Our Friends' HAED SAL: Sunken Treasure

Monday, March 23, 2009

Sunken Treasure

Hello ladies!

I spent the entire weekend stitching on Sunken Treasure as planned. I put in around 2000 stitches....about 1000 of which were confetti stitches with about 30 color changes. I'm pretty happy with my progress. I'm not sure if I'll keep working on it until Thursday or put it away to work on another project yet. I'd really like to get more progress done on this before the baby comes next week. I'm still holding out hope that he decides to be a little early for me, lol.

7 comments:

Annie Bee said...: You are making really good progress on this. Just love those blues - so soothing to look at.; March 23, 2009 at 11:33 PM
Suzie said...: Now I know why it has been so windy! You stitched up a whirlwind! lol I can see all of the subtle color changes!
Congratulations on the great progress!!; March 24, 2009 at 4:33 AM
Wendy said...: Wow, that is a great progress you did! It looks wonderful already!

I'm planning to stitch all weekend too!; March 24, 2009 at 6:08 AM
Carolyn NC said...: Beautiful - congrats on all the impressive work!; March 24, 2009 at 6:22 AM
Vickie said...: love the all the blue!!! you are making great progress!!; March 24, 2009 at 6:50 AM
Cindy F. said...: Wow!! That's a lot of stitches in a short amount of time!!

Melissa, is this your first child??
I'm so excited for you! Whenever you get settled back home and have a chance, please post a pic of your baby here for us to oooh and aaah over;)

Keeping you in my thoughts and prayers for a easy delivery and a healthy baby:); March 24, 2009 at 5:45 PM
Yoyo said...: You made some terrific progress over the weekend. Sending you love and light for a happy healthy baby. Let us know the details!; March 24, 2009 at 8:27 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.