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Nordic Needle started with 2 women who couldn't find supplies for hardanger in this area. After starting their store, they also did some designing and have a number of books out. Since I don't do hardanger (yet), I can't attest as to their ease of understanding, but I know they have a number of them on their site and in their store.

HTH

Joan

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Joan E.
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Rosemarie Watenamo is the main "hardanger" gal at Nordic Needle. She has great design charts out. But, for learning, IME, most people really, really like the Janice Love books. They're very clear, and the projects are nice. Once you get through the basics there are several designers worth following with - Emie Bishop. Rpsemary Watenmao, even Victoria Sampler. Also, Loopylou Designs has some really nice pieces - here is a link to her website.

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ellice

The Janice Love books are what our local shop use for classes and are great. Following along with the book's text and you will quickly see how clear the directions are (don't try to just read, do). Hers also have good photos/directions for how things go wrong and how to fix.

Animated stitch diagrams to show "video" of hardanger stitches in action are free at

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-- it is very helpful seeing the stitches being done. They also have a series of $7 to $20 kits that each introduce a new stitch (and have all the supplies) in their Beyond Cross Stitch series in six levels of learning (for example, check this page on their website scrolling down for pictures
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Hearts of ... etc. Leisure Arts has a teach yourself hardanger book
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and search for item 3278). Nordic Needle's website has lots of free instructional/stitch pages and sometimes videos/dvds. Dover has some very reasonably priced books; however, in a lot of them you get more photos than actual instructions or diagrams so I'd peruse in your local bookstore before deciding if they are suited to your level (all are not suited for beginners but their really some great patterns in the $2.00 to $8 average price range). Hoffmandis.com will have hardanger patterns from various designers, hit their website and select "online catalogue" and then search for "hardanger" and then also look at found designer's other patterns; I'd recommend ornaments for a beginner (and the Cross 'N Patch ones, while truly lovely, for more advanced work as mentioned in another of your responses).

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Debbie Rice

I second this. I wanted to lean hardanger, so I took a GCC (Group Corespondance Cource) trhough the EGA's online CyberStitcher's chapter. The course was good ,but didn't explain everything. The teacher recommended the Janice Love books I picked them up, and they were fantastic. I wish I had started there.

-Margaret

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Margaret St. John

Temporarily delurking -

I taught myself the basics of Hardanger using Sue Meier and Roz Watnemo's instructions. These have been printed in several of their books and have been posted to their website:

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The subcategories for Hardanger 101, 201, and 301 are listed on the left side. There are also a number of free Hardanger projects posted on the NN website.I also have Janice Love's books; however, I started doing Hardanger several years before I heard of her, so I have loyalties to Sue and Roz. I have a couple of Hardanger projects (Mom's Christmas gift 2004 and Danielle's stocking) posted in my needlework album here:
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to lurkdom.

Arliss (in a needlework desert, so I have to drive 200 miles to NN) (Hi, Joan.)

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