Swimming School Sea Turtle Counted Cross Stitch Kit by Bothy Threads XHD64

Stitch Swimming School, a counted cross stitch kit by Bothy Threads — a green sea turtle glides through blue splashes with four baby turtles paddling around her.

A little stitcher's folklore: sea turtles return to the very beach where they hatched to lay their own eggs, sometimes decades later.

Why this kit: based on artwork by Hannah Dale of Wrendale Designs, it is stitched on Aida printed with Bothy Threads' exclusive speckled background, so the soft Wrendale look is ready-made.

Kit includes: 14-count Zweigart Aida printed with an exclusive speckled background, pre-sorted stranded cottons, a needle and a clear stitch diagram and instructions. Stitches used: full cross stitches, a few fractionals, back stitch and French knots. A frame is not included.

Stitch the turtles in cross stitch from the centre, add fractionals where shown, then the shells in back stitch and the French knots.

Finished size: 26×26 cm (10.2×10.2 in). A calm ocean piece for a bathroom or beach house.