Our Friends' HAED SAL: Hello everybody!

Monday, March 23, 2009

Hello everybody!

Hi!

First of all - thank you for inviting me and thanks also for this wonderful blog. How beautiful all your works are!
A'm Ingrid from Finland - land of snow and Santa! I'm 25 , married and
i have baby boy, who is 7 month now. Sititching have been my dearest hobby (or lifestyle:-) over ten years.

I found HAED about month ago - and fell love of those beautiful artworks right a way. The Encounter was my first love in HAED -
maby because I have dreamed of stitch some wizard and dragon who are friends for quite some time - and there it was!
After seartching over and over HAED webside I found lots of other pictures I loved - but then I diside to belive my first instinct and
here it is -The Encounter by Ed Beard Jr.

Started 20.march to 25ct lugana evenweave. Can't wait to stitch more!

11 comments:

Beatrice said...: Hello.
Your piece is stunning. I love it,It could be a mate to mine.
I'm going to enjoy watching this grow.; March 23, 2009 at 6:48 AM
Gabi said...: Beautiful piece. Looking forward to see it grow; March 23, 2009 at 8:04 AM
Cindy F. said...: Welcome Ingrid! You have chosen an incredibly beautiful design to stitch!! Great start!...the blues are gorgeous!! We can't wait to see this one grow:); March 23, 2009 at 8:11 AM
Yvonne said...: I've not seen this chart before and it is really lovely! Great start and I love the blues and looking forward to see the next update.

Yvonne; March 23, 2009 at 9:03 AM
Angie said...: Looks great.; March 23, 2009 at 9:31 AM
http://ingridsknitting.blogspot.be/ said...: what a beauty , I searched because I did not know .... it is very beautiful, this is the lords of the ring? Nice choice!; March 23, 2009 at 10:03 AM
Wendy said...: Welcome Ingrid, this is a gorgeous design. You did a great start on it already. Can't wait to see it grow.; March 23, 2009 at 10:14 AM
Suzie said...: Welcome Ingrid! I love the shading of blues that is already showing up in your pattern, and look forward to hearing more from you!

Thank you so much for sharing your work with us! Your stitching is gorgeous!; March 23, 2009 at 4:39 PM
Annie Bee said...: Welcome and those blues and greens are really pretty. Can't wait to see more of your progress.; March 23, 2009 at 11:26 PM
Carolyn NC said...: What beautiful colors here - great progress!; March 24, 2009 at 6:28 AM
Yoyo said...: I love wizards and dragons too, this is a terrific design. Can't wait for updates!!; March 24, 2009 at 8:56 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.