Our Friends' HAED SAL: Wonderful pieces

Wednesday, October 21, 2009

Wonderful pieces

I have lost my stitching bug at the moment due to a few things that life is throwing at me at the moment. But I thought I would come on the blog and have a look at the wonderful pieces people are stitching... and I can feel myself thinking, ohh I would love to stitch that, and thats a lovely colour... LOL

I know I have HAEDs to stitch (one being for my daughter Katie) so over this coming school holiay I might just sit down at work out some kind of rota so get in some stitching.

Your pieces of work ladies are wonderful and truly encouraging and enabling! I just wanted to say that you are all doing marvellous jobs with each and every piece that I have seen posted!

Hugs
Claire

3 comments:

Sabine S. said...: Thank you Claire! I hope you catch the stitching bug again soon. Maybe you need a new start??
Sabine; October 22, 2009 at 7:49 AM
Claire said...: Sabine - you are so encouraging!! LOL ;o); October 22, 2009 at 8:41 AM
Cindy F. said...: Hey Claire!! We understand about the bug...it'll come back when you're ready:) and we'll be here waiting for you!
So glad you left us a message and hope you and yours are all doing well:); October 22, 2009 at 11:44 AM

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.