The Newt embroidery kit from Tall Sky Sewing is inspired by medieval manuscripts and bestiary illustrations. The embroidery kit includes everything you need to complete the design.
Suitable for: all levels (if you're worried about the more complex stitches, instructions for substitutions are included)
Stitching Time: 30+ hours
Included in the standard kit: sample pattern to learn all stitches needed, design printed on linen, 2 tutorial videos, 6" wooden hoop, 2 needles, needle threader, skeins of DMC thread, cheatsheet and a tote bag.
Why not add a custom made frame with a framing kit? Info here
The newt [stellio] has its name given according to its color, for on its back it is marked with glittering spots in the manner of stars [stella].
Isidore of Seville [7th century CE] (Etymologies, Book 12, 4:38):
Women, plotting to spoil the beauty of rival courtesans, kill a spotted lizard [stelionibus] in the ointment used by them. The remedy is yolk of egg, honey. and soda. The gall of this kind of lizard, beaten up in water, is said to attract weasels.
Pliny the Elder [1st century CE] (Natural History, Book 8, 48; 29, 22):
