We have two versions of Renoir's PICKING FLOWERS tramme kits. In this version (this listing) only the girls' skin is in petit point, but in the other version their hair is also petit point. Also, the dress and greenery colors are different between the versions. Please review both versions when making your selection. (The other version is in another eBay listing and is currently sold out.)
10-mesh Penelope canvas size 30" high x 23" wide. Work size 25" x 19". Faces, hair, and arms in detailed petit point.
This kit includes the trammed canvas (100% cotton canvas with hand-stitched trammed portions in 100% wool) and matching 100% wool needlepoint tapestry yarn to stitch over the trammed canvas using half-cross stitch. This kit was produced in very limit quantities and does not have custom printed instructions, pictures, charts, needle, or packaging typically found in mass-produced kits. Imported from Germany. Hand-stitched in China.
A tramme needlepoint is a pre-stitched design on double-mesh Penelope canvas instead of a painted or printed design. The pre-stitching is typically horizontal lines. The needleworker uses the matching color yarn included in the kit to stitch over the pre-stitching. Sometimes fine details such as faces, skin, and flowers are pre-finished in petit point or gros stitch. Kits generally only include sufficient yarn to stitch over the pre-stitch using the half-cross stitch technique to save yarn. Some trammes have the entire design area pre-stitched, and others only have the main features pre-stitched and the needleworker provides their own yarn (and colors of choice) to stitch the background and unstitched areas. This tramme kit required substantial labor to produce and no more will be made after inventory is sold out.