The gannet's plunge draws a narrow line into the wave ridge. The PDF hand embroidery pattern spreads its black-tipped wings at unequal heights, with separate foam marks and spray around the darker water faces.
The suggested palette
Suggested fabric: slate-blue linen. The palette proposes 16 DMC shades for stranded cotton. Supply your own needles, hoop or frame and a transfer method suitable for the cloth. Test the transfer and physical thread colours on a small swatch first.
Does the splash need loose loops or raised additions?
The guide uses low secured foam fields and separate spray marks. The water's movement comes from those mapped shapes and shading, without requiring loose looped trim.
Preparing the transfer
Artwork canvas: 232 x 300 mm, portrait, including the open background areas. Print the separate A3 transfer at Actual Size / 100% and check the 50 mm control bar. Guide previews are reduced. These are canvas dimensions, not a finished hoop, cushion or bag size. The Stitch Guide itself uses US Letter pages.
Working through the thread map
The guide maps 12 working regions with local stitch direction, strand count and DMC colour recipes. Use the region key and recommended sequence to follow the overlaps and changes in shading. Mapped techniques include curved short fill and split, fine split, couching and low fill, tiny flat satin and seed.
Your digital pattern package
The package contains the 16-page Stitch Guide PDF, a full-size A3 transfer PDF, SVG linework, white and transparent 600 dpi linework PNGs, a colour reference JPG, the thread-and-region CSV, READ_ME instructions and the Hand Embroidery Stitch Sampler, Essential Needlework Handbook PDF.
Reading the composition
Gannet in the Whitewater Plunge explores a strongly vertical flight pose. Follow the descending feather directions, then work the wave ridge and secured foam around the original bill contact without losing the complete wing tips.
Download format and licence
Digital files only. No fabric, thread, tools or finished embroidery is supplied. Colour references and lifestyle mockups show design and presentation ideas. For personal, non-commercial use. Do not share, redistribute or resell the digital files.
