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What's In A Chart?

Most cross stitch patterns are supplied on paper in booklet or leaflet form; some charts come as chart packs - individual sheets in a display bag and these can be convenient as you can work from a single sheet easily attached to your chart holder. These types of chart are delivered by airmail to you if you live outside the UK.

Many people now download their cross stitch patterns direct to their own home computer. This has the advantage of not having to wait for the mail and giving you a chart that can be magnified on your screen without loss of clarity. You can print out your chart on your own printer page by page as you work through it.

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Profile - Lanarte

The Dutch company Lanarte have produced many and varied designs. They produce quality large scale charts in black and white with detailed instructions in several languages.

In 1934, Augustinus (Guus) Vergnes opened a shop in Leeuwarden selling yarn and knitting wool. The range was gradually extended to include other needlecrafts, such as simple cross-stitch kits. Over the years, Guus managed to open numerous shops throughout the country under the name Naaldkunst (Needlecraft). As the range of needlecraft kits was not very broad at that time, Guus felt the need to design his own.

Lanarte, now grown into a family business was set up in 1973 and new business premises were built on the newly developed Schenkenschans industrial area in Leeuwarden, Holland.

Lanarte's collections consist of :-

• Art Nouveau - Stylish images from the golden age of art
  
• Home and Garden - beautiful flower pictures, individually, in bouquets and vases or in garden setting;
  
• Romance - delicate colours and subtle shades in pictures of beautiful women, children and flowers;
  
• Marjolein Bastin - designs of flowers, birds and samplers from the well known Dutch illustrator;
  
• Classic - from paintings, posters and Dutch tiles;
  
• Animals - styled, realistic and cartoons;
  
• Culture - Egyptian collages, oriental ladies, dark African beauties are all in this group;
  
• Holiday - lighthouses and seaside views and the country with fields of flowers;
  
• Just for Kids - cute teddies, toys and contemporary birth samplers;
  
• Maria van Scharrenburg - beautiful fantasy figures, romantic baby pictures and a cute nursery range.

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