Mabel's Hardanger

rcperryls · Post by **rcperryls** » Sat Dec 21, 2013 2:28 pm

Your garden gets lovelier with each addition!

Carole

karen4bells · Post by **karen4bells** » Sat Dec 21, 2013 3:04 pm

Just love it!!

Serinde · Post by **Serinde** » Sat Dec 21, 2013 5:09 pm

Mabel Figworthy wrote:Thanks Serinde, that was the perfect excuse to go through your whole gallery -- what great pieces of embroidery there are in there! I couldn't find the one you meant though, or perhaps I overlooked the detail

What you said is one of the reasons why I usually qualify the phrase "my own invention" -- it is my own invention, in that I hadn't seen it anywhere, and thought it up myself, but of course there are only so many things you can do with bars and fillings and so different people are bound to come up with the same things sometimes! It is one of the reasons why copyrght can be such a tricky area, and why (unless you know otherwise?) I don't think stitches can be copyrighted.

Aw, gee, Mabel! Thanks! The piece I was thinking about was the great-nephew's hardanger piece (on the first page of the gallery). The interwoven border isn't exactly like yours, but the idea -- in this case coupling groups of threads together -- is sort of like it.

Don't think I was being critical, either! Nothing could be further from the truth. I hugely enjoy watching your creative processes.

Mabel Figworthy · Post by **Mabel Figworthy** » Sat Dec 21, 2013 5:11 pm

Ah, the needleweaving -- found it now, thanks!

Mabel Figworthy · Post by **Mabel Figworthy** » Sat Dec 28, 2013 8:26 pm

Just a quick post to say hi

-- we had a lovely time in Devon with the in-laws and I had quite a bit of stitching in between walks and cooking and chatting to family, so here are Floral Lace 8a (Pimpernel) and 8b (Grape Hyacinth); 8b uses a filling I've named "sail stitch", 8a has gamma stitches that pull thedouble wrapped bars.

rcperryls · Post by **rcperryls** » Sat Dec 28, 2013 8:30 pm

Carole

mags · Post by **mags** » Sat Dec 28, 2013 8:45 pm

Brilliant - oh choices choices

jocellogirl · Post by **jocellogirl** » Sun Dec 29, 2013 12:56 am

I definitely need a bigger Afghan to fit all these on!!

rcperryls · Post by **rcperryls** » Sun Dec 29, 2013 1:33 am

jocellogirl wrote:I definitely need a bigger Afghan to fit all these on!!

That is what I was thinking Jo. I keep planning this afghan in my head and the only thing I don't find I have room for are the first of Mabel's designs I ever got which were the Afghan Squares. Now I want to put SOW, the Rounds I just did for the coasters, these lovely florals (I count 14 so far) and a few others. Too many decisions

Carole

guenever · Post by **guenever** » Sun Dec 29, 2013 2:13 am

exquisite! they are so delicate and elegant--and so intricate. wow! just gorgeous! that's all i can say!

Louise1262 · Post by **Louise1262** » Sun Dec 29, 2013 12:05 pm

Exactly my thoughts Carole. I think a separate afghan for Floral Lace is the only answer.

My current afghan project of the "Round" series is coming along nicely, the colour scheme is autumnal.

For anyone thinking of trying hardanger on afghan have a go. I thought the cut whiskers would be a problem with such an open weave but they're not.

cairee · Post by **cairee** » Sun Dec 29, 2013 5:57 pm

what fabric do you use for an afghan? the only stitchable afghans I can find are 14-18 ct, which I think would be too big for hardanger

wendywombat · Post by **wendywombat** » Mon Dec 30, 2013 11:17 am

More delicious designs!!

Louise1262 · Post by **Louise1262** » Tue Dec 31, 2013 1:47 pm

cairee wrote:what fabric do you use for an afghan? the only stitchable afghans I can find are 14-18 ct, which I think would be too big for hardanger

My current afghan is Anne cloth - 18count. I have changed nos. 5 and 8 perles for nos. 3 and 5 and it covers well.

Squirrel · Post by **Squirrel** » Wed Jan 01, 2014 12:13 am

them

them. So gorgeous and I love what you have done with the wrapped bars in 8a.

just a query are any more of the designs going to have an "a" and"b" to them???

Mabel Figworthy · Post by **Mabel Figworthy** » Mon Jan 06, 2014 2:12 pm

belated Happy New Year all -- we're just home after a week at the in-laws' followed by a week with my family, so we're still trying to recover

!

Sally, all the Floral Tiles came in pairs, so each of them had an a and a b; I finished 9a in Holland, so just 9b to go!

Mabel Figworthy · Post by **Mabel Figworthy** » Tue Jan 07, 2014 4:10 pm

Working on an eyelet variation on Floral Lace at the moment (VERY pulled, Serinde, you will approve

) but here is the picture of 9a Thistle which I finished over the holiday. The filling stitches are split twists.

jocellogirl · Post by **jocellogirl** » Tue Jan 07, 2014 4:27 pm

Lovely to see you back Mabel and see that you've been productive while you were away. Yet another lovely design, those thistles are so sweet

Looking forward to seeing the whole set

karen4bells · Post by **karen4bells** » Tue Jan 07, 2014 4:38 pm

I don't know how you keep coming up with such beautiful designs, but I'm so glad that you do!!! Amazing, as usual Mabel

rcperryls · Post by **rcperryls** » Tue Jan 07, 2014 6:02 pm

karen4bells wrote: I don't know how you keep coming up with such beautiful designs, but I'm so glad that you do!!! Amazing, as usual Mabel

I agree!!!

Carole

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