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Comment by Lorelei Halley on March 31, 2010 at 16:06: MargB's blog:
http://maggies-textiles.blogspot.com/

Comment by Lorelei Halley on March 31, 2010 at 14:24: MargB
I just looked at your blog today and saw the pictures of your Hardanger type motifs for your January biscornu. Very nice. The 2nd one is especially interesting.

Comment by Lorelei Halley on March 17, 2010 at 17:42: Hi Everybody
Today I have a question. I ordered some Davos cloth 18 count and was surprised to find it has a Hardanger cloth type structure: 2 threads x 2 threads. So I guess it will work better for Hardanger than for pulled thread. Here is my question: for those of you who have worked with Davos, what do you think is a good thread to use for the thick thread for a Hardanger project? I tried working one kloster block to test using: pearl 5, all 6 strands of stranded floss, and pearl 3. The pearl 5 looks just a little thin (there is a tiny space between the stitches). The 6 strands of floss is also just a bit thin, but I could add more strands. Has anyone used stranded floss for the thick thread in Hardanger, or is there a reason not to? The pearl 3 is a bit thick. It pulled through the cloth easily but seems to pucker the fabric just a tiny bit. Does anyone have experience with this?
Lorelei

Comment by Jeanne Theunissen on February 11, 2010 at 21:39: Thanks, Lorelei! I got the Bargello pattern from the book, Vaughnie's Visions II: A Touch of Metallic. Vaughine Olivieri has a couple of books out combining Hardanger and Bargello. I've had a look at your website, though, and I daresay you could come up with some beautiful designs yourself. Love your work!

Comment by Lorelei Halley on February 11, 2010 at 21:04: Jeanne
I just looked through your album on picasa: marvelous Hardanger!. Your colors are really nice. And I especially enjoyed seeing the bargello/Hardanger combinations. I've been thinking about adding bargello so some of my work, and now you've given me a nudge.

Comment by Jeanne Theunissen on February 11, 2010 at 3:14: Since Sharon sent out an email this morning saying that we were nearing the limit on the photos that can be uploaded to this site, I just started a new group called Web Albums where people can post links to their online needlework photos. Links can be to Flickr, Picasa, or any other publicly accessable online album. That way, we don't have to be limited to the number of photos that can be viewed by other members of this site, and more people can enjoy our work. I hope you'll consider joining and uploading your photos to your own personal albums!

Comment by Yvette Stanton on January 24, 2010 at 0:37: Glad I'm not the only one! :-)

Comment by Lorelei Halley on January 24, 2010 at 0:07: I also find overcast or wrapped bars annoying. I keep each one neat by using my left thumbnail to keep the thread in position until the needle brings it to the front again. As for staggering bars, the problem seems to get worse if I try to put too many wraps on the bar, or if I try to cover up each nano-millimeter of the threads I'm trying to wrap. If I avoid trying to fill the threads up too much the problem mostly disappears. But those overcast bars still annoy me.

Comment by Jeanne Theunissen on January 23, 2010 at 7:00: Hooray! I'm glad you found a solution that worked for you!

Comment by Yvette Stanton on January 23, 2010 at 6:25: I got out my needle and thread and played. I found that if you lace a thread to the far side you can work back to the side you just moved on on. It means that all bars are stitched in the same direction, and they all look the same. Happy happy. :-)