Our Friends' HAED SAL: Dark Cherry update

Tuesday, April 7, 2009

Dark Cherry update

I've been rather busy with Uni stuff, and not got a lot done, but I'm currently home sick with a cold turned feverish so I got a bit done on Cherry the other night and took a photo :) It's a bit out of date, when I've got a chunk more done I'll take another photo. I'm trying to get the piece roughly even along the bottom at the moment - I don't do the page at a time thing very well with these small pieces. (Ok, with ANY piece, but I try to stick to a page at a time more on the big ones. It's just too easy to do it this way with the small ones)

So, I'm rambling, here have a photo! (I need to calculate a rough stitch count again)

10 comments:

Gabi said...: Your progress is looking great. And there isn't a need to do it page by page as long as you're comfy with whatever you're doing. And you're doing a great job as far as I can see.; April 7, 2009 at 5:18 AM
Claire said...: Great work! Always interested in how people stitch ie parking threads. Just cant get my head around it all!

Hugs
Claire; April 7, 2009 at 5:35 AM
Carolyn NC said...: Nice progress - hope you're feeling better!; April 7, 2009 at 6:10 AM
ladyhawke said...: Its coming along great. You are doing a fantastic job with Dark Cherry.; April 7, 2009 at 7:35 AM
Louanne said...: DC looks great! Sorry to hear you aren't feeling well. Get better soon!!!!; April 7, 2009 at 8:03 AM
Carla said...: Looks great! I'm stitching mine one page at a time; April 7, 2009 at 8:59 AM
Cindy F. said...: Kyriaki, I'm so sorry to hear you're not feeling well:( I hope you get over that nasty bug very soon!!
I love the colors in Dark Cherry and you've made tremendous progress:) No rules on how to stitch,,,just enjoy the process;)
(((HUGS))); April 7, 2009 at 9:56 AM
Wendy said...: Wow that is a lot of stitching you have done! Great progress!
I do hope you feel much better very soon.; April 8, 2009 at 4:19 AM
http://ingridsknitting.blogspot.be/ said...: I hope you feel better, great progress and nice work; April 8, 2009 at 8:41 AM
Kyriaki said...: Thankyou all, you're so kind :); April 8, 2009 at 5:03 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.