hardanger
Geometric cut embroidery
Hardanger is a style of embroidery featuring geometric cutwork patterns with characteristic square holes and satin stitching.
The technique produces intricate, lacy designs traditionally worked on even-weave fabric: She learned hardanger from her Norwegian grandmother.
The term also applies to a type of fiddle with sympathetic strings used in Norwegian folk music. (Capitalized Hardanger is a region of Norway.)
Embroidery with removed sections
- whiteworkPale embroidery on pale cloth
- picotsDecorative fabric edge loops
- linenFlax-derived textile
- fabricWoven or knit material
thread · needle · scissors · hoop · pattern · grid · openwork · lacework
Easily broken or harmed
- intricateElaborately detailed, many parts
- openworkDecorative pierced craftsmanship
- geometricRelating to mathematical shapes
- symmetricalEven on all sides
crisp · precise · fine · lacy · airy · translucent · ornate · elegant
Adjust restlessly; folk violin
- stringsThin flexible lines
- folkRegular common people
- traditionalFollowing long-held customs
- NorwegianFrom Oslo's homeland
cutwork
Embroidery with removed sections
fabric · thread · needle · scissors · hoop · pattern · grid · openwork · lacework · symmetry
delicate
Easily broken or harmed
- intricateElaborately detailed, many parts
- openworkDecorative pierced craftsmanship
- geometricRelating to mathematical shapes
symmetrical · crisp · precise · fine · lacy · airy · translucent · ornate · elegant · refined
fiddle
Adjust restlessly; folk violin
- stringsThin flexible lines
- folkRegular common people
- traditionalFollowing long-held customs
- textile craftssewing, knitting, weaving, quilting, embroidery
- embroiderycross stitch, cross-stitch, French knot, needlepoint, crewelwork
- Needlecraftembroidery hoop, cross-stitch, needlepoint, crewel, crewelwork
- needleworkcross-stitch, embroidery, embroidery hoop, embroidery hoops, needlepoint
- Scandinavian culturehygge, midsummer, sauna, smorgasbord, Lucia
- embroidery designscross-stitch, needlepoint, crewelwork, samplers, monograms