Our Friends' HAED SAL: Sunken Treasure

Sunday, March 1, 2009

Sunken Treasure

Hello ladies! I'm Melissa and this year am attempting to stitch my very first HAED. I picked Schimmel's Sunken Treasure, thinking it would eventually look awesome in my son's room...as long as they are still living at home when I finish it, that is. Up until the past week I hadn't really put much time into it, but seeing the progress of Cindy F, I was inspired to work a little harder on it. What it WILL look like (hopefully):

It's current progress:

Looking forward to seeing all the progress on your HAED's!

7 comments:

Wendy said...: This is such a wonderful design too. I really like it and it will hung nice in your sons room. You have already a great start and I can't wait to see more on it.; March 1, 2009 at 11:45 AM
Mich said...: I really like this one also. Lots of blue to stitch ;-)); March 1, 2009 at 12:17 PM
Cindy F. said...: OH MELISSA!!! WOW! This is gorgeous! My husband's eyes almost popped out of his head..lol!!!
You've made incredible progress already! Hang in there girl! It's so going to be worth it!; March 1, 2009 at 1:20 PM
Caroline said...: This will be gorgeous!; March 2, 2009 at 6:05 AM
Suzie said...: Ooooooh, this is another gorgeous pattern, and you've already made a great start!

It will be fun to see all of the variations of blue emerge!

Thanks so much for sharing it with us!; March 3, 2009 at 3:52 AM
Carolyn NC said...: Beautiful design!; March 5, 2009 at 5:53 AM
Terri said...: This is a beautiful design Melissa. I'm sure it will look beautiful when done.; March 7, 2009 at 4:00 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.