Our Friends' HAED SAL: Katie's Update

Thursday, April 16, 2009

Katie's Update

I've been really concentrating on my Lisa Victoria's Pirate Dragon. I finished page 3 and started a few stitches into page 4. Here is an update picture.

Stitching on 28ct 1 thread over 1.

11 comments:

Wendy said...: Wow, that is a wonderful progress!! That is such a cute design.; April 16, 2009 at 1:22 PM
Mich said...: I really truly love this pattern very much. It's becoming very cute !!; April 16, 2009 at 2:32 PM
pethair-xstitcher said...: Lisa victoria's charts always make me smile and what you have managed to get done so far is just great... love it!; April 16, 2009 at 3:19 PM
Katie said...: Thank you very much for the feedback ladies!; April 16, 2009 at 4:00 PM
Gabi said...: Wow, that's quite some progress. Lovely; April 16, 2009 at 4:47 PM
Shari said...: Katie, I am not a dragon fan & this is just too adorable!!!! You have made wonderful progress!!!! Keep up the great work!!!; April 16, 2009 at 5:02 PM
Carolyn NC said...: So cute - nice progress!; April 16, 2009 at 5:13 PM
Cindy F. said...: Congrats on finishing page 3! That's incredible! This is an adorable design:); April 17, 2009 at 9:07 AM
Yoyo said...: Goodness you got a lot done. I just love this chart, great choice to go with your beautiful stitching.; April 17, 2009 at 10:02 AM
jessneal said...: I love this pattern! You are doing a wonderful job on it! It looks like 28ct works well with it.; April 17, 2009 at 11:35 AM
http://ingridsknitting.blogspot.be/ said...: Gosh ...what a great job, so delicately and so beautifully stitched .Congrats on finishing page 3! Also a great progress!; April 18, 2009 at 4:31 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.