Our Friends' HAED SAL: Maegwin4

Sunday, March 8, 2009

Maegwin4

Got even more done after this, but I haven't re-scanned it. I will try to in a few days. I'm working hard on my Mystic Stitch right now-but it's Thursday now hmmmmm......

Here is a progress pic on the Citrine. Going to work on it some this weekend.Joining it I got Dragon Soul QS.

I've almost got half of page one done. There is a little more done on it just haven't had time to do any scanning. This is Citrine QS and I'm doing it as part of HAED's SAL challenge. I'm very new to HAED and I hadn't realized the difference between QS and a whole chart so I'm hoping to get the full Citrine soon. My grandaughter loves butterflies so I have a few picked out for purchasing....as soon as my husband changes companies.
Everyone has such beautiful work done on theirs. I could probably spend all our money on these designs.
Happy stitching everyone!
Another update finally got to do some scanning today,but probably won't get much posting done.

9 comments:

Terri said...: Looks great so far. Cannot wait to see more.; March 8, 2009 at 12:23 PM
Cindy F. said...: Beautiful colors and you've already stitched a lot!! Good job!
I need to add you to our sidebar.; March 8, 2009 at 12:25 PM
lyssophietje said...: I love the colours!!! And your stitching looks really neat!

Mirjam; March 8, 2009 at 12:36 PM
Wendy said...: Wow, it looks great so far! The colors are so nice!; March 8, 2009 at 1:09 PM
Annie Bee said...: They are such pretty soft colours and you have made a great start.; March 8, 2009 at 7:55 PM
Yoyo said...: You've made a great start on a very lovely chart.; March 8, 2009 at 9:00 PM
Carolyn NC said...: Great start!; March 8, 2009 at 9:21 PM
Yvonne said...: Love the colours and neat stitching. Give a hug to your granddaughter for me as I love butterflies too.

Yvonne; March 8, 2009 at 10:10 PM
maegwin4 said...: Thank you all so much for the comments. I feel it's going rather slowly but I do stitch around a 2 yr. old. We have to have our tea time with all her Care Bear friends, but I love it. Hope to post more progress soon.; March 9, 2009 at 8:53 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.