My friend Mary from the East Sac Knit and Crochet/Fiber Arts group has been teaching me how to do Hardanger embroidery, a Norwegian craft related to Italian Reticella. I've had my frustrations, mostly related to my getting overexcited and cutting where I oughtn't to have cut, and the inevitable tangles and knots risked by any embroideress who allows herself more than an inch or two of thread on her needle, avoiding the need to cut and thread every few millimeters of work. But I've come to find the counted satin stitch and buttonhole that form the pattern and the needleweaving around the 'connecting bars' very relaxing.
At any rate, my first attempt is finished - I have only to wash the thing, to make the few fuzzy loose ends shrink back into the design, and decide what to do in the center, whether to use a traditional satin stitch motif, some other stitches, or some applied something-or-other.
So I am sure the reader can assume for his or herself how very pleased I am with myself.
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