Castles in the Air

Come closer - I want to whisper.
There's a new Long Dog out today and if I say it any
louder tens of thousands of people might get injured
in the ensuing panic buying that is sure to occur.

It's called Castles in the Air.

Why?  Because there's loads of castles and they're

all in an elevated position.

But it's not exclusively about castles.  There's flowers,
grassy knolls, tiny flowers, butterflies and even an
ickle wickle spider too.

Now we're starting to get the bigger picture even if it is a bit

crumpled because I never bother to iron anything.

The stag was a bit camera shy but I managed to capture

most of him before he leaped out of view.

And here's little Bill again.  Some of you may remember

his last adventure when he was bobbing about in a rowing boat

all at sea.  This time he and his brother Alan (who's in a

castle on the other side of this piece) are standing their ground

against hostile crested woodpeckers which are far worse than

aphids, fighting off giant squirrels who are after his nuts and

keeping an eye on a blackwork elephant which has mysteriously

appeared on the scene.  It's all happening.

But I've kept you waiting quite long enough and this is what the

glorious Castles in the Air looks like when all stitched up and

ready for a trip to the framers.

This major work of art, which is much praised in woodworking

circles, is 209 x 285 stitches in circumference and is priced at

£16.20 so hurry and get a copy before the pound sterling begins

to rally again.  

Paper copies are available at all good LNS's globally and far across

the galaxy too and if you're an impatient little imp downloadable

pdf copies are available simply by writing a nice email to:

jools@longdogsampler.com

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I shall be hanging about waiting for you to drop by

just like the aforementioned ickle wickle spider

but with more legs and much scarier.