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Friday, March 20, 2009

Hello everyone

Last week I started with my HEAD snowwhite and yesterday I worked on! I have not much and there is still nothing to see but I work more courageous, I can already park my wires and it works faster that way! My progress!

now

before

until next week
Ingrid

8 comments:

Wendy said...: Wow Ingrid! You did a lot of stitching on it. The more you stitch on it the more you will see it grow and it will look gorgeous.; March 20, 2009 at 1:54 PM
Cindy F. said...: Awesome Ingrid!! You got the hanging threads down:) AND you've really put in a lot more stitches!!
Good job!; March 20, 2009 at 5:23 PM
Yoyo said...: Excellent progress!; March 20, 2009 at 5:53 PM
Carolyn NC said...: Coming along so nicely!; March 20, 2009 at 8:11 PM
Mich said...: Good progress. Isn't it amazin to see that you have used so much colours, when it all looks black on the picture ...; March 20, 2009 at 11:29 PM
Suzie said...: Wow! You've made a lot of progress, and good for you that, you're now parking your threads! I'm still not courageous enough to try it, but admire people who can do it successfully!

Your stitching is lovely! Well done!!; March 21, 2009 at 3:48 AM
pruts said...: great progress.; March 21, 2009 at 5:00 AM
Laura said...: Great progress, and congratulations on figuring out the needle parking.; March 21, 2009 at 5:08 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.