Our Friends' HAED SAL: Intro Joke / Vibrant Vista / Call of the Raven

Thursday, March 5, 2009

Intro Joke / Vibrant Vista / Call of the Raven

Hi all Haed stitchers! I'm joining you in the SAL and to make a start I will introduce myself. I'll keep it short, you can read everything about me on my blog ;)
I am a stitcher, schoollibrarian, woman, wife, mother, neighbour, and, sometimes, but with great reluctance, housewife, cleaner and cook.
As many of you I have several WIP's, am involved in several groups, blogs and exchanges and I love it!!
Enough, time to show my Haed.

I finished one, QS Celtic Butterfly One

Working on this one, Call of the Raven, Teri Rosario, since 2006, October

Joining this SAL with Vibrant Vista, Jane Wooster Scott. I just started a few weeks ago, not much to show. I will be stitching on it tonight, and show the first picture tomorrow.

8 comments:

Cindy F. said...: Hey girl!! WELCOME!! We're so glad you're joining us! I'm very familiar with your beautiful stitching and can't wait to see you finish these wips! Congrats on finishing that amazing butterfly!
Wow!!WOW!!WOW!! on your Call of the Raven progress:) and you've chosen another gorgeous design to start! Girl...I need more hands to stitch with! Have fun tonight:); March 5, 2009 at 11:36 AM
Sjoukje said...: Hi Joke!
This is really beautiful, I love 'Call of the raven' the colours are great!
Hope to see more from you!; March 5, 2009 at 1:09 PM
BW said...: Welcome Joke! Glad to see you here. :) Your Raven is beautiful and I can't wait to see your progress on Vista.; March 5, 2009 at 1:36 PM
Anonymous said...: Love the colours in Raven, Can't wait to see more!; March 5, 2009 at 4:12 PM
Carolyn NC said...: Nice stitching! I love the Vibrant Vista - so tempting, for sure!; March 5, 2009 at 8:56 PM
Wendy said...: Welcome to our blog Joke! I love the colors of Call of the Raven, can't wait to see this one grow!. Also your other designs looks so gorgeous!; March 6, 2009 at 12:12 AM
Yvonne said...: Hi Joke!! thank you for leaving a message on my blog. This blog really bring long lost friends together again! Your Raven is stunning. As for your QS Celtic Butterfly, when I saw it, I was trying to recall where i've seen this beautiful finish before. Hope to see more updates and also from you too.
Hugs
Yvonne; March 7, 2009 at 9:13 AM
Terri said...: Your stitching is wonderful. I love Teri Rosario's art as well.; March 7, 2009 at 5:29 PM

Tutorials

How to Carry Threads
This is really easy...it takes a while to get used to though....and your back will look terrible...this you will have to live with...One thing...You will be working your 10 x 10 grids in colums...it makes it easier...
1. Start with a 10 x 10 grid..
2. Find your first symbol...and stitch all of that symbol in your 10 x 10 grid....When finished...
3. Find the same symbol on the 10 x 10 grid below it...take your needle and bring your thread up like you are going to make the first 1/2 of the X ...but don't do it...just unthread your needle and lay the thread down..
4. Go back to the first grid you were working on...and stitch the next symbol the same way....when finished bring your thread down....
5. continue each symbol until your first 10 x 10 grid is finished....
6. start the next 10 x 10 grid ....you should have thread there already for you to pick up and stitch...
Posted by Vickie 3/7/2009

Tent Stitching (Wikipedia)
Tent stitch variants
There are three types of tent stitch, all producing the same appearance on the front of the canvas but each worked in a slightly different way and having particular characteristics, uses, benefits and drawbacks. These variants of tent stitch are known as basketweave, continental and half cross tent stitches:
Basketweave tent stitch - The basketweave form of tent stitch is worked in diagonal rows up and down the canvas. The yarn on the back of the canvas has a typical basketweave appearance, with alternating horizontal and vertical stitches. Basketweave is the best stitch to use for covering large areas of canvas as it does not distort the canvas as the other two forms of tent stitch do.
Continental tent stitch - Continental stitch is worked horizontally or vertically across the canvas. On the back of the work, the stitches appear diagonally across two threads. This method uses more yarn than half cross stitch tent stitch but is more hardwearing.
Half cross tent stitch - Half cross stitch is worked horizontally or vertically across the canvas. On the back of the work, the stitch appears vertical or horizontal, not diagonal, and crosses only one thread. This method uses less yarn than other stitches but is not very durable as coverage on the back of the canvas is a little thin.