▁emb roid ery ▁spread ▁to ▁Italy ▁where ▁it ▁evol ved ▁into ▁Italian ▁Ret ic ella ▁and ▁Ven et ian ▁la ce work . ▁By ▁ 1 7 0 0 , ▁variations ▁of ▁this ▁type ▁of ▁emb roid ery ▁had ▁spread ▁to ▁northern ▁Europe ▁where ▁it ▁developed ▁further ▁into ▁Dan ish ▁and ▁Dutch ▁Hed eb o , ▁Scottish ▁A yr shire ▁work ▁and ▁Rus kin ▁la ce work ▁as ▁well ▁as ▁Norwegian ▁Dra wn ▁Work , ▁as ▁it ▁was ▁then ▁called . ▁ ▁In ▁the ▁period ▁between ▁ 1 6 5 0 - 1 8 5 0 ▁Hard angers om ▁( mean ing : ▁work ▁from ▁Hard anger ▁area ) ▁fl our ished ▁in ▁Norway . ▁F lax ▁was ▁grown , ▁card ed , ▁sp un ▁and ▁w oven ▁into ▁white ▁fabric ▁and ▁thread ▁which ▁was ▁used ▁to ▁make ▁and ▁decor ate ▁traditional ▁Norwegian ▁cost ume ▁items ▁called ▁b un ads ▁( n ational ▁cost umes ) ▁as ▁well ▁as ▁other ▁items ▁of ▁cl othing ▁and ▁household ▁lin ens ▁such ▁as ▁m ats , ▁cur tain s ▁and ▁bed sp read s . ▁ ▁Material s ▁and ▁technique ▁ ▁Fab ric ▁Histor ically , ▁Hard anger ▁employed ▁lin en ▁even we ave ▁fabric ▁of ▁ 3 6 ▁count ▁or ▁higher . ▁However , ▁modern ▁Hard anger ▁fabric ▁is ▁an ▁even we ave ▁cot ton ▁material ▁w oven ▁with ▁pairs ▁of ▁threads , ▁typically ▁ 2 2 ▁pairs ▁per ▁linear ▁in ch ▁in ▁both ▁directions , ▁referred ▁to ▁as ▁' 2 2 - count '.