Our Friends' HAED SAL: Impossible love

Monday, May 31, 2010

Impossible love

Another update on 'Impossible love', but for me it's very easy to love this work of stitching ;-)
I stitched a lot of wing, but even that colours are beautiful and I enjoy stitching very much. I want to finish these two pages (I glued two pages together, because it worked easier) and then I may work on 'Train of dreams', which I started a few weeks ago. I'll show you a photo of my progress with that in a week or so.

9 comments:

Jan said...: Wow! That is just beautiful. You are doing some fabulous work there.; May 31, 2010 at 8:52 AM
http://ingridsknitting.blogspot.be/ said...: Wow ... This is so beautiful, I love the colors they are amazing and what have you done a lot ! Well done !!; May 31, 2010 at 9:49 AM
demeter83 said...: This is such a beautiful design, and you're making terrific progress on it.; May 31, 2010 at 11:05 AM
Marie said...: Beautiful colors !!! I can really imagine how much you enjoy stitching it ! And for me, it's a delight to look at your work. It's like there is light in my eyes when I look at this wonderful design...

And I look forward to see your Train of dreams !

Happy stitching !!; May 31, 2010 at 11:42 AM
Astrid said...: O wow what a beautiful colors and the wings are awsome !!!!!; May 31, 2010 at 12:53 PM
Mel said...: Wow, wow. Soooo pretty!; May 31, 2010 at 1:36 PM
Sabine S. said...: What a beautiful sky! Nice stitching!
Sabine; May 31, 2010 at 8:50 PM
Joke said...: Beautiful stiching and a beautiful design. The colors are soft and they invite to dream ...; June 1, 2010 at 12:19 PM
Mel said...: These colours are sooo lovely!; June 11, 2010 at 8:31 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.