With my recent Hardanger class for beginners, I wrote extensive step-by-step notes as a handout for the students, so they could take reference home with them, to refer to. One of the students in the class said to me a couple of times “No, don’t show me. I’ll see if I can do it from your notes first, and if I have any problems, I’ll ask.” And she did very well. The things I needed to show her were things that I decided to add more detail about in the notes, if revising them.
And that made me wonder about writing them up as fully as possible, and publishing it as a beginners Hardanger booklet: a project that takes learners step-by-step through the process of creating Hardanger, teaching them as they go.
Its just an idea that I am kicking around at the moment. It wouldn’t really be a fully fledged book, but it would be more than just plain old class notes. I did have people asking at the craft show about beginners hardanger projects, and it also made me wonder about the merit of creating such a booklet. It would be the type of thing that you could purchase and use to teach yourself, or a group could get together, purchase enough copies for everyone in the group, and work their way through it together.
Is this of interest to anyone?
White Threads is the blog of Yvette Stanton, the author, designer, publisher behind Vetty Creations' quality needlework books and embroidery products.
Sign me up! I’ve been wanting to learn hardinger and this weems like the way to go. Thanks.
I’d be interested
I would be very interested in detailed beginners
instructions as I don’t often take classes, but
rather, I try to self teach.
Yes I am interested I have been wanting to learn hardanger embroidery. A beginners mountmellick booklet would be good too as I am wanting to learn that also. Unfortunately I live in Queensland and cannot attend your actual classes.
By the way I purchased your left handed embroider’s companion book a little while ago from you and it is fantastic!! A big help to a lefthanded embroiderer who has not been able to sit down and embroider for a fair while and now that I have the time it helps me tremendously to brush up on stitches I have not done for some time.
Kind regards
Berenice
I agree with Bernice, I live in the states, but I travel a lot, so it is difficult for me to attend classes. This would be great to take along and work in my hotel room.
Agree – this would be lovely – something achievable in a fairly short space of time. On a overseas trip, a friend I traveled with worked a hardanger table cloth, and I worked a crewel work piece, while we did the trains / backpacker thing. I liked my friend’s hardanger table cloth very much but frankly that’s way too big a project for me to start a new technique – I’d just like a taster project, something small like this booklet and not a whole book with heaps of projects would be just right.
Hi, I agree with everyone. I too am interested in a booklet and sign me up for it too!!
Add me to the list. I work pretty much full time so don’t get a chance to go to your classes. Would be really interested in purchasing your booklet …. the sooner the better for me.
Hi Yvette, did you ever do that booklet? I would really like to do it. Grace Raynor
Hi Grace, from memory, that turned into the following patterns:
http://www.vettycreations.com.au/blue-green-hardanger.html
http://www.vettycreations.com.au/raspberry-hardanger.html
It’s been written specifically as a beginner’s project, with lots of step-by-step instructions, with clear and detailed diagrams.