Our Friends' HAED SAL: Firefly

Thursday, April 23, 2009

Firefly

Because there was a page finished at the Madonna I rotated to the Firefly of Brigit Ashwood. Much darkness and very boring. But I struggle trouhg this. The sun outside is helping me. Everybody has such beautiful updates. This blog is helping everybody to keep on going. a happy weekend and lots of stitching pleasure.....

8 comments:

Carolyn NC said...: Nice progress!; April 23, 2009 at 10:25 PM
Gabi said...: You got quite some stitching accomplished. Looks great. The dark colors might be boring to stitch, but it's worth the effort. The effect is stunning; April 23, 2009 at 11:47 PM
Yvonne said...: Blues are really nice, Astrid. I love the colours contrast for this chart and you are doing so well.; April 24, 2009 at 12:32 AM
Wendy said...: This is a great progress too. It will be a little boring now, but it will look so great when finished.

This is a great idea, working on 2 HAED at the same time and when you finish a page work on the other one :); April 24, 2009 at 4:33 AM
http://ingridsknitting.blogspot.be/ said...: this is still a really nice progress, good job; April 24, 2009 at 5:00 AM
Jan said...: I love this piece. Great stitching.; April 24, 2009 at 11:28 AM
Cindy F. said...: Astrid, I am so proud of you! I know the dark colors get boring, but this is one amazing design! Beautiful progress!; April 25, 2009 at 8:04 PM
Yoyo said...: Oh gosh. More enabling...that is a great idea to have two going at one time and do one page each. Love this one, those wings are beautiful. Oh, we do have to put in those boring backgrounds though. Keep at it, it won't be too long.; April 26, 2009 at 11:28 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.