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Friday, May 22, 2009

The Waiting - Cheryl (Australia)

I have been working steadily on this and have completed another page! You can follow updates on this and my other cross stitch projects at this link.

Tuesday, May 5, 2009

Haed - The Waiting Progress

Before:

After:

Here it is - more progress. I have got a cold and it was an effort to take the picture but I forced myself to do it!

Sunday, April 26, 2009

Haed - The Waiting - Cheryl (Australia)

I have been working hard on this project, over 700 stitches in the last 2 days alone...

Those clouds are looking better and better!

Wednesday, April 15, 2009

Haed - the Waiting - I've been busy

This is my progress from about a week ago:

and this is my progress as of today:

and a close up of what I have just done:

I have been doing this every day and I am pleased with my progress. I finished page 9 a few minutes ago and am looking forward to the next page! It is looking really good, sometimes you have to look at it from a distance to really appreciate it...

Wednesday, April 8, 2009

New Member: "The Waiting' by Schim Schimmel

Hi, My name is Cheryl. I'm from NSW in Australia. For over a year I have been doing a Heaven and Earth Design called 'The Waiting' by Schim Schimmel

It is slow progress... but I am getting there. I joined this blog to motivate me to keep going as sometimes it is hard. This is the first time I have done a 25 count 1 over 1 project. Before that the smallest I did was 18 count!

Anyway I am glad I have joined... I have been reading all your updates since the start of this blog and impressed with all you have done... How some of you get whole pages done so quickly is amazing!

Cheers

Cheryl

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.