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Friday, March 20, 2009

Mel's Dragon Knot Update

I was able to work a little bit more on Dragon Knot. Some progress was made but not much. I have other projects I am also working on so I tried to work on Dragon mostly on Wednesday and Thursday evenings.

7 comments:

Wendy said...: Great progress already! I also have different WIP's and I gave myself a rotation on them now.; March 20, 2009 at 1:53 PM
Cindy F. said...: Good job! I can really see a lot more stitches have been added:); March 20, 2009 at 5:22 PM
Yoyo said...: Terrific progress Mel.; March 20, 2009 at 5:52 PM
Carolyn NC said...: Nice progress!; March 20, 2009 at 8:11 PM
Suzie said...: I can see that you've made considerable progress, and I love the colors that are emerging!

I've got a couple of WIP going, and have learned you can't beat yourself up over not working on the others. You just relax and enjoy the one you have in your hand.

Thanks so much for sharing!; March 21, 2009 at 3:46 AM
Laura said...: You made some excellent progress! Have fun with all of your stitching this week.; March 21, 2009 at 5:06 AM
Anita H said...: It looks wonderful, love this one. I have LOTS of wips, just work on the one that calls to me the most. I keep telling myself it's the process I love, they will all get finished "someday"
Anita; March 21, 2009 at 7:35 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.