Casgliadau Arlein

green wool embroidery on hessian canvas ground.

1 edge = selvage, one edge secured with coarse overcast stitches using pale blue cotton, Z-twist, 2 threads used together, one edge secured with coarse overcast stitches using brown cotton, Z-twist, 2 threads used together, one edge secured with thick, bast fibre thread (same as yarn used for weave)

wool embroidery threads = 2-ply, S-twist, 2 threads used together. tabby ground weave: yarns = S-twist.