Rocking horses needlepoint patterns

A rocking horse in profile, whole toy, in several styles, with a facing pair in the folk art one.

It is a wooden horse with an arched neck, a carved mane and a tail, a saddle and in some a bridle, and its hooves fixed to a curved rocker. All are four inches square on 18 mesh, and some can be made round. The rocker is a long curve, so count it first and stand the horse on it; it suits a nursery or a first Christmas.