Our Friends' HAED SAL: Jess's Lavender Moon

Monday, March 9, 2009

Jess's Lavender Moon

My name is Jessica. I am a stay at home mom and this is my first post in this blog. I am working on Lavender Moon by Jessica Galbraith. It's my first HAED project and I have learned so much since I had first started. I have learned that parking or carrying threads is much faster than one thread at a time. I don't know why, but I had such a hard time wrapping my head around how the technique was suppose to be done. But with the help of some online friends and then the tutorial from this group, I think I have the hang of it now.

The two pictures that I have posted are before and after pics.

The top one was taken a few months ago and the bottom one was taken this morning. I managed to put in about 1250 stitches in the last 5 days. I really like parking threads! LOL

Thanks for letting me join in and share my progress!

8 comments:

Cindy F. said...: Welcome Jessica!! So glad you're joining us:)
1250 stitches in 5 days is AWESOME!! Good job! and congrats for giving the hanging threads thing a try:); March 9, 2009 at 1:18 PM
Annie Bee said...: Hi Jessica. I have started this one 2 but have only done Page 1 of it. Your's is looking great.; March 9, 2009 at 1:31 PM
Maxine said...: Beautiful progress Jessica :); March 9, 2009 at 2:02 PM
ladyhawke said...: You have a great start. I too love to park threads. I find it much easier to pick up again in the next block or half page.; March 9, 2009 at 2:49 PM
Yoyo said...: Really good progress for you. Glad to hear of a convert to carrying the threads....so much quicker.; March 9, 2009 at 5:34 PM
Carolyn NC said...: Jess,
This is looking great! Love these colors.; March 9, 2009 at 8:43 PM
Wendy said...: Welcome Jessica! Your work looks great already and indeed with the good explanation from Vickie, I started parking my threads also. It does go faster than taking one thread at a time.; March 10, 2009 at 12:38 AM
jessneal said...: Thank you everyone for the wonderful comments!; March 13, 2009 at 8:58 AM

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.