The style of embroidery used is most closely related to that of
crewelwork. We use stem, long and short, chain and burden stitch along
with bullion and french knot, couching and seeding. These stitches,
however are employed to describe shape, volume and movement rather than
the more traditional application of crewelwork techniques. Having
decided that the effect of the stitch was more important than the stitch
itself it was aggreed amongst the embroiderers to refer to the style we
use as 'needle painting'.

The process involves the study of the cartoon, analysing of shape and movement, choosing of the right shade of woollen thread and the consideration of the type of stitch, it's direction and size. 500 needles have been used - the points do get blunt as they stab through the Jacobean linen twill fabric which was chosen due to it's sympathy with the woollen thread and it's durability.