Autorentext

Jo Lochhead is the founder and creative director of The Crafty Kit Company, an award-winning business which produces soft craft kits inspired by the beautiful landscape, flora and fauna of East Lothian, Scotland where the business is based. crochets.
Jo discovered the joy of creating everlasting flowers from felt in 2020 and has shared the techniques she has learned with thousands of people since, through online workshops, social media and her website: www.craftykitcompany.co.ukSince the age of 4, Heather Plant has embroidered, sewn, crocheted and needle-felted, and to even today continues to explore different crafts and teach herself new skills. In 2020, Heather began needle-felting more regularly and she soon started to design her own pieces. Her work caught the attention of The Crafty Kit Company, and she went on to become one of their designers, creating kits that help others enjoy the same sense of creativity and achievement she feels when crafting.
This is Heather's first embroidery book which she has co-authored, bringing together her passion for crafting and her experience as a teacher.
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The Moomins are the central characters in a series of books and comic strips by Swedish-speaking Finn Tove Jansson (1914-2001), a painter, illustrator and writer. The Moomins are a family of fantastical white, roundish, hippo-like characters, with large snouts.
After the first Moomin story published in 1945, Tove Jansson went on to write another eight books, four picture books and numerous comic strip stories about the Moomins. The Moomins have inspired numerous television series, films and theme parks.

Klappentext

Embroider all your favourite characters from Tove Jansson's beloved Moominvalley, and embellish your designs with bonus motifs and a ready-to-use alphabet! 10 gorgeous projects to stitch, for beginner embroiderers and up, with complete instructions, a stitch library and full-size templates. There is a whole host of characters to embroider, from the kind and curious Moomintroll, the vain but quick-thinking Snorkmaiden and gentle Moominmamma to their beloved friends and the creatures they meet along the way, including fierce Little My, wise Snufkin, the mysterious Hattifatteners and more. Inside you'll find...

• 10 gorgeous Moomin-inspired embroidery projects for beginner embroiderers upwards.
• Clear thread-color key, order-of work photographs and step-by-step instructions for every project.
• To scale embroidery outlines to transfer for each project, plus full guidance on different transfer methods to suit your way of working.
• An invaluable library of key stitches at the beginning of the book for easy referencing and inspiration.
• BONUS embroidery outlines to transfer, from extra characters and embellishments to a cursive alphabet.
  Whether you'd love to create wall-art for your home, or adorn accessories and wearables, you can ensure the Moomins are with you wherever you are.