Our Friends' HAED SAL: Juls Tower of Stoney Wood

Sunday, March 8, 2009

Juls Tower of Stoney Wood

Hi everyone! First let me thank CindyF. for the invitation! My name is Juls and I've been stitching for a really long time and couldn't imagine not .... I have 3 HAED's on the go but am really wanting to make progress on Tower of Stoney Wood! Here is what it will look like when completed!

I have searched my pics for a progress picture but can't seem to find one ...so I will post a new progress picture after todays stitching! I can't commit to stitching on thursdays as I work a lot of thursdays so my day will just have to vary ..hope that's okay?

9 comments:

Valerie L. said...: That's ok, I can't stitch on thursday myself. Feel free to stitch and post whenever you like!
I really love your choice of design, can't wait to see a picture of your work!
Au revoir!; March 8, 2009 at 4:21 PM
Cindy F. said...: Welcome friend!! We're so glad you're here with us:)
WOW! You are a very brave woman to stitch this design! I can't wait to see it! And no, you stitch anytime you like...the Thursday SAL is just a day for fun for those who can join.; March 8, 2009 at 5:03 PM
Terri said...: Great design. Can't wait to see your wip.; March 8, 2009 at 5:37 PM
Solitary Raven said...: HI :) welcome Juls, I have enjoyed your blog for some time. I will be so busy I doubt Thursdays are the time I will do my HAED, but I wrote it down just in case, lol.
Happy Stitching, the piece will be beautiful :); March 8, 2009 at 6:34 PM
Annie Bee said...: Can't wait to see your progress on this beautiful design.; March 8, 2009 at 8:02 PM
Yoyo said...: This is a gorgeous design, it's definitely giong to be in my stash soon and I'm really looking forward to your progress reports.; March 8, 2009 at 8:58 PM
Carolyn NC said...: Lovely design!; March 8, 2009 at 9:21 PM
Yvonne said...: Lovely design! I've never seen this before. Will go to HAED's site to take a look. What I love about this blog is that I get to see a lot of wips and that is really enabling.

Juls, if you can't commit on Thursdays, it is absoloute fine. Just stitch on any day when you are free and that will be your Thursday :0))

Can't wait to see wip.

Yvonne; March 8, 2009 at 10:07 PM
Wendy said...: Welcome Juls to our blog! Wow, what a wonderful design you have choosen. Can't wait to see some progress on it!; March 9, 2009 at 12:32 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.