White Thread FlossTube #37 - Hardanger kloster block tutorial

Today’s White Threads FlossTube video is a Hardanger kloster block tutorial. Hardanger kloster blocks are the satin stitch building block on which Hardanger embroidery is built. They need to be precisely placed and precisely stitched so that everything else can be put in the right place and worked perfectly as well. With this video from Whitework Queen, Yvette Stanton, you’ll learn all the things you should do, as well as the things you shouldn’t do!
Episode notes:
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The Right-Handed Embroiderer’s Companion by Yvette Stanton - www.vettycreati...
The Left-Handed Embroiderer’s Companion by Yvette Stanton - www.vettycreati...

[@LeilaBidler]

I really like your books but the way you explain it in these videos and your lovely humor makes this a real treat to watch and learn with. Thank you

[@katherinestitches]

At last ....a tutorial that makes sense....thank you....heading off to my craft room...

[@yvettestanton]

Wonderful! Have fun!

[@franjackson3270]

Just love your instructions, so clear that even I can understand!

[@khaiah6654]

Thank you! That was a very concise tutorial showing the first steps. You made it look "not confusing" and i'm keen to do some for myself..

[@yvettestanton]

Excellent! I hope you manage those first steps and then many more!

[@irenamangone]

Thank you Yvette.

[@yvettestanton]

You are welcome, Irena!

[@tracietillman471]

Thank you for the very clear instructions!

[@yvettestanton]

Glad it was helpful, Tracie!

[@Hertog_von_Berkshire]

Amazing! This is all new to me.

[@jonaustin5943]

Many thanks for your patient and helpful instruction! Dare I ask whether the trickier step of clipping threads will be in another video? Regardless of care, I seem to clip one wrong thread and then panic sets in.

[@yvettestanton]

Well, that's certainly an idea, isn't it?! :-)

[@lindabrick2812]

I was so excited to see a tutorial from you :)). I’ve been stitching kloster blocks for quite a while but I enjoyed learning tips about stitching them. Thank you for sharing this with us!!

[@yvettestanton]

Thanks Linda!

[@susannadin6494]

Great instructions Yvette. I love all the tips along the way.

[@yvettestanton]

Thanks - that's just how I teach! I have knowledge that my students need, so therefore I impart it to them. :-)

[@kimberly_erin]

Thank you for this lovely tutorial! I was able to recreate this in my own and I’m so excited to finally have something come out correctly!

[@gaibrowning9688]

Love your books. I have a few different ones. Glad to see the scardinian embroidery demonstrated, I couldn't get how to go down. So thank you

[@yvettestanton]

Glad it was helpful, Gai!

[@janicepardy2143]

Thank you. The last time I did a small sample, I did some cutting and it all fell apart. I was not sharing the holes. Don't know why, just having a bad day I suppose (LOL). This video has helped me know what I did wrong, and I won't do it again. Another great video.

[@yvettestanton]

Glad it helped, Jann!

[@katherinedempsey224]

Hi Yvette. Loved your flosstube. Love Whitework - I do Hedebo. Can't wait to see more content.

[@yvettestanton]

Thanks Katherine!

[@user-uz6ms7ov4d]

I really enjoyed your vidio Im left handed when is your new book being releaed

[@yvettestanton]

"Hardanger Filling Stitches" will be released later this year - 2023. (I'm putting the year there for the sake of people who read this some time down the track.)

[@cazcarolwhite]

Thanks for another clear concise video Yvette. I noticed your stitch direction comes up in the middle (cutting side) and down on the outside. I've been doing the opposite (down into the "cutting" side) Since I'm interested in the reasoning and function of stitches, I'd love to know if there's a functional reason for one way or the other?

[@yvettestanton]

I think you could just as easily do it the other way. I do it that way (for right-handers) because then it means if they're stitching in a clockwise direction around their shape, that they will insert the needle in a right-handed manner. They don't have to reach across the whole shape to get to where they're stitching. I guess it means you're working closer to the edge, which I prefer. I hope I'm making sense. I've just spent the afternoon plastering gyprock joins, so I hope I'm not talking rubbish!

[@cazcarolwhite]

@@yvettestanton haha thanks Yvette. I know what it feels like plastering those joins..have done quite a few myself over the years. I'm digesting your reply but think I know what you mean (I'm right-handed and turn my fabric as I go but haven't done enough Hardanger to really develop a system. I learned from Janice Love's book and she stitches down into the cutting side. I'm discovering sometimes there are reasons behind the "rules" so I'm trying to be a good little student 😁 and am old and almost wise enough to ask the questions 😁 💐💞

[@yvettestanton]

Cazzy, I've been thinking about this. I can't see that there is any difference in the result by either stitching down on the cutting side or up on the cutting side. As long as your satin stitch is formed correctly, (spirals) then either way is fine. It won't help or hinder your cutting to have it either way. So continue doing it the way you're doing it, and you'll be fine. Really good question, and thanks for asking! You're right, sometimes there are reasons behind the "rules". Sometimes my "rules" have developed from years of stitching and refining what I'm doing as I go. But in this case, I think it is a matter of preference only.

[@mariaelenalamotta1107]

Please help me. How do you star kloster blocks in straight line?

[@yvettestanton]

Hi Maria, there really is not much online showing that, is there? I will add it to my list of videos to make, when I get the chance. However, in the mean time, perhaps this page will help you. www.needlework-tips-and-techniques.com/beginner-guide-to-hardanger.html The diagram in the "Stitching the Kloster Blocks" section might help you to see how to move between blocks, even though the blocks shown have pointed tops, which isn't the usual way to do klosters. I hope it helps you.

[@cathieh.7225]

What fabric are you using? TY

[@yvettestanton]

Hi Cathie, I can't remember what that fabric was, sorry. Some sort of evenweave linen. Possibly a permin.