Our Friends' HAED SAL: Patches Intro

Thursday, March 5, 2009

Patches Intro

Hi. I'm Patches, I'm 32, married, 2 adorable pets. One recently had surgery so I've not stitched this week, hopefully be back to it over the weekend. I live in the US, and have been stitching on and off since I was about 10. I found HAED about a year ago, and have been stitching 3 HAED's for about 6 months. My focus piece is Galbreth's Mistress of Wolves- Here is where I am at currently-

You can see a photo of what the finished project will look like on my stitching blog.

5 comments:

Cindy F. said...: WOW!! Such a gorgeous piece and incredible progress!! YOU GO GIRL!!
Can't wait to see more!
Welcome to our group:) We're so happy you're here!; March 5, 2009 at 5:04 PM
Wendy said...: Welcome to our group! I like your design! Can't wait to see it grow!; March 6, 2009 at 12:11 AM
BW said...: Welcome Patches! You are making great progress on Mistress. :); March 6, 2009 at 3:21 AM
Terri said...: Looks great so far. What are you stitching this on?; March 7, 2009 at 5:33 PM
Angie said...: It's 28 ct evenweave creamy color; March 11, 2009 at 11:14 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.