Carole's Hardanger: All coasters and a few cards finished!!!

[millymolly]

busy busy great work

[Carole]

Oh my! They're all beautiful Carole, but North is particularly delicious. Those colours *swoon*

[Mrs Milkybar Kid]

Love your choices for North Carole - Lavender Mist is one of my (many) faves.......I wonder why . I can only further confirm that Mabel's recommendations are spot on as ever

[fccs]

Beautiful! I haven't tried Hardanger yet, but seeing all of your work and Mabel's designs, I am sooooo tempted.

And I love your furry aide...I especially like the one of her laying on your hoop...looks like she is giving you a bit of the stink eye. I think having furry assistants/supervisors just makes our work so much more challenging and therefore more rewarding.

[Squirrel]

Miss Laverne is as busy as usual I see and so helpful too, bless her. Was Miss Shirley being a perfect lady and letting you stitch that gorgeous piece without help?

Love your North Carole and those colours are scrumptuous. for sure. Might just have to do something about those threads - but next year. This year I need to get saving a bit for m y trip south for a part of the family Christmas.

[rcperryls]

It's Morning now!!



I really enjoyed stitching this one. I love the Y-bars. And I am surprising myself with how confident I am now about the cutting! I am pretty much going to stick to the same colors so that there is a kind of similarity between each set of rounds and then if my DD, DIL, and GD want to trade among themselves (if they prefer all of one color group, for example) it will be easier. But since I am now on a binge of Pearl thread collecting (Weeks Dye Works on the way and I've been eyeing those Threadworx skeins also ) I'm sure to be doing more.

My other pieces are starting to whine, but I keep telling them, Christmas Gifts have to come first!

Thanks for looking.

Carole

[karen4bells]

Wow!!! It's stunning!!! Very pretty stitching and I love the colors!!! So cheerful!!

[Mabel Figworthy]

Very cheerful, and what a practical approach you have to Christmas presents -- I like the idea of Mix & Match coasters !

[Squirrel]

Its gorgeous Carole and you are certainly having lots of fun with those lovely threads plus fair steaming through them all in good order.

[Ainjel333]

Ohh, Carole, all of your pieces are absolutely loverly!!

You've chosen beautiful colors and your stitching is perfect! What great Xmas gifts!

And Laverne is beautiful too, and so much like my Luna- she thinks she should be permanently attached to me and my work...

[Nachstenliebe]

Wonderful work! The coloring goes great with the current season around here

[Cecilia]

I've not seen this before and I've just looked through the whole thread. You're doing such lovely stitching and making some wonderful colour choices.

[Carole]

Love it - so beautiful and cheerful

An excellent excuse for buying more threads too

[vanessanjf]

So pretty

[rcperryls]

Thank you so much everyone for your lovely and encouraging comments. I am more than 1/2 way there with Winter. This design definitely seemed to interest my girls. Maybe because we have been having a cold spell (for us)?

And the third season

I did the x bars as they were stitched in the picture rather than as they are in the chart. I thought it gave a bit more of a snow flake look. I also have been improving on getting those little nubs (I don't know what you call them) of fabric after cutting tucked away more neatly. They annoy me. Kind of like an itch that has to be scratched.

Now I am on to "Night"

Thanks for looking!

Carole

[Mabel Figworthy]

I did the x bars as they were stitched in the picture rather than as they are in the chart. I thought it gave a bit more of a snow flake look.

Brave lady! I originally charted them like that then realised it was making the filling stitches rather difficult... As you've found it is possible but I thought I'd better give stitchers a more convenient option
Love that blue for Winter

[karen4bells]

very pretty and don't your lovely kitties look nice and comfy!!

[rcperryls]

I did the x bars as they were stitched in the picture rather than as they are in the chart. I thought it gave a bit more of a snow flake look.

Brave lady! I originally charted them like that then realised it was making the filling stitches rather difficult... As you've found it is possible but I thought I'd better give stitchers a more convenient option
Love that blue for Winter

I did wonder why the instructions were different since you do point out the difference but didn't say why. The only difficulty I found was bringing the thread through the bars to get from one filling stitch to the next one. I think in one of the SOW charts you suggested using a size 28 needle and with the help of a tweezer to pull the needle through the back of the bar I didn't have any problems.
As I said, the x bars seem to give the piece a more lacy, snow flaky look to me.

Carole

[Carole]

Gorgeous! I really like that in those blues

[Squirrel]

Clever Carole to do it from the picture. Its awesomely gorgeous and very snow flakey looking too. Great one Carole

The Ladies sure enjoy that one and of course they need to keep warm on your lap. well stitched all of you