| Santa can be completed as a stand-alone and is a great companion piece to Sleigh Full of Dreams. Threads used are cotton floss, Kreinik braids, metallic ribbons, ribbon floss, Marlitt, Caron Snow, and silks. Stitches include several combinations such as diagonal mosaic, criss-cross Hungarian, packed stem stitch, diagonal and horizontal knit, horizontal oblong cross, giant brick, medieval mat, Parisian, Van Dyke, beaty variation and other familiar stitches. Techniques include using a laying tool, dimensional stitches, and manipulation of threads. |