Tall Ship Necker - finally finished

Last summer (that's summer 2010 I mean), I went sailing on STS Lord Nelson as part of Girlguiding UK's centenary celebrations. We were divided into four watches and each watch had a different colour necker. I was in Aft Starboard watch, with blue neckers.
Some of us made little cross stitch designs while we were on board, and some people brought blanket badges for swaps. So when I got home I decided to sew my swaps and my cross stitch to my necker.
While we were moving house, I found my half-completed necker so I sat down the other day and finished sewing on the last couple of badges. Frome Valley is near Bristol, Chandler's Ford is near Southampton, the cross with the roses is Cumbria I think, and the bear is Warwickshire. The white square badge was one that was made for everyone on the voyage, and Waterford was the port we visited en route. In the cross stitch patch there are dolphins because we saw lots on our way, a little duck which was hidden somewhere in the ship, a shamrock for ireland which we visited, and a friendship knot made up of the colours of the watches (blue, yellow, pink and white).

Close up of badges

Detail of cross stitch