Our Friends' HAED SAL: Train of Dreams

Sunday, October 3, 2010

Train of Dreams

Hello everyone! I just wanted to take a few minutes to introduce myself and show pictures of what I'm working on. My name is Shauna and I'm American but I live in Germany. I'm the mother of a 5 year old son and a 20 month old daughter. I've been stitching exclusively HAED for three years now and have accumulated more charts than I could ever do in a lifetime but I'm going to do my best to finish them. Like so many others, I'm working on Train of Dreams by Randall Spangler. My son had to have it when he saw it and I love working on it. I hope you all love seeing it.

7 comments:

grannie said...: Hi Shauna I Love your train - this design is just fab, always something new to see. Look forward to seeing more! :-); October 3, 2010 at 1:30 AM
Astrid said...: I love the Train also very much. Youre progress is good and youre son wil love it when finished.; October 3, 2010 at 3:16 AM
~Rose said...: Sooo pretty; you've made excellent progress on this! Those colors are just amazing.; October 3, 2010 at 6:04 AM
Sabine S. said...: I think this is the perfect pattern for a little boy's room! It looks wonderful!!! Welcome to our blog.
Sabine; October 3, 2010 at 10:53 PM
Dancing With Pussycats said...: This is such a wonderful design, and I know your son will love it no matter his age. Beautiful work!; October 4, 2010 at 2:40 PM
http://ingridsknitting.blogspot.be/ said...: i really love "the train of dreams " , the colors are amazing !! Great Job !; October 5, 2010 at 3:56 AM
Terri said...: Simply amazing I love this chart; October 21, 2010 at 10:01 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.