Our Friends' HAED SAL: Katie's First Post

Saturday, March 28, 2009

Katie's First Post

Hello everyone. I just joined and finally got time to say Hello. I'm Katie. I live in Fort Wayne, Indiana. I'm 29 year old stay at home mother. I have a soon to be 11 year old son named Jeremiah. He is my life. I started homeschooling him in 2006. I'm also lucky enough to be happily married to my soul mate Fred.

I of course love stitching. I LOVE stitching HAED. Of course LOL That's why I'm here. I'm currently focusing on Lisa Victoria's Pirate Dragon. I will only work on that HAED until it's finished. I really really want to finish one in my lifetime haha. I have some other HAEDs started but this is my focus piece for now. I look forward to watching all the progress. I just love watching these grow.

Here is my current picture of Pirate Dragon. I'm doing it on 28ct evenweave. 1 thread over 1 thread. I have page one complete and page two is getting close. There are 9 pages but a few are very small. Page 3 is one that is very small.

12 comments:

Sabine S. said...: Hi and welcome! I love your pattern! If my son were still younger, I would have loved to stitch something like this for his room. We homeschooled too. I think you will definately finish this piece soon and then I look forward to seeing your others. Have a great weekend!
Sabine; March 28, 2009 at 9:39 AM
Joke said...: Looks great, I bet your son can't wait till it is finished?; March 28, 2009 at 9:41 AM
Mich said...: I really adore this pattern, it is so cute !; March 28, 2009 at 10:30 AM
Solitary Raven said...: wonderful pattern reminds me of a few pocket dragon patterns that i have to do ... oop for a long time...
Laura; March 28, 2009 at 7:39 PM
Annie Bee said...: I love this one and he is such a cute dragon.; March 28, 2009 at 8:05 PM
Carolyn NC said...: Welcome Katie! Great work!; March 28, 2009 at 8:10 PM
Gabi said...: Welcome Katie, and your chosen design is just lovely.; March 29, 2009 at 1:59 AM
Suzie said...: Welcome Katie!

What a cute, cute pattern! Not only is the dragon adorable,but I love the little mouse in the crows's nest! This has got to be a lot of fun to stitch, especially now that you have the head done, so that your piece has personality!

You're doing a lovely job, and I can hardly wait to see more emerge!

Thanks so much for sharing! I'm very happy that you joined us!; March 29, 2009 at 3:41 AM
Vickie said...: Pirate dragon is coming along!!!; March 29, 2009 at 8:03 AM
Cindy F. said...: Welcome Katie!! How cute is that?!!! You are so near a finish too girl! Good job! That little mouse is adorable:); March 29, 2009 at 12:40 PM
Wendy said...: Welcome to our blog Katie!! That is a really cute design. I can't wait to see this one grow :); March 29, 2009 at 12:41 PM
Shari said...: hi Katie!!! So glad to see you made it! I am WAY BEHIND this weekend!!! It is looking great!!!; March 29, 2009 at 1:38 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.