Index

A

Aboriginal designs 124–5

acorns 80–1

African designs 122–3

aftercare 26–7

alphabet 24, 228–49

angel 184–5

animals 55–7, 82, 83, 129–30

apples 58–9

art deco 142–5

art nouveau 138–41

astronaut 159

B

background grid 9

backstitch 9, 21

balloons 175

beads 13, 22

bees 70

berries 60

birds 51, 71, 76–7, 130, 226–7

boats 156–7, 168, 173, 175

books 178–9

borders 23, 108–9, 112–13, 126–7, 172–3, 208–23

bottles 105

bows 38–9

butterflies 50, 73–5

C

cactus 165

cakes 104, 177

candles 88, 95, 173, 177

cats 56–7, 129

centre patterns 204–5

cherries 61

chicks 101–3

Chinese designs 116–19

Christmas 88–95

colours 6–7, 9, 24

cotton thread 11

cows 82

crabs 125, 176

cross stitch 11, 20–1

crown 133

D

dogs 55, 129–30

ducks 168

E

Easter 100–3

Egyptian designs 12831

elephants 110

Elizabethan knot gardens 134–7

eyes 131

F

fabric 10–11, 16–18

faces 122–3

fish 85–7, 155, 176

flowers 30–41, 40–1, 42–5, 46–9, 146–7

French knots 9, 22

fruit 58–63

G

gardens/gardening 50–1, 134–7, 161, 164–5

geometric designs 198–207

grapes 62–3

graph paper/design materials 13

guidelines 25

H

hearts 6, 96–9, 146

hobbies 162–5

hoops and frames 13, 106–7

houses 50, 52–3

I

ice cream 154

Indian motifs 108–11

J

Japanese designs 120–1

K

key code 24

key patterns 190–1

kids motifs 174–7

kites 170, 175

knitting 162

knot patterns 134–7, 200–3

L

ladybugs 71

leaves 79, 81

loop start 19

loose-end start 18

M

moon 68–9

moths 71

N

narrow bands 186–9

needles 13

numbers 24, 234, 237, 248–9

nursery motifs 168–73

O

occupations 158–61

orchids 34–5

P

painting/painter 159, 163

people 146–7, 150–3, 158–61, 174

R

rabbits 102, 168

rainbow 148–9

rayon/silk floss 12

reading a chart 8

reindeer 115

repeat patterns 192–7

roses 30–3

S

samplers 7, 23–4, 214–27

school motifs 178–9

scissors 179

seahorses 87

seaside 154–5

sheep 83

shield 132

ship 132

The Sixties 146–9

snowflakes 72

snowman 91

South Western motifs 112–15

sport 150–3

squirrels 80–1

stars 114–15

starting and finishing 16–19

stitching 18–19, 20–1

sun 68–9, 147

swords 132

T

teapots 66–7

teddy bears 180–3

threads 11–13, 19

train 169

trees/topiary 54, 78–9, 92–3, 172, 224–5

tulips 36–7

turtles 124–5

V

vegetables 64–5

W

waste-knot start 18

waves 84–5

weddings 6, 104–7

Z

zigzag patterns 206–7

zodiac 166–7