2026 Year of 100 Starts: Start #98 - House of Hardanger by Bucilla

I'm sure you've all seen this one, and possibly even stitched it. I was definitely intimidated when I first saw it because of the specialty stitches and especially the cutting of the fabric! But now I'm ready for it.

And I even sorted my threads before starting, so I'm finally learning to prep correctly before starting and getting mixed up:

And I made a decent start the first night after double checking my positioning, etc. on the 25ct linen

But then I realized it looked a little off and I had made a counting error way back on the right side of the row. So I was able to undo all of that and put it back in properly the next day. I also added a whole thread length of regular white thread and almost a full thread length of light gray. This is the big window in the pattern so far:

House of Hardanger by Bucilla

stitched 1 over 1 or 2 over 2 on 25ct linen

with kit threads

I think this is a pretty decent start for something that was almost a unicorn project for me. I was thinking about this kit and how I thought I could stitch it now that I was more experienced with specialty stitches, and next thing I know, I find it at the local Restash store! So it was clearly meant to be. 

I hope you've all been having good stitching days!

Happy Stitching,

Tiffstitch