Our Friends' HAED SAL: Sunken Treasure Progress

Friday, March 6, 2009

Sunken Treasure Progress

I've spent pretty much the entire week working on Sunken Treasure. It must be all the inspiration from seeing the great work you ladies are posting. I've put in around 17 hours and 2000 stitches in since the first of March. The plan is to work on it through the weekend, hopefully fill in as much of the page as I can and then work on another project until next Thursday again.

After doing some experimenting, I've realized that gridding isn't something that will work for me and I can't work in blocks of 10x10. That will explain why I have so much scattered stitching.

6 comments:

Carolyn NC said...: It's looking good, Melissa!; March 6, 2009 at 12:34 PM
Cindy F. said...: Good job Melissa!! Awesome progress!
You know, what works for some, doesn't always work for others. I haven't tried gridding, but I want to. I have tried hanging the threads and that was a huge mess! But I sure do like seeing others do it:) Just have fun and stitch it the way you enjoy it! (Hey, I started in the middle...just the way I like to start...lol!!); March 6, 2009 at 1:22 PM
Caroline said...: I stitch the same way you do!

Looks great, BTW!; March 6, 2009 at 3:03 PM
Annie Bee said...: Hi Melissa those are really pretty blues. I grid but I don't stitch in blocks of 10. I find with gridding it lets me wander across and down with the one colour instead of ending off continually.; March 6, 2009 at 8:52 PM
Wendy said...: Wow Melisse! What a great progress! It looks really great already! I don't work with the gridding also. But I'm stitching on 18 count aida.; March 7, 2009 at 12:20 AM
Terri said...: Looks great Melissa. Cannot wait to see more; March 7, 2009 at 6:27 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.