Our Friends' HAED SAL: *IRIS* and Dragon game and hello

Tuesday, October 5, 2010

IRIS and Dragon game and hello

hello,this is my first post in the blog

my name is Doreen and I'm new on this blog. . I am from Germany. I cross stitch * Iris * by Stephanie Pui-Mun Law and have started the 3 page of 40 pages.

I will report if I have a page done.
here is the stand today

I have a haed ready. Dragon game by Molly Harrison. It was a freebie from Haed.

I am delighted to be here. Please excuse, my english is very bad. I write with google translator

9 comments:

grannie said...: Hello Doreen :-) Your English is fine, please don't worry! I love your dragon, he is very nice and I look forward to seeing more of your Iris, you have made a great start on it.; October 5, 2010 at 12:49 PM
Mel said...: Welcome Doreen!
Your English is just fine.
(if it makes you feel better you could even write in German underneath or above the English to make sure you say what you want in your native language); October 5, 2010 at 1:43 PM
Doreen said...: many thanks,

there is no problem to write English, the translator works well sure. I hope so * lol *

doreen; October 5, 2010 at 1:50 PM
Anonymous said...: Hi Doreen!
Nice to see you here also. *gg*
Your dragon is very nice and your Iris is perfect :)
I think your english is fine and evrybody can understand what you want to say. :D; October 5, 2010 at 9:54 PM
Sabine S. said...: Welcome, glad you joined us. Stitching is the language we all understand,the rest we can figure out! Your dragon is very cute!
Sabine; October 5, 2010 at 10:58 PM
Joke said...: Welcome :) Nothing wrong with your English, we perfectly understand what you are saying!The dragon is great, well done :); October 6, 2010 at 10:07 AM
Astrid said...: Welcome and your work is beautiful. Keep up the stitching !!; October 6, 2010 at 11:00 AM
Dancing With Pussycats said...: I understand you perfectly...your English is just fine. Don't worry.

And your stitching is great. I really love the little dragon. Did you name the little fella?; October 6, 2010 at 2:18 PM
Terri said...: Willkommen. You will love it here. Everyone is nice. My german is really rusty. Your work is wonderful :); October 22, 2010 at 8:17 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.