Kit de point de croix compté « Midi et minuit »

“Noon and midnight” is a single landscape split down the middle into day and night.

What the picture shows

The left half is warm: a golden sky, ochre mountains with snowy caps, a green shore with small flowers and a flock of birds above. The right half is cold: a violet-blue sky, a full moon, icy blue peaks and the same lake in night tones. The border runs as a clean vertical through the centre. The light blue canvas stays open in places in the water and sky. Seventeen floss colours over 38 m; the stars and moon are worked in Preciosa No. 10 beads in two colours. The border between day and night runs exactly down the middle and never shifts — that is the main demand on your counting.

What is in the kit

• Aida canvas, count 14, light blue, 220×220 mm piece
• Cotton floss, 17 colours, 38 m
• Tapestry needle
• Czech Preciosa seed beads No. 10 in two colours and a beading needle
• Symbol chart with a QR code that exports it to the SAGA app
• Step-by-step instructions
• A decorative hoop for finishing the piece: 170 mm diameter, blue

Specifications

• Design size: 170×170 mm (6.69×6.69 in)
• Base: Aida canvas, count 14, light blue
• Floss colours: 17
• Floss length: 38 m
• Difficulty: average
• Technique: counted cross stitch

A 170×170 mm design, rated average because of the gradients in the sky. A landscape like this is usually put in a rectangular frame with a mount, chosen separately; a decorative hoop comes with the kit. The beads in two colours go on at the end: one for the stars, the other for the highlights on the water.