Our Friends' HAED SAL: Thursday's SAL!!

Wednesday, March 11, 2009

Thursday's SAL!!

I hope as many of you can join us on Thursday as possible in our SAL.
Marie, I'm so sorry, I should have posted this... SAL mean Stitch-A-Long. We can't be together in one big room, so we stitch wherever we can and post pics after Thursday of Thursday's progress pictures.
Since we are all over the world, it is already Thursday for some of you, but only early afternoon on Wednesdays for others.
Wendy and I picked Thursdays for us to have a universal stitch-a-long day and we post pics of our progress Friday or the first chance we get. Life gets in the way, so we post when we can.
I hope this helps explain a little better....if you can stitch any time on Thursdays and post anytime Friday or after....regardless of your country. Go by the day as it falls in your country...not mine, not Wendy's.... If you can't join us for a universal day of stitching,,,stitch when you can and post when you can. Just enjoy your stitching and share them with us so we can enjoy them too!!
Have fun everyone! Can't wait to see your progress!!
Hugs!
Cindy F. & Wendy

8 comments:

Annie Bee said...: I think I will go by the rest of the world's Thursday as I have a full day which includes a massage ohh how I am looking forward to that.; March 11, 2009 at 2:27 PM
jessneal said...: Thank you for posting this. I had no idea that there was a universal day. This will help when other thinkgs I am involved in want me to stitch too. I can now say,"Thursday is my HAED day, I stitch only HAED on that day!" LOL
~jess~; March 11, 2009 at 3:28 PM
kiwiflowa said...: Because I'm so excited by my new HAED I will probably stitch Thursday and Friday but as time goes on I may stitch on Friday's instead to be more in sync with the other side of the world and so I can stay up late stitching!; March 11, 2009 at 3:50 PM
Yvonne said...: I always thought it was stitching on Thursdays and posting whenever- Thank you for this post, Cindy and Wendy. I hope to post a progess next Thursday and in the meantime, will keep on stitching :0))

Yvonne; March 11, 2009 at 10:30 PM
Yvonne said...: I always thought it was stitching on Thursdays and posting whenever- Thank you for this post, Cindy and Wendy. I hope to post a progess next Thursday and in the meantime, will keep on stitching :0))

Yvonne; March 11, 2009 at 10:30 PM
Marie said...: Thank you very much for this explanation ! I should have asked before, but I must say that I didn't dare it... but now I have completly understood, and concerning me, I will fix to myself Thursday as the day for posting my progress !
Have a nice stitching day !!!!; March 12, 2009 at 12:13 AM
Wendy said...: Yeah!! I'm going to stitch on my HAED today too and show my progress either tomorrow or Saturday! I will think of you guys when I'm stitching!; March 12, 2009 at 12:37 AM
Suzie said...: You know, we have so many friends from all over the world, that if someone, other than me, would sit down and figure it out, we could be "Stitching on Thursday" for more than 24 hours! lol
Do you think we could handle that? Of course we could! With smiles on our faces!

I've almost got all of my bobbins wound. Yippee!! That is so time consuming, but I find that it keeps my floss a lot neater and easier to organize.

Hopefully, but next week, I'll be in the stitching mode!; March 12, 2009 at 5:19 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.