Craft Focus - April/May 2021 (Issue 84)

VIRIDIAN LTD Viridian is keen to showcase the incredible idea that is the Swift Bead. A product of Clover, the Swift Bead is a specialty needle that has been designed to thread multiple beads at one time. With its large eye and hook, this combination means that the beads are easily strung and securely held onto. This quick beading needle is a perfect assistant to bead crochet work or beading embroidery where threading lots of beads is required beforehand. Crafting with beads has never been so quick and simple. +44 (0)1173 005 244 office@viridianltd.co.uk viridianyarn.com HAWTHORN HANDMADE Black Japanese Garden has an RRP £21.95. This is another of Hawthorn’s new kits and is already proving to be incredibly popular. info@hawthornhandmade.co.uk www.hawthornhandmadewholesale.co.uk SEARCH PRESS The Art of Embroidered Butterflies (paperback edition) is by Jane E. Hall. In this gorgeous book, Jane combines her love of butterflies with her outstanding talent as a textile artist to produce three-dimensional renditions of exquisitely worked butterflies that are almost indistinguishable from the real thing. Using the finest of silk threads and needles, Jane lovingly creates her butterflies using the tiniest of stitches worked on to silk. The butterflies are then placed within a setting of silk leaves and flowers, all made with the same painstaking attention to detail and expert skill as the butterflies themselves. sales@searchpress.com www.searchpress.com THE CRAFTY KIT COMPANY These new Mermaids and Jellyfish counted cross stitch designs by The Crafty Kit Company are part of a brand new Under the Sea collection. Each kit comes complete with quality materials with which to complete the project: 14 count Aida fabric, bamboo embroidery hoop, DMC threads, counted cross-stitch pattern, needle and a beginner’s guide to cross stitch. The finished picture can be mounted using the hoop as a frame, ready to display. +44 (0)1620 860 907 trade@craftykitcompany.co.uk trade.craftykitcompany.co.uk  75 NEEDLECRAFT