Large Sampler

So, I started working from the book, "Palestinian Embroidery Motifs". Not unconnected with the post 'Tiny Sampler', I thought that since I was needing glasses to use cotton thread on 16 stitch per inch linen, I could make life easier if I used tapestry wool on what was about 6 stitch per inch linen. Also, I would get a much bigger thing to put on the wall. This is almost true. The sampler I made ended up about 1metre wide and 1.5 high. It covers quite a lot of wall.

Tiny Sampler

This sampler had a purpose: I was just starting to wear glasses, and I wanted to see if I could do it , just one last time without. Sixteeen stitches to the inch, with natural unaided eyes!

Little Sampler

Then there was a break of several years when I did no sewing at all. I left some embroidery on a plane, and didn't start again.
When I did start to sew again, I did this little sampler, made up as I went along.