Our Friends' HAED SAL: Terri's Introduction

Thursday, March 5, 2009

Terri's Introduction

Hi All. I am Terri and I live in Okotoks Alberta Canada. I am a mom of 1, I have 1 furkid and been married for 14 years. I am currently working on Water by Teri Rosario and Revelations by Sheila Wolk. I currently have 125 HAED's and love the designs. I hope to get a few more in the future.

5 comments:

Cindy F. said...: OK, my eyes just popped out of my head! You have 125 HAED's?? You lucky woman you!!
Welcome Terri! We're so excited you're joining our group of wonderfully talented stitching friends!
Wonderful progress on your wip!
Have fun girl!; March 5, 2009 at 5:18 PM
Carolyn NC said...: You go girl! If you finish 125 HAED's, I think there ought to be some kind of prize!!; March 5, 2009 at 8:54 PM
Wendy said...: Welcome Terri to our blog! OMG, you have 125 HAED's. I guess I'm not the only one who wants to buy more and more new stash. I have seen so many nice designs of HAED, that I would love to have some more!; March 6, 2009 at 12:09 AM
BW said...: Welcome Terri! Glad to see you made it here. :) All your talk about your HAEDs made me pull one of mine out to start on. It's all your fault! ;) LOL; March 6, 2009 at 3:20 AM
Terri said...: LOL I love HAED. I actually put water away for a bit and started Tarot of Dreams.; March 7, 2009 at 5:36 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.