Our Friends' HAED SAL: Kim FL- Hopping Along

Saturday, April 18, 2009

Kim FL- Hopping Along

Last Week

This Week

"Bunny on Path" Freebie. I went from blues to purples to greenie/browns. You can sort of see the outline for his basket on the left. I may save that for last because of all the color changes (love all the color, but it slows my progress)!

I hope everyone was able to take advantage of the HAED sale! I may get the fabric and start one of the patterns I purchased - eek! I see some of you have more than one HAED going, so I'll probably be a part of that soon . . . oh my . . .

Kim

10 comments:

Wendy said...: Your bunny looks so cute! You did a lot of stitching on it. Love the color of his jacket.; April 18, 2009 at 7:26 AM
Anita H said...: You are moving along. Love how his jacket looks.

Anita; April 18, 2009 at 7:56 AM
Gabi said...: Loving it. Your bunny is getting cuter every week; April 18, 2009 at 9:12 AM
http://ingridsknitting.blogspot.be/ said...: the bunny is already cute, you made many new stitch, good job; April 18, 2009 at 10:40 AM
Carolyn NC said...: Looking cuter and sweeter each time!; April 18, 2009 at 6:07 PM
Annie Bee said...: I just love how this is looking. Such beautiful colours.; April 18, 2009 at 9:57 PM
Mich said...: I love to see this one growing and growing. I'm a fan of the bunny ;-)); April 18, 2009 at 10:13 PM
Suzie said...: I continue to be amazed at how quickly you are getting this one completed!

And I love the pattern! It just keeps getting cuter and cuter with each update!

Thanks so much for sharing him with us!; April 19, 2009 at 2:11 PM
Yoyo said...: Every time I see this I think how cute it is. You made really good progress this week.; April 19, 2009 at 10:28 PM
Cindy F. said...: Kim, it seems like you just started this one a couple of weeks ago! Wow! Look at how far you've come! Beautiful stitching!!; April 20, 2009 at 6:19 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.