • Appleton’s crewel wool

  • DMC Eco Vita soft crewel wool

  • Needle

Please Note: This kit does NOT include supplies to make the knitting needle case pictured.

Crewel Embroidery Kit

The embroidery design measures 13.5cm x 23cm wide.

Acorn Forager features a cute red squirrel scurrying along an oak branch, surrounded by leaves and acorns. Fifteen shades of crewel wool bring depth and natural shading to the fur, foliage, and bark, while 10 common stitches build texture throughout — from the squirrel's coat and fluffy tail to the lobed oak leaves and rounded acorns.

The embroidery kit includes everything you need to complete the design.

IN THIS KIT YOU WILL FIND:

  • INSTRUCTION BOOKLET with detailed, step-by-step instructions and diagrams

  • Taupe linen twill with the design printed, ready to stitch

  • Appleton’s crewel wool

  • DMC Eco Vita soft crewel wool

  • Needle

Please Note: This kit does NOT include supplies to make the knitting needle case pictured.

Kit Options:

** Intermediate-Beginner **

I recommend Bunnies & Buttercups for stitchers with a little experience in thread painting. It is a great project if you are familiar with common embroidery stitches.

Bunnies & Buttercups was inspired by William Morris’s ‘Brer Rabbit’. The panel features a pair of facing bunnies, nestled under a vine of white flower puffs and surrounded by sunny yellow buttercups. The flowers and foliage are embroidered using common embroidery stitches and the bunnies are stitched mostly in long & short stitch to create soft-looking fur and shading of colours. Each bunny has a fluffy, pompom-like tail created with tufted Ghiordes knots.

The embroidered panel is the perfect size for a decorative bolster pillow or a fabulous work bag, and would look super cute framed in a nursery. I made my Bunnies & Buttercups into a bolster pillow with a cute pompom trim to match the bunnies’ fluffy tails.

YOU WILL ALSO NEED:

  • Slate frame with 50cm (20”) wide tape, and 90cm x 1.5cm (36” x 5/8”) wide cotton tape and lacing thread
    (OR 35cm x 45cm wide (14″ x 18″) stretcher bars and thumbtacks)

  • Embroidery scissors

Stitches Used: Blanket stitch | Chain stitch | Colonial knot | Fly stitch | French knot | Ghiordes knot | Padded satin stitch | Long & short stitch | Satin stitch | Split stitch | Stem stitch | Straight stitch