Our Friends' HAED SAL: The Final Few are Finally Done

Thursday, April 22, 2010

The Final Few are Finally Done

Hey Everyone,

You are all doing a wonderful job on your stitching. This is the last time I will post the pandas. They were fun to do, but I am glad they are finished.

As soon as I finished, I started pulling thread for my next project. You don't know this about me but I am crazy about anything Christmas. As a matter of fact I have one bedroom that is all decorated up for Christmas all year long. It is such a fun place to visit during the day.

I have started on Christmas Presence. I have one picture to show you all the stitching I have done and a picture of the picture that came with the pattern. Wish me luck.

I hope you are enjoying your WIPs as much as I am. Until next time.

Happy Stitching,

Anne

9 comments:

http://ingridsknitting.blogspot.be/ said...: OOOO MY GOSH that is beautiful in this frame! I love it ........ and your next choice is really beautiful, I also bought it, he is just amazing!; April 22, 2010 at 6:32 PM
http://ingridsknitting.blogspot.be/ said...: This comment has been removed by the author.; April 22, 2010 at 6:32 PM
Valérie (french) said...: Your frame is very beautiful.Congratulations.
I love your nex choice.This Santa is wonderful.Il enjoy to see the next photo; April 22, 2010 at 9:50 PM
CathE said...: The pandas look amazing framed like that well done.

Good luck with the Christmas Presence, it's a lovely design and I hope you enjoy stitching it.; April 23, 2010 at 11:29 AM
Sabine S. said...: The pandas look great!!! No one will ever know it's not the whole design ;-) I'm not one for seasonal patterns, but I like your new choice. Have fun!
Sabine; April 23, 2010 at 10:44 PM
Carolyn NC said...: It's just beautiful!; April 24, 2010 at 7:35 AM
~Rose said...: Ohh, I'm so envious that you have a 'Christmas room'. I'm nutty about Christmas too, and it always makes me sad to have to pack away all my pretty Christmas things...; April 24, 2010 at 4:52 PM
Joke said...: Looks great, the frame matches perfectly :); April 26, 2010 at 8:42 AM
Astrid said...: The Frame is good to the Panda's. Nice done. And santa is on my wishlist !!!; April 30, 2010 at 1:43 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.