Our Friends' HAED SAL: Cabin In The Woods Progress

Tuesday, March 31, 2009

Cabin In The Woods Progress

Sorry I've not posted any pics since my intro a while back, luckily I am better at stitching than blog posting lol. I have been reading everyone's posts and looking at all the gorgeous wips though and they are stunning. I don't have enough hours in the day to comment on everyone's posts I''m afraid but I just wanted to say you all do such wonderful stitching.

I've been working on Cabin on a Wed and Thur evening for the last few weeks and although the progress is slow I'm enjoying it. The first pic is it as a whole before I started the current page, and the close up is the next page along the top row after last week's stitching.

I've been trying to finish up a non-HAED wip for a while, which thankfully I managed last night, so I'm hoping to be able to spend more time on Cabin now for a while at least and see how I get on. Til next time!

Lisa (Lisa's Stitching Addiction Blog)

9 comments:

Anita H said...: Those blues are gorgeous. Great job
Anita; March 31, 2009 at 9:24 AM
Claire said...: It is growing really quite fast Lisa!! Great stitching ;o)

Hugs
Claire; March 31, 2009 at 9:30 AM
Joke said...: That really is going fast! This sky must be difficult to stitch, all those blues ;); March 31, 2009 at 10:11 AM
Sabine S. said...: What a beautiful night sky!
Sabine; March 31, 2009 at 12:08 PM
Cindy F. said...: Oh wow!! It's so beautiful! Great progress Lisa! So glad you shared it with us:); March 31, 2009 at 3:22 PM
Gabi said...: It's looking fabulous.; March 31, 2009 at 6:45 PM
Carolyn NC said...: Really nice stitching and great progress!; March 31, 2009 at 9:36 PM
http://ingridsknitting.blogspot.be/ said...: great progress!
beautiful design and I agree there are not enough hours in a day; April 1, 2009 at 4:03 AM
Wendy said...: Wow! That is a wonderful progress. Love this design too. You are right, there aren't enough hours in a day. I need some more time too. I want to do so many things.; April 1, 2009 at 4:32 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.