Every few weeks during the last few months I’ve been
showcasing craft projects for glass ball ornaments that are featured in Drop Dead Ornaments, the latest
Anastasia Pollack Crafting Mystery. Today I offer you a cross stitch project
perfect for another December holiday—Hanukkah, which this year begins next
week.
Hanukkah is the Festival of Lights. It’s an eight-day
celebration that commemorates the rededication of the Second Temple of
Jerusalem in the second century B.C. after the Jewish people, led by Judah
Maccabee, rose up against their Syrian oppressors and drove them out of
Jerusalem. According to legend, even though there was only enough oil to keep
the temple’s menorah burning for one day, the candles continued to burn for
eight days.
The cross stitch design features a dreidle border.
The dreidle, a four-sided spinning top, is a traditional game played during
Hanukkah.
Cross Stitched Happy Hanukkah Dreidles
Finished design: 77w x 44h stitches
Size: 5-1/2” x 3” (stitched on 14-ct. fabric)
Cross stitch with two strands floss.
Backstitch with one strand black (DMC 310/Anchor 403)
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