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another fabulous Mabel design!!! Sooooooooooo pretty!!

Beautiful!

You have such an unerring colour sense. Beautiful, as always

These are lovely, i just started my first hardanger kit today, just a small dmc one. I picked it up on ebay because id always wondered what it was and so far im really enjoying it

Hey cool! Glad it got there safely and it has a very interesting effect. Had you tried the wool before? I'd never heard of it. Sorry to hear about the bunching, I'll keep that in mind if I try some myself.

These are all sooooo gorgeous. You have a really good eye for what colours go well together.

Tiffany, I'd used crewel wool before, but this is thinner than the Appleton's I've got. I'm not sure "bunching" is the right word really -- what I meant was that when I did the spider's webs, it sat much closer together so the same number of round trips made a much smaller spider's web.
Also, you need to use shorter lengths than I did . It comes in 2-yard lengths, which I halved, and by the time I got to the end of a thread (for example in the chain stitch) it would get a little fluffy and/or thin -- my fault entirely !

And another one !

This one uses Dinky Dyes perle and introduces what I think is a new filling stitch -- I've called it Gamma stitch because of its shape



There's a bit more about it and a close-up of the stitch (and one of Frozen Flower) on FoF.

I like the colour of the fabric on this one.

I love it. The colors are fantastic. And I love your new stitch. Even if its out there you thought of it on your own which I think is wonderfully creative.

Carole

I love it! The colors look fantastic together and the design is just so very different!! Nice!!!

Superb colour combination...and another new stitch.

Wow!

Lovely

It's gorgeous! Lovely work Mabel!
Faith

Such fantastic designs! You do amazing work!

Beautiful work Mabel, you have such a great instinct when it comes to colour in all your designs. Your thread and fabric combinations are always amazing - I can't wait to get back to stitching some more of your designs!

Such beautiful colours You are so clever Mabel

And finally

the last Round Dozen variation for a while, I've now got all the birthday cards I'll need for a bit...

This one uses small double cross stitches in the uncut Kloster blocks -- because I used perle rather than stranded cotton or silk, they've come out really 3D! And after all those very colourful ones, I went for cream with a pastelly House of Embroidery perle.