Cross stitch celtic border

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Celtic Cross-stitch borders

I keep pinning these. I am probably the only person who thinks they're awesome. My dad may well get tea towels with medieval patterns on them.

To help celebrate New Year - I'm of Scottish descent, how could I not? - I tweaked the Thistle Stitching Accessories pattern to make a suitably festive design. I dated it for the 1st of January - as the belief seems to be whatever you do that day you'll do throughout the year, so why not some stitching? I can't believe it's a new decade already though - where did the Noughties go? The design uses only whole stitches, no French knots and only four colours, so will be quite a nice design to do…