Our Friends' HAED SAL: Faces of Faery 88 stitched by Jo

Saturday, October 2, 2010

Faces of Faery 88 stitched by Jo

This is the third of my wips, Faces of Faery 88 (FF88) by JBG. I started her on 18 September 2010. She is being stitched on 28ct lilac lugana, one over one and with whole crosses. She is stitching up quite quickly, thanks to the large amount of 945 on her forehead! I started her eye just to give myself a break from the skin tones. The eye really does look much better in real life.

I am now back to stitching Sunny for the SK SAL this week and I think I may rotate back to Vanity afterwards. That is unless my Faery's eye pulls me back!

Thanks for looking and happy stitching!

4 comments:

Unknown said...: She's lovely, I love JBG's Faces of Faery. I've got a couple of them but must admit that the one you're stitching is the one I really wanna get. Good job so far and I can't wait to see some more of her!; October 2, 2010 at 5:44 AM
Sabine S. said...: Gotta love it when HAED gives you a couple of inches of one color! Thanks for sharing, will be watching for more updates.
Sabine; October 2, 2010 at 10:30 PM
Astrid said...: The updates are lovely. keep us posted !!; October 3, 2010 at 3:18 AM
Dancing With Pussycats said...: What lovely violet eyes. Reminds me of Elizabeth Taylor. Wonderful stitching! Very nice work!; October 4, 2010 at 2:35 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.