Olivine is a folk embroidery cross stitch kit from Avlea Folk Embroidery, designed by Krista West and assembled by hand in her Central Oregon studio. All-over folk designs like this are wonderfully meditative to stitch: the repeating pattern is easily memorised and worked without constantly referring to the chart, making it well suited to travel, beginners, and experienced stitchers alike.

The kit includes everything you need to make the piece shown:

• 100% cotton groundcloth
• DMC 100% cotton embroidery floss
• John James size 24 tapestry needle
• Full-colour chart and instructions