Ghurba: Swallow Leaving the Flock with Arabic Calligraphy

The Arabic word غربة (ghurba) is the feeling of being far from home, known to everyone who has moved away. One swallow flies on alone, solid and carved like a linocut, while the flock it left is only a few thin lines behind it; the word sits below in classic Naskh calligraphy. Three threads; the light parts are the hoodie itself. The smallest size is the word alone, for the left chest, so one hoodie can carry the word on the front and the whole piece on the back.

• 3 sizes included: 205 × 334 mm (36 × 54 cm jacket-back frame), 182 × 295 mm (8 × 12 in hoop) and 90 × 56 mm (4 × 4 in hoop). Each size is digitized at its own size, not scaled.
• 3 thread colours, with Madeira Polyneon codes and the colour order on each size's production sheet.
• Light fabric: made for cream, bone, white and sand hoodies and sweatshirts. The light parts of the design are the fabric itself, so skip black and dark colours.

Best on fleece hoodies and heavy sweatshirts, with a medium cut-away stabilizer and a water-soluble topping on fleece. The back size needs a jacket-back frame (about 36 × 54 cm); the 8 × 12 size fits home machines with an 8 × 12 in hoop; the chest word fits a 4 × 4 in hoop.