Sleighs needlepoint patterns

Sleighs: Santa's sleigh in profile, loaded with a sack and a parcel or two, and a horse-drawn sleigh ride with two riders.

Santa's sleigh has a high curved back and is drawn in several styles; the folk art one has a pair of sleighs facing each other on a line of snow. All are four inches square on 18 mesh. Runners are long thin curves, so count them first and set the sleigh on them. Begin early for Christmas: finishing takes time too.