Announcement    Welcome to Rabid Designs! We specialize in unique and advanced hardanger embroidery patterns and vigorously-tested threads from suppliers around the world. We also occasionally sell supplies for embroidery and other fiber and textile crafts, which can be a great way to "cheat" at color matching to get the types of colorways we put together without doing all the work yourself. Randomly, we'll list other craft-related goodness like supplies or overstocked pieces.

A note about the difficulty levels of our patterns. I (the designer) got into designing hardanger patterns because I like a challenge and many of the patterns I found weren't that appealing. While some were large, they lacked interesting stitches so I found myself bored. Because of this, many of the patterns you see will be for the advanced embroiderer. Have no fear...I have every intention of bringing my signature style to those of us that like weekend projects and easier pieces.

The difficulty levels of the patterns are as follows:
Feverish - Easiest
Thirsty - Easy
Bitey - Medium
Crazed - Difficult
Delirious - Awesome (also known as really hard)

If you're a casual embroiderer, you may enjoy doing the Feverish, Thirsty and even Bitey patterns exclusively. While I don't have a problem with that, I have every intention of enticing you into full rabidness because hardanger has many benefits that other types of embroidery sometimes lack, like creativity, and the fact that it doesn't usually take as long to do as other types of embroidery. Keep coming back. Hit me up and tell me what you like, and what you don't like. Find me on my facebook wall for colorway suggestions. You'll be delirious before you know it, and everyone will wonder how you got so good. Whether you spread the rabies is entirely up to you.

Why Rabid Designs? Rabies is an inside joke with my daughter. I smile every time I see my company name and think of her. See? Rabies isn't ALL bad. Besides...crafting is infectious, and I have plenty of ideas to share.

If you like Rabid Designs and want to keep up on every new pattern and sale, look us up on Facebook and become a fan here: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Rabid-Designs/143604662329217?v=wall

If you're on twitter, you can add me there, too: http://twitter.com/rabid

If you want to know what kind of work I do, or would like to potentially hire me for a custom piece, you might want to see my past work on my flickr, located here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/habibekindheart/