{"product_id":"hands-across-the-sea-samplers-elizabeth-garrod-1799-counted-cross-stitch-pattern-booklet-english-reproduction-sampler-pattern-only","title":"Hands Across the Sea Samplers \"Elizabeth Garrod 1799\" Counted Cross Stitch Pattern, Booklet, English Reproduction Sampler, Pattern Only","description":"Elizabeth finished her monochrome sampler on Sunday, March 3, in the year 1799 in the port town of Wells-next-the-Sea. The young Elizabeth certainly stitched a charming first sampler. Not only did she diligently stitch out an upper- and lower-case alphabet (note the missing “J” and reversed “V” and “U”) but she worked some pretty geometric motifs to delight our needles.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nElizabeth has remained elusive despite a thorough search of family history records. There are a few possible Elizabeths that were born in Norfolk during the right time frame; however, we are unable to say with certainty which girl stitched the sampler. We know that there were Garrods living in Wells, but a painstaking trawl of a digitised copy of the parish records has found no Elizabeth Garrod being baptised in the town.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nAs Elizabeth’s sampler was finished on a Sunday, we wondered if it was stitched in a Sunday school. Regrettably, we will never know!\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nThe design area is 127 stitches (w) x 110 stitches (h).\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nThe model was stitched on Lichen hand dyed linen from Tabby Cat which we have offered in a few different counts. The sampler is stitched with cross stitch over two threads of linen and has been rated as suitable for needleworkers of all abilities.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nElizabeth’s sampler has been reproduced using Soie 100.3 from Au Ver à Soie. Conversions are provided for Soie d’Alger and DMC. Only one spool or skein is required for stitching on counts higher than 32.","brand":"Etsy","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45947976351917,"sku":"ET-1387120073","price":29.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0764\/7703\/8765\/files\/il_fullxfull.4541260701_mynk.jpg?v=1777135729","url":"https:\/\/www.kingslandneedleart.com\/products\/hands-across-the-sea-samplers-elizabeth-garrod-1799-counted-cross-stitch-pattern-booklet-english-reproduction-sampler-pattern-only","provider":"Kingsland Needle Art","version":"1.0","type":"link"}