Our Friends' HAED SAL: Mirjam´s introduction post

Sunday, March 8, 2009

Mirjam´s introduction post

Hi everyone!
I´m Mirjam, 24 years old and from the Netherlands, so don´t pay to much attention to my english ;). I´m totally addicted to Heaven and Earth designs and want to thank Cindy and Wendy so much that I can be part of this blog!
Currently there are three charts that I´m working on. Well... two charts that I´m working on and one very small wip to be honest...
The ones I´m working on are: Storykeeper and Autumn winds from Selina Fenech and Qs Butterfly Fae from Nadia Tate (the neglected one). Right now I only have a picture of the last one, but hopefully I will have a pic of the others this evening. But don´t expect to much of them, I just started them.

Bye for now!
Mirjam

Butterfly Fae Qs - Nadia Tate, 1x1 on 28 count white Jobelan:

7 comments:

Terri said...: Looks great Mirjam. I think your english is really good.; March 8, 2009 at 12:22 PM
Cindy F. said...: Welcome! We're so excited you're joining this exciting group or ours!
The butterfly wip is gorgeous!! Good job!; March 8, 2009 at 12:32 PM
Wendy said...: Hi Mirjam, welcome to our group! Your English is good! I love your WIP, the colors are so nice!; March 8, 2009 at 1:05 PM
Annie Bee said...: Hi Mirjam I love your butterflies. I am a Nadia Tate fan and have stitched 2 of her QS's.; March 8, 2009 at 7:53 PM
Yoyo said...: Your English sounds lovely to me. Looking forward to seeing all your WIPs soon. The little butterfly is absolutely cute!; March 8, 2009 at 9:02 PM
Carolyn NC said...: Nice start!; March 8, 2009 at 9:22 PM
Solitary Raven said...: I absolutely love that chart...
Was drooling over it the other day when I went to see where I could find a pic to post of what mine will look like. Looks like it is an oop... I will figure out that part... but I bought 3 designs while I was there ...
:)lol
looks like I will be in this group for a long long time!
happy stitching :)
Laura; March 9, 2009 at 7:52 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.