Our Friends' HAED SAL: My other two HAED WIPs

Tuesday, March 17, 2009

My other two HAED WIPs

I have not been stitching these last two weeks on Santa's List, but on my other two HAED WIPs. I stitched about 3000 stitches on Fairy Village by Lisa Victoria, which was easier than it sounds because it was shockingly boring amount of black and black-brown, just two colors with an occasional different shade thrown in here and there. Here is a current pic:

And I also pulled out my long neglected May I Have This Dance and stitched about another 1200 stitches on it. Here is an updated picture:

I have been so motivated by this blog, and looking at all the beautiful projects, that I have practically only stitched on my HAEDS lately, and sadly neglected my other stitching. Oh well, I stitch for enjoyment :-).

Happy stitching everyone!

11 comments:

Joke said...: Beautiful stitching on both designs!; March 17, 2009 at 11:42 AM
jessneal said...: I love this design and have add it to my shopping cart! LOL Your progress is wonderful!
~jess~; March 17, 2009 at 2:15 PM
Gabi said...: Nice projects. Both look great; March 17, 2009 at 2:32 PM
Cindy F. said...: Love these 2!! The colors are gorgeous! Good job Laura! Can't wait to see more:); March 17, 2009 at 4:51 PM
Annie Bee said...: Love what you have done on these two. I bet it was good to stitch solid colours instead of confetti although I now get bored with blocks of colour.; March 17, 2009 at 11:44 PM
Carolyn NC said...: These are beautiful, Laura! Great progress!; March 18, 2009 at 6:32 AM
Wendy said...: Oooh I love those 2 designs. You did a great progress on both of them!; March 18, 2009 at 6:36 AM
Angie said...: both are great designs; March 18, 2009 at 8:40 AM
Maxine said...: Just gorgeous!! Keep up the good work :); March 18, 2009 at 10:28 AM
http://ingridsknitting.blogspot.be/ said...: aaaahhh I love both and yes I know this blog is great for motivation; March 18, 2009 at 11:39 AM
beth said...: Beautiful stitching on both pieces!; March 18, 2009 at 2:53 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.