TASTE FOR NEEDLEWORK

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXI, Issue 21716, 3 February 1934, Page 18

TASTE FOR NEEDLEWORK

PRINCESS INGRID'S GIFT A taste for needlework is fairly common among ,Roval ladies. Princess Ingrid has just completed a magnificent altar-hanging for the newly-restored Palace Church in Stockholm, where the Swedish Koyal Family worship when in residence at the .capital. The. gift was planned by the late Crown Princess Margaret, the J)uke of Connaught's but her death postponed the offering. The Princess was an export in ecclesiastic embroidery. Specimens of her work are to been seen in the Royal chapel at. [Jpsala, in the Swedish Church •at Oslo, and in the English Church in Stockholm. Her .Royal Highness had already made several smaller articles for the Stockholm Palace-Church, and she wished the altar-cloth to complete-a set. Princess Ingritl regarded her mother's wish as a sacred legacy, and made up her mind to complete the gift as soon as she was able. Jt took some years before she had acquired the requisite skill to "execute the intricate stitches in lino pink and purple silk and heavy gold thread. With the 'utmost perseverance, however, she continued to take lessons ur.der expert instructors, and then came the actual work on the precious cloth. For the last year or more her embroidery frame has claimed several hours "of her time almost every day. At last the exquisite cloth was ready for consecration, and the ceremony took place in public.