Our Friends' HAED SAL: Finally Here!

Friday, October 1, 2010

Finally Here!

Hello all!! I am so thrilled that the membership was opened and that I was able to join this SAL. I used to have a blog but found that I did not want to spend the time learning how to take care of it, so this is perfect for me!!

I currently have several HAEDs on the go - doesn't everyone?

Spangler - Train of Dreams
Marks - If I Only Could
Marchetti - Tree of Life
and three others (one full size, one storykeep and one quick stitch) that I cannot remember the names of at the moment.

A bit about me - I live in Boca Raton, FL and work as a paralegal in Plantation, FL. I am married to David for 23 years (this Sunday) and we have two furbabies - Yoda (domestic shorthair) and Tiffany (long-haired chihuahua). I tend to stitch slowly and stay with one project until one of the others starts screaming. My next project is going to be learning how to take, brand and post pictures of my WIPs.

I am incredibly excited to be here as I have been visiting and drooling over everyone's beauties for what seems like forever.

Thanks for letting me join in!!

Yvette

5 comments:

Sabine S. said...: Welcome! Glad you stayed around long enough to finally make it into membership! I stitch a lot like you- very slowly and I stay on one piece until I get bored with it. Much as I would like it, scheduled rotations don't work for me. Hope you post some pics soon.
Sabine; October 1, 2010 at 10:56 PM
grannie said...: Hi from another newbie! I was a paralegal before I had my children and boy was it stressful lol! I am glad I had my stitching to keep me sane! Look forward to seeing some photos of your work :-); October 2, 2010 at 5:11 AM
Astrid said...: Welcome, love to see some pictures of youre wips !!; October 3, 2010 at 3:20 AM
Dancing With Pussycats said...: Glad you're here, Yvette. Wow! Six HAED wips at once. That's ambitious, though I'm sure there must be other members with more.

Looking forward to seeing pics of your work.; October 4, 2010 at 2:33 PM
Marie said...: Welcome Yvette !

I'm looking forward to see pictures of your WIP's !!; October 6, 2010 at 2:16 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.