Circus Lane Embroidery Kit for Adults | Edinburgh Street Scene, 6-inch (15cm)

The prettiest lane in Edinburgh, in a hoop the size of a saucer.

Circus Lane is the cobbled mews behind Stockbridge that half of Edinburgh has photographed — low stone cottages, a church spire at the end, and greenery spilling over every doorway. Sammy has drawn the architecture in fine gold outline on charcoal and then let the planting do the talking: dense mounds of green worked in knots and loops, with tiny flecks of red and orange for the flowers in the window boxes.

That contrast is what makes it such a good second or third project. The buildings are steady line work, and the foliage is the part you build up slowly until it stands proud of the fabric. It is not difficult so much as absorbing — Paraffle rate it for stitchers with a little experience, or beginners who are ready to try something more involved.

The pattern comes printed on adhesive Solvy paper, so there is no tracing, and the stitch guide carries a QR code to a video for every stitch used. The finished lane stays in its 6 inch hoop.

What's in the kit

• 100% organic, ethically produced cotton fabric
• The pattern pre-printed on adhesive Solvy paper — stick it down and stitch straight over the lines
• A 6 inch (15 cm) wooden embroidery hoop
• DMC stranded cotton threads
• An embroidery needle
• A step-by-step stitch guide, photographed, with QR codes to Paraffle's video tutorial for every stitch used

Good to know

• Skill level: confident beginner — Paraffle recommend a little experience first
• Mixed stitches, with the foliage built up in texture; each stitch is photographed and filmed
• The finished piece measures 6 inches (15 cm) across and stays in the hoop it arrives in
• You supply your own scissors — everything else is in the bag
• Packed plastic-free, in a recycled kraft paper bag
• Designed by Sammy Bishop and put together by hand in Paraffle's Edinburgh studio
• Contains a needle — please keep away from small children.