Fix Hardanger embroidery broken threads! Repair incorrectly cut threads.

Hardanger embroidery can be daunting for some because of the chances of accidentally cutting the wrong thread; but don't worry you don't have to start again, you can fix it!! In this video tutorial I show that all is not lost and that there's an easy and effective way to remedy the result of a slipped scissor!
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[@ib-fine]

Knowing how to correct a mistake gives confidence to try a new craft. You have a great teaching style. Thank you for all your hard work.

[@SarahHomfrayEmbroidery]

Thank you Irene!

[@solarwinds-]

I have found that learning to do anything is not so much how to do it, what ever it is, it's more about how to correct mistakes.

[@heden1460]

It's nice to know how to fix a mistake.

[@queentasha5364]

I've just started my hardanger embroidery today. I watched your video again just to give me a bit of confidence and I am so pleased with myself. I can't wait to do more. I love this video. As I have a young child and will have 2 kittens soon. I know if I make a mistake I can fix it. Thank you for all your beautiful videos and giving me the confidence to try something new

[@juliannaburgess9177]

LOVE tedious, detai projects. Like the idea of accomplishment and achievement that others might not even think of doing. DEF going to tackle it! TY for your ALL your videos and time.ENJOYING them all.

[@conqueringmountscrapmorewi2509]

Merry Christmas and I hope you have a Happy New Year! I just got the chance to sit down, hand sewing and binge watching your channel.

[@SarahHomfrayEmbroidery]

thank you Brenda! Merry Christmas to you and yours too

[@thelesserhalf]

Thank you for showing us how to correct a wrong cut thread gives me so much more confidence to know If I do make a mistake I now know how to fix it . Your so inspiring Thank You

[@trduesing4117]

Excellent instruction….AS USUAL!! You are the best!

[@trduesing4117]

Excellent instructions…as usual!

[@janetobrien8630]

That was amazing. I will now have confidence to have a go. Thank you.

[@dagwoodspott2199]

AWESOME !!! I LOVE corrections 😁 Thanks for sharing🤩

[@mariannedarling411]

Very helpful, thank you !

[@ginnysmith5009]

Thank you for sharing your repair method. I just started hardanger and was scared to start cutting. I did snip 3 threads but I knew how to fix them because of your help.

[@kathiep.7734]

this is useful!! but i hope ill never need to do it! thanks for sharing..wonderful explanation

[@KittyCamper726]

I recently came across a hardanger doily I had started to teach myself to do . While looking at it , it appears I may have cut where I shouldn't have . Oops ! Will have to pull that piece back out & encourage myself to not give up & learn more lovely stitching . Thank you .

[@cherylgreeno3755]

Love your teaching❤ you make it look so easy, God Bless

[@SarahHomfrayEmbroidery]

Many years of practice Cheryl!

[@joycemiller6151]

Genius! Brilliant !

[@berritanner3250]

I am so happy I stumbled across this video. Tomorrow morning I will be rummaging around to find the hardanger doily I was working on a few years back. I actually cut all four threads in the wrong place, but am assuming and hoping that this weaving a new thread in technique will work. Am eager to try it out! Thank you so much for doing this video and demonstrating it so clearly ❤

[@SarahHomfrayEmbroidery]

Hope that works for you!

[@lavinapoppleton1396]

Many years ago I was making some hardangar pieces and accidentally cut a couple threads, I was heart broken and thought my piece was ruined. I cast it aside and pouted for quite some time. 😂Sure wish I would have known how to do this repair! But I do now so will dig out that unfinished piece and carry on! Thank you sooooo much for this video.

[@SarahHomfrayEmbroidery]

That would be great to fix it Lavina!

[@iwondery1725]

Thank you!

[@wandagrayson646]

I did the project and enjoyed it enormously. Thanks for the troubleshooting tips!

[@sophieschaafsma4420]

thank you for this video

[@caralinehowden2951]

If only I had this video when I cut accidentally a fabric thread only hours before the video was posted, well I fixed it, not as you would have Sarah but its sorted and no one will ever know. Might I suggest something I found rather helpful when you have cut the thread in the middle I found that I didn't cut the wrong one if I cut the middle two of the four rather than the outer ones, As I tended to cut the wrong one, so 5 instead of four, or four but off by one (bad eye sight doesnt help). The other suggestion, when you have cut the threads in the centre, I found using a crochet hook, (1.25 mm is pretty good) as long as the work isn't too large, turn the work over and hook your crochet hook in and draw all your threads one at a time and they go to the back as Sarah does. I watched another person doing Hardanger boy they didn't take the time to show what they were doing slowly but they cut the threads at the cloister block instead of the middle initially. Oh so scary. Thank you Sarah for being professional and showing us clearly and concise it is much appreciated for those of us who have low attention span or poor eye sight. I make note that I used the crochet hook method while learning drawn thread work as the threads are closer together and it is much easier to put a crochet hook in there than tweezers. I hope this makes sense.

[@SarahHomfrayEmbroidery]

Great tips Caraline thank you!

[@kristennelson3972]

I am usually easily intimidated. Your teaching style helps me to gain the courage to do something new - how to fix the boo-boos!

[@solarwinds-]

She is a wonderful teacher! Another great Hardanger video to watch is on the Stitching with a Smile channel by Nina. She is a wonderful teacher. kzbin.info/www/bejne/enO0gauZfc-Cjdksi=8NqSRYVaSls5kRTK

[@solarwinds-]

What color of pearl cotton is that? 9:39, beautiful! I love the way you cut the threads by turning it to the back and cutting it there. I'll be adopting that one.

[@debbievignola8275]

I've cut the wrong threads. The first time I did my heart broke. I spent so much time making my project and I thought it was ruined. I just weaved another thread into it's place. Didn't know at the time that that was just what I needed to do. Very informative Sarah. =^^=

[@SarahHomfrayEmbroidery]

well done for working it out Debbie and not giving up!

[@solarwinds-]

A great book is Janice Love's "Hardanger Basics and Beyond". It's brilliant. However Sarah some of your techniques are better, the way you weave a cut warp/weft for example.

[@solarwinds-]

Another thing to consider is scissors being TOO sharp. Mine are so sharp I can just accidently brush up against my pearl cotton and cut it, very easy to do. Slightly blunt scissors are best.

[@icraft4yrprotection]

In woodwork it’s measure twice cut once, in Hardanger it’s count 2 times cut one thread 😂it’s not that bad. Getting the kloster blocks right was my challenge and adding in the decorative stitches to the remaining threads🤣😂

[@juliaogara8794]

would a curved needle be of benefit?

[@solarwinds-]

Another way of fixing a cut warp or weft thread is to remove it as shown and continue with your piece just as if it were never cut. Yes, you'll only have 3 threads instead of 4 but no one will be any the wiser, it will look fine. Just don't pull your pearl cotton too tight.

[@marciaclifford7107]

Thank you!