十字绣爱丁堡

A hand-embroidered cross-stitch sampler of Edinburgh, held in a simple wooden hoop and photographed straight on against a soft grey wall, portrait format. Stitched on cream Aida cloth with the grid of holes visible. At the top, the word "EDINBURGH" in large blocky cross-stitch capitals. Below it, the castle on its rock, a row of tall tenement houses with crow-stepped gables, a steep narrow close with steps, and a tiny figure under an umbrella. Under the scene, a small stitched line: "it will rain later". A simple running-stitch border around everything. Palette of slate grey, heather purple, moss green and deep red thread on cream. Each stitch a clear tiny X, slightly uneven, made by hand.