For a cross-stitch piece, most of the references indicate you want to use a half cross stitch, which will cause your bead to lay slightly on a slant. Whether you start from the upper or lower left corner, doesn’t make a difference. What is important is you always use the same slant for stitching. Imagine […]
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Bead Attachment: Whip Stitch Single Bead
For a cross-stitch piece, most of the references indicate you want to use a half cross stitch, which will cause your bead to lay slightly on a slant. Whether you start from the upper or lower left corner, doesn’t make a difference. What is important is you always use the same slant for stitching. Imagine […]
Questionnaire for Hardanger Card Club Subscribers
Were you a part of the Hardanger Card Club last year? We want your opinion! We have a short survey that will help us in the future when we are crafting new and fun clubs for our stitching friends. Please let us know what you thought by answering our survey and sharing your thoughts with […]
Ground Stitch (Naversom)
Ground Stitch (Bottensöm) (for Naversom) This is another stitch used to create the open work designs worked with a single thread. To make things very confusing, this stitch is worked with straight stitches on the back, which gives diagonal stitches on the front! The stitches are worked from right to left and from the top […]
Goose-Eye (Naversom)
Goose-Eye Stitch (gåsögon) (for Naversom) This stitch is used to produce the airy openings in the designs. It is worked over two groups of threads with a single thread. To create the open design it is always worked diagonally from left to right and from the lower edge to the upper. The stitch is done […]
Diagonal Stitch (Naversom)
Diagonal Stitch (Bjuråkersömm) (for Naversom) This stitch is a darning stitch made over two groups of threads, working on the diagonal from right to left and from the bottom to the top. It is also worked with a double thread and can be started just as the darning stitch with a loop in the end […]