Offers fascinating insights into the use of embroidery in rituals and story-telling. Features pictures inspired by nature including plant lore, animal magic, and sacred places. Describes techniques such as close-up work and ethnic stitches From ancient times, embroidery and other textile arts have been associated with myths and legends, fables and fairy tales, high drama and folklore. This book features the Celtic, Anglo-Saxon, Norse, and Old English embroidered pictures that were used in such sacred rituals. Each chapter contains an adaptation of a legend with illustrations taken from the author's own workbook. The book includes detailed working methods and new design techniques, such as the transformation of traditional ethnic stitches and the translation of designs from ceramics and architecture into motifs for embroidery, enabling readers to create stunning embroidery pieces of their own.