Our Friends' HAED SAL: Wendy's Land of Enchantment

Friday, March 13, 2009

Wendy's Land of Enchantment

Hi fellow stitchers,

I first would like to say that I really enjoy all of your wonderful designs. You guys are doing a great job! It does encourage to keep going on your project.

I have been stitching on my HAED Land of Enchantment Sunday all day and yesterday evening. You all were in my thoughts while I was stitching yesterday.

I'm almost halfway my first page. I have in total 3200 stitches done. So here is my progress on Land of Enchantment.

Thanks to the good explanation of Vickie I started to park my threads also, and it is really easy to do so. In fact, it goes a little faster. You should give it a try also.

Wishing you all a wonderfull weekend with lots of stitching fun.
Hugs,
Wendy

7 comments:

Yvonne said...: It is coming along really nicely and 3200 stitches within such a short time is really fast, especially when you are stitching full!; March 13, 2009 at 7:49 AM
Cindy F. said...: Oh wow!! Your needles must be smoking! Amazing progress! I am so proud of you for trying something new...parking threads:) YOU GO GIRL!!; March 13, 2009 at 9:41 AM
Mich said...: Great to see that you have come so far already.

I have not started parking threads yet and will probably not because there are so many different colours, but I have started to use the gridlines more now every tenth stitch. I didn't look at that earlier, and must say that it goes much faster also.; March 13, 2009 at 10:31 AM
Marie said...: Good evening Wendy !

Your work emanate precision and neatness... As you are full of attention for all the members of this (blessed) blog, you must probably stitch with the same lovely attention because the result is simply gorgeous.
Scott Gustafson is one of the artists I prefer in the HAED's catalogue. And Land of Enchantment is one of those which brings me in a beautiful universe when I watch it. So I look at your progress with a real....enchantment !

Thank you for sharing it, and have a nice (stitch)week-end !; March 13, 2009 at 12:14 PM
Sjoukje said...: It's beautiful, Wendy, I can recognize some of the picture already! And it's really brave to start something new like parking threads. I think I'm not going to try it. I work one color over more blocks and then I start the next color in the first block and so on, until the first block is finished. Then I get my pen and cross the block. Then I move to the second block and so on. It works for me!; March 13, 2009 at 12:31 PM
Annie Bee said...: Wendy what fun watching the picture come to life. Your needles have been running hot. It looks great.; March 14, 2009 at 5:16 AM
Carolyn NC said...: Yessiree - looking good, Wendy! I think parking threads is the way to go, too.; March 14, 2009 at 2:08 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.