Here’s yet another bee for my textile book, I started stitching this one whilst flying home from Rome. This is a pattern by ItchyStitchAU on Etsy.

The pattern is designed for 14 count Aida, it uses all six strands of a DMC thread together, as I was using the equivalent of 16 count, I just used four threads which seemed to worked well.

I used a very pretty printed linen from Lakeside Needlecraft, it’s all shades of lavender. Ironically if I had been at home I would have probably changed my mind either about the fabric or the threads used as I wasn’t convinced they would show up enough, of course they look fine!

The lavender is stitched using four threads as I mentioned, but cleverly half the threads are turned so the variegation is more varied but more subtle. It’s actually one pattern repeated lots of times but it’s amazing how many mistakes you can make repeating a simple pattern!! Luckily with this design it didn’t matter if it wasn’t quite as per pattern.

It was pretty quick to stitch and I like it.