Embroidery begins!

Now that I have finished, thankfully, the crochet chapters, I can now start on a craft much more to my liking - embroidery!  I love embroidery and couldn't wait to get started.

Embroidery Chapter 1 gives the usual Golden Hands excellent introduction to a new technique, covering threads, needles, fabric and frames.

Chapter 2 starts out with some very simple, but effective, running stitch patterns.  Below is the Golden Hands sample:

And below is my effort:

I embroidered the running stitch on a small piece of evenweave fabric that I purchased at Lincraft and used stranded cotton ( 3 strands).

Then I played with making different patterns with the running stitches:

Fun, quick and easy - I'll make a set of small mats with this embroidery.