Tiger Moth

Counted cross stitch of the de Havilland Tiger Moth, one of the greatest training and sports aircraft of all time. Our design features a DH-82A in military colours. From well before World War II until after it, the Tiger Moth was the ubiquitous basic trainer with the RAF and Commonwealth air forces.

It first flew in October 1931 as a modified DH-60M (Metal Moth - with a steel tube fuselage instead of the Gipsy Moth's wooden fuselage) and was originally designated DH-60T Tiger Moth. This was modified to become the DH-82 and then up-engined to DH-82A of which 8706 were built. Tiger Moths were built by many manufacturers, including by de Havilland themselves and their subsidiaries and by Morris Motors. Production was undertaken in the UK, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Norway, Portugal and Sweden.

The design contains only whole cross stitches - no part stitches - and some back stitches. The stitched measurements are 11.5" x 6.7"/29 cm x 17 cm.

The finished stitching would fit a frame measuring 37.9 cm x 21.6 cm without mount, or 40.6 cm x 30.5 cm with mount. The standard fabric in the kit is 14 count white blockweave Aida. 28 count evenweave 100% Cashel linen is available as an option for £3 extra. The kit also contains DMC stranded cottons in 24 shades, ready-sorted on a thread organiser with the key, needle, easy-to-follow charts, small scale and large scale, full instructions for beginners and specific instructions for this kit.