Our Friends' HAED SAL: Louanne's Intro

Thursday, March 5, 2009

Louanne's Intro

Thanks for inviting me Cindy and Wendy! My name is Louanne, CrazyForCrossStitch in cyber space. I’m married for 13 years this October. No children except for 3 furbabies, Sky, Storm, and Simon – 2 Persians and 1 Domestic Longhair (which makes for a lot of cat hair in my stitching!) I live in Northern New Jersey, USA. About 40 minutes south of NYC. Believe it or not, this is horse country! I’m practically across the street from several (race) horse farms.

Shelia Wolk is the artist that caused me to find HAED in July of 2005 and I admit: I am an HAED addict! It’s a shame that HAED no longer charts her work.

The first HAED I completed was QS Wizard of Oz - Gustafson

Then ACEO Best Friends - Harrison

My current wips are:
Goblin Tree - Ravenscroft

Dark Cherry - Kuik

Lil Blue Fairy Cat - Hawks,

Curly Tailed Rosy - Rodrigue

and Bewitched - Koukiotis (this last one is in Vikki's silks)

I look forward to sharing my stitching with you all and watching your stitching and stash grow!

9 comments:

Wendy said...: Welcome Louanne to our blog! I love your HAED you are doing! Can't wait to see the rest of it!; March 5, 2009 at 8:04 AM
Cindy F. said...: Thank you Louanne for your sweet comments! and WELCOME to our new group!! We're so excited you're joining us. WOW!! Your wips are absolutely AMAZING!! Beautiful stitching and designs! I love your enthusiasm! Have fun and I can't wait to see more:); March 5, 2009 at 9:39 AM
Yoyo said...: Wow, you have so many at one time, what a courageous lady you are. Beautiful stitching. Looks like you don't need a lot of encouragement, but we can still praise your lovely works. You will have to be the cheer leading section and keep us beginners on track (LOL).; March 5, 2009 at 9:45 AM
Sjoukje said...: Hi! You stitch at a lot of HAED's at the same time! I like the QS Wizard of Oz, since I am working on the complete picture ;)
But the cats are beautiful as well. Looking forward to see your further work!; March 5, 2009 at 1:14 PM
BW said...: Your work is absolutely wonderful! I can't wait to see all those WIPs turn into finishes. :); March 5, 2009 at 1:41 PM
Valerie L. said...: Lol, I have cat hair in my stitching too! Only one cat at home, but it's black and white so whatever you wear, you see it!
But as you khow, they can be so lovely!
I'm impress by the amount of stitching you're doing at the same time! Congratulations! Beautiful stitching!; March 5, 2009 at 2:16 PM
Carolyn NC said...: Wow - impressive WIP's and finishes.; March 5, 2009 at 8:58 PM
Srinity said...: You have some really beautiful finishes and projects. I love the Curly Tailed Rosy. :) I'm a big Rodrigue fan and I hope I get to stitch the Perfect Poison soon. But first I need to finish at least one of my wips. :D; March 5, 2009 at 10:23 PM
Terri said...: Great projects Louanne. THey all look so bright and cheery; March 7, 2009 at 5:13 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.