Our Friends' HAED SAL: Koukiotis Sleeping Beauty 10 Mar 09

Tuesday, March 10, 2009

Koukiotis Sleeping Beauty 10 Mar 09

Hi to all my dear HAED stitchers here. This is my latest update on my Sleeping Beauty. I've finished 6 full pages and the last 30 stitches were put in at around 5am this morning. I am quite happy with the progress. I got to thank everyone for the encouragement and also showing their lovely wips on this blog as these are the main thing that really keep me going. Special thanks to Cindy F. (the creator of this blog) who takes the time to visit our blogs to leave a kind comment and encouragement. Also to my good friend Jackie who is always there to lift my spirits up and giving me great comments on my wip. Looking forward to see more wips today :0)))

9 comments:

Puppy Love said...: Beautiful progress!; March 10, 2009 at 5:43 AM
Wendy said...: Wow, great progress! You did too a lot of stitching. It is really gorgeous!; March 10, 2009 at 5:53 AM
Yoyo said...: Boy you really added a lot of progress. Great stitching.; March 10, 2009 at 7:45 AM
Cindy F. said...: WOW!! Congratulations Yvonne! She is prettier than any Kodak picture:) I'm doing a ~~HAPPY DANCE~~ for you right now!!
Beautiful, just beautiful!; March 10, 2009 at 8:37 AM
Joke said...: This is such a sweet design, it remembers me of my daughters, being young then, and sleeping just like she. I bet you feel the same?; March 10, 2009 at 9:17 AM
Carolyn NC said...: Such a beautiful piece - lovely stitching!; March 10, 2009 at 9:30 AM
Yvonne said...: Thank you for the kind comments, everyone! I am seriously thinking of taking a few days break from this one after finishing the 6th page but after reading all these, I can't wait to pick my needle up again, lol. Well, I will definitely work on her on our Thursday SAL.

Yes, Joke (hao peng you). I definitely agree with you on that ;0); March 10, 2009 at 10:23 AM
Annie Bee said...: Sleeping Beauty is looking lovely. You have quite a loot done.; March 10, 2009 at 1:59 PM
http://ingridsknitting.blogspot.be/ said...: wow great job to say, you are really made! very nice; March 10, 2009 at 8:22 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.