Monday 24 September 2012

Stitch Like an Egyptian

At the weekend I went shopping for art supplies - so much fun *laughs* I wanted to buy everything ;) Anyway, I popped into a discount bookshop (The Works, if you're in the UK) as they sometimes have art stuff, and I found this:



It was only a couple of quid, so I grabbed it despite the fact that the extent of my cross-stitching experience is a single heart and a packman bookmark *laughs*

There are some pretty amazing and intricate patterns:



... Neither of which I actually think I'll make, but they're pretty to look at in the book ;)

The pages I was most interested in were the hieroglyphs:


I like simple graphic shapes, especially for cross stitch, so I may well see if I can do something with these!

6 comments:

  1. The glyphs are super cool. I don't think I would try to make the King Tut on the cover, though! ;)

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  2. This book is curiously intriguing!
    –Cassandra

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  3. That looks like an awesome book. Might have to send Jamie into town to have a look for it! I've always had a soft spot for Egyptian history. Hieroglyphic bookmarks sound like the way forward!

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  4. That book looks great! I love the hieroglyphics too.

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  5. My son is super into egypt. I wonder if you could turn some of the patterns into knitting patterns. That would definitely be something he would live for me to make him!

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  6. I'd love to flip through this book!!

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