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Friday, April 17, 2009

I am soooooo bad

I just can't stand it,

HAED Dreams of Atlantis
artwork by Josephine Wahl

I am so bad. I keep looking at all the beautiful projects here. Plus I purchased several charts from HAED a couple of weeks ago during a sale. One of those, "Dreams of Atlantis" by Josephine Wahl, I like so much I'm using the picture as my desktop wallpaper — which means I'm looking at it every day, several times a day.

There it is
a shameless new start
So… you guessed it! I spent my Thursday HAED SAL time gridding a new fabric and have actually put in a few stitches. I never put stitches in the fabric before it's completely gridded so you can see how anxious I am to work on this one. I bought the large print chart and there are something like 43 pages of chart, it was a bit daunting to think about that, but I'm in it now. I've got all the threads and I'm off and running. Then, yesterday, after receiving the HAED newsletter I saw a gorgeous chart on their homepage, "Fairy Tales" and I forget who Michelle said the artist is… but this time I was slightly smarter I just put that one on my wish list. Way too much enabling going on throughout this entire blog!!!

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.