2016 Round in Circles Hardanger SAL

[Squirrel]

Love your hardanger pieces Serinde they are gorgeous and what a neat idea to use beads rather than colonial knots. Well Done on both.

[cairee]

beautiful Serinde!

I finished round 3 and 4, I'll take pictures when I have some daylight. starting on May, I am impressed with the placement of the greek crosses, it looks like a delicate flower Mabel you are a genius!

[Mabel Figworthy]

Looking forward to your pics cairee, and thanks for your comment about the May design - I was quite pleased myself with how it turned out, it's difficult to tell what it will really look like until you stitch it!

[cairee]

Round 3

sparklies are gilt #14 spangles from berlin embroidery
Round 4

[Mabel Figworthy]

Oooh, real spangles, love it! And your colour combination must be one of the most striking in the Gallery - what an inspired idea to use black and gold with that vivid fabric.

[wendywombat]

Need dark glasses to look at this Brilliant version!!

Wow, just Wow!!!

[rcperryls]

Need dark glasses to look at this Brilliant version!!

Wow, just Wow!!!

I agree completely!! Wow!

Carole

[Squirrel]

Wow Cairee that is fantastic and what a lovely way to use that gorgeous fabric. Love both of them.

[cairee]

after 2 counting errors, and a total of 1 1/2 hours on the chain stitch (I really dont get along well with chain stitch) I got round 5 done. errors and chain stitches asside I really liked stitching this one!

beads this time are mill hill 40557
the petite beads fit better than the regular seed beeds this time

oh! Mabel, I noticed in the gallery you have the threads listed as #5 and #8, its actually #8 and #12.

[fccs]

So pretty!!!

[Squirrel]

Well Done on a rapid finish to this pretty one.

[wendywombat]

Just gorgeous!

[Mabel Figworthy]

I'm sorry the chain stitch was such a pain - Did you work it in Kreinik throughout? The end result is pretty stunning as usual!
Thanks for the heads up about the thread sizes - I really should have known on 32ct...

[rcperryls]

Very pretty!

Carole

[Mabel Figworthy]

Here is my White On Colour version of Round Five:



I'm afraid Round Six still won't be on time as we're having our holiday first, a relaxing week in a friend's house in Brittany (trying not to worry about fuel )

[wendywombat]

Very pretty, Mabel. Really stands out against that fabric.


Hope you enjoy your well earned holiday.
We're further south from Brittany and our fuel is restricted! Only allowed €30 fuel at a time last Wednesday and it looks like the strikes are going to get worse. Saw this morning that the railways are joining in!

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[Serinde]

Mabel, this is lovely.

Hope Brittany is trouble free, although I hear that the Air France pilots are coming out, too, in case anyone is thinking of France for a June holiday... Perhaps all the families on half-term holidays (England, that is) won't be able to get back... As for the football tournament, well!

They should all be in sunny (west) Scotland!

[rcperryls]

Very pretty Mabel (as usual!). Hope you have a lovely and relaxing vacation!

Carole

[Squirrel]

That is gorgeous Mabel and I do hope that the fuel situation works out for you. Enjoy the change of scenery and a good rest.

[Squirrel]

Here is my Round 5 one - never have I taken so long or frogged so much to get it done.



I have not put in beads as it is due in the post tomorrow or Thursday at the latest. I did enjoy it in spite of the problems of positioning the curves and I would use the stitches again but in a square or linear way.

Done on 25 ct Lugana Moss Green. Using DMC 5 unknown it is a lemon muted orange varigation. Fancy stitches and border done in DMC 352 & 353 also the Greek crosses using these 2. The bars are DMC 382 a very soft lemon

Thanks for looking.