Greetings friends! 

Once again I missed my Friday/Saturday posting day, and have landed on a Sunday (again!) so I think I should just change my posting day to sometime-between-Friday-and-Sunday! I might just be able to stick with that over the summer…the sunshine is just too distracting and I tend to put off sitting and physically typing up until last minute and then find I dislike the photos I’ve taken for said post (which is what happened this week the original ones were really dark).

Still, I’ve got a new needlework butterfly to share with you! I became quite attached to the teeny tiny Dingy Skipper I met during my recent exploration of Penhale Dunes and I wanted to create one to add to my ever growing collection of handmade butterflies. 

This is #14 on my Embroidered Butterfly challenge – only 62 more to go!!! If I can make at least one a month that means it should only take like another four or so years!

Dingy Skipper (Erynnis tages) is found in Britain and Ireland but becoming kinda rare. Its grey-brown wings are covered with mottled brown markings and two lines of white spots.

Turns out they really love the sunshine and often bask on bare ground with wings spread wide. This small brown and grey butterfly is extremely well camouflaged to be honest I actually thought it was a moth so didn’t fuss about not having a ‘perfect’ photo…not a mistake I’ll be making again any time soon!!. 

They are such a small butterfly and have a real life wingspan of just 29mm (so tiny!), so my needlework version still has quite a modest wingspan of about 6cm to keep it inline with my ‘twice life size’ scale and I’m so pleased with how it turned out, the ultra tiny stitches were quite challenging. 

Ever seen a Dingy Skipper? Thank you so much for checking this out and I wish you a wonderfully sunshine filled week ahead! I’m gonna try super hard to post on Friday!!

Ps. If you want to have a look at my other butterflies they’re HERE!

Psps. Also if you want to see the photos from my Penhale day out its HERE!

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