Our Friends' HAED SAL: Come & See My Backside!!

Thursday, March 26, 2009

Come & See My Backside!!

I hope I won't regret showing the backside of my Sleeping Beauty. I deserve an award for having such a horrible backside. I am off now to hide myself under the covers in shame, lol!!! Come on, show yours too!

13 comments:

5horizons said...: That's supposed to be horrible? You should see mine (right after I dare to take a picture and post it, I mean :) ). Your back looks just perfect.; March 26, 2009 at 11:20 AM
Mich said...: My god, what a great backside this is !! Not at all horrible.

If you would see mine, you would run away as fast as you could !!! You can still recognize the whole pattern in yours, not mine !!; March 26, 2009 at 11:30 AM
http://ingridsknitting.blogspot.be/ said...: OOO Yvonne, your back is not terrible she looks just beautiful ..... so now I am sure that mine is not to compare, I'm really not doing well; March 26, 2009 at 11:44 AM
Wendy said...: This is really not looking horrible! It looks fine to me.
I'm going to show my back when I show my progress tomorrow. I promise I will do this:); March 26, 2009 at 11:59 AM
Yvonne said...: Show yours and stop shaking your hands while taking a picture, lol!!

Think of it this way, My Sleeping Beauty is a B&W chart and doesn't need so many colours, approx. 10 or 12 but if I do one with lots of colours, it will be a different back.; March 26, 2009 at 12:10 PM
Beatrice said...: Are you kidding?? That is amazing!!!!!!

Very interesting doing a piece in black and white and ending up with 12 colours.

I will take you up on your challenge but I don't have much done. Actually I really haven't paid much attention to the back..we'll see!; March 26, 2009 at 1:37 PM
Carolyn NC said...: Looks pretty good to me. :); March 26, 2009 at 1:39 PM
KiKi said...: I could only wish the back of my projects looked that good! You are doing a great job!; March 26, 2009 at 3:18 PM
Gabi said...: Looks pretty good to me. Can't see anything terrible here.; March 26, 2009 at 3:31 PM
Annie Bee said...: Hey that looks great and very neat.; March 26, 2009 at 4:59 PM
Yvonne said...: I just checked, there are 13 colours for this Sleeping Beauty. I will post the back of my Angel of Spring later. It is another B&W but there's quite a lot of other colours due to the flowers on her hair. Thank for the compliments. I was expecting to be the worst when it comes to the back.; March 26, 2009 at 11:12 PM
Suzie said...: You're kidding aren't you. .this can't be the backside! It looks better than my fronts do! I now know for sure that I'm never posting my backside fiascos! lol; March 29, 2009 at 5:44 PM
Cindy F. said...: Yvonne, your backside is amazing too!! Thanks for sharing:); March 30, 2009 at 8:41 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.