Our Friends' HAED SAL: My Progress on Peacock Lagoon

Sunday, March 22, 2009

My Progress on Peacock Lagoon

Well, here you are ladies - my progress on Peacock Lagoon. We have a navy blue line with one little white spot. This is another 450 stitches for a total of 799 so far!! I'm making progress LOL.

I look at this blog every day and see all the amazing pieces that are being stitched on. Each and every one of you inspire me!! Keep up the good work.

9 comments:

Vickie said...: Every stitch counts!!! You are making great progress.; March 22, 2009 at 12:53 PM
Gabi said...: Great progress. :); March 22, 2009 at 2:12 PM
Suzie said...: Kathy, you are 799 stitches ahead of me, so I think that you have made a LOT of progress! Your navy line looks very neat and uniform, and that white dot is the perfect accent!lol Well done!!; March 22, 2009 at 2:18 PM
jessneal said...: Now you are 450 stitches closer to being finished! I feel the same way about this site...it keeps me wanting to stitch.; March 22, 2009 at 3:53 PM
Carolyn NC said...: You've stitched more than I have! Nice progress!; March 22, 2009 at 9:01 PM
Cindy F. said...: Atta girl!!! Good job!; March 23, 2009 at 8:26 AM
Wendy said...: You did a lot of stitches already! Can't wait to see this one grow!; March 23, 2009 at 10:26 AM
Melissa33 said...: Looks great from what I see, lol. I almost don't want to look though cause I'll be tempted to start my Peacock's Lagoon and I have enough WIP's, lol.; March 23, 2009 at 5:58 PM
Yoyo said...: Great start, soon we'll be seeing colors and figures and a beautiful design emerging.; March 24, 2009 at 9:03 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.