Our Friends' HAED SAL: Zodiac Marchetti

Wednesday, March 11, 2009

Zodiac Marchetti

Well I have stitched one page of the Zodiac. It was a hard time to finish. Much, much stitches of diffrent colors. Compleet madness. But I have an easy page in advance... the Firefly is much black and bleu. Relaxing job.

I rotate my Wips in pages. So every time I have done a page I take an other Wip. The Rotation is, Zodiac, Marchetti, /Firefly, Brigit Ashwood and The Madonna of Christensen. And maybe I start with the Tower of Stony wood again. I have done a small part in 2007 of it. But Sheila Wolk with Metamorphosis is calling also..... mmmmmm doubt.

11 comments:

Joke said...: Gorgeous design and stitching! Until now I hesitated to do more than two haeds at the time, but reading about your rotation and wips... There are quite some more in my stash, I might start another one LOL; March 11, 2009 at 11:40 AM
Marie said...: Your work looks wonderful Astrid ! My zodiac sign is the scorpion, so I'm pleased to see it finished ! I guess that every one is waiting for his sign !! I also want to mention the sky on the bottom on the signs : it becomes a mystical beauty. Thank you for sharing this with us !; March 11, 2009 at 12:25 PM
lyssophietje said...: Well done on finishing the first page! It looks wonderfull! I´m planning to start rotating my projects the way you do, and maybe I really am going to have a finish... someday... ever... Haha

Mirjam; March 11, 2009 at 1:55 PM
Cindy F. said...: WOW ASTRID!! This is sooo beautiful!! Incredible progress!; March 11, 2009 at 2:24 PM
Annie Bee said...: Astrid it looks fantastic. It is always great to finish off a page.; March 11, 2009 at 2:24 PM
Carolyn NC said...: You've gotten a lot of stitching done - congrats!; March 11, 2009 at 7:15 PM
Wendy said...: Wow! This is so great already! Very lovely colors too on it!; March 12, 2009 at 12:39 AM
Vickie said...: WOW!! This is just amazing!!!!; March 12, 2009 at 8:23 AM
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Anonymous said...: love the vibrant colours in this pattern and your first page is fabulous! Can't wait to see more!; March 12, 2009 at 11:06 AM
Suzie said...: Astrid, all I can say is "WOW"!! It looks amazing!!

Now I'm very anxious to see what the rest will be. .stitch faster!! lol

No, I want you to relax and enjoy every stitch!

You are doing SO well, and thank you SO much for sharing your progress with us!; March 12, 2009 at 5:27 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.