THE MEDIEVAL BEASTS COLLECTION
My very first collection! It takes inspiration from the curious blend of careful observation and wild imagination that shaped Medieval accounts of the natural world. This very often took the form of bestiaries: manuscripts that document the animals (real or imagined!) of the Medieval world. To these proto-Attenboroughs, the universe was a complex and fantastical design, and each animal endowed with secret meaning.
Gaius Julius Solidus wrote of tawny colored Bulls that could run faster than birds. Guillaume le Clerc described Fire Stones that, if brought together, would burn down the whole world. Thomas of Cantipré thought that Plovers were birds that lived on nothing but air...
The kits each use 6 main stitches - Chain, Satin, Backstitch, Whipped Backstitch, Lazy Daisy and French Knots. If you don't know all (or any) of these - don't worry! There is also a sampler which will teach you all the stitches you need to know, and if any are still too fiddly, there are substitutions you can make. They take 20-30 hours to complete (unless you're a real pro - mum did The Newt in 2 days) - so suffuse yourself with some Medieval mindfulness and stitch away!
