Our Friends' HAED SAL: Marie, Winter Angel.

Thursday, April 30, 2009

Marie, Winter Angel.

Hello everyone !

Here is my work !

Before :

Now :

I just want to share one feeling I had many times this past week.
I was thinking "if only I had finished the first raw"... In fact, I was really looking forward to finish the first raw, I don't know why... meaby to see the rose garden growing, or just for the satisfaction of a finished raw... but until it happens, I have some work to do yet...
So I tried to canalize my impatience with this sentence from Lao Tsu who said : "A good traveller has no fixed plans and is not intent on arriving". This still helps me to take advantage of my HAED journey... I think that we must savour every stitch we do... because it's a priceless wonderful adventure.

To everyone, have a beautiful week...
I'm still thinking of each one of you,
Thank you so much.... !

Marie.

8 comments:

The Chief's Chef said...: I love this picture! Great work!; April 30, 2009 at 2:02 PM
Annie Bee said...: Marie I just love reading your posts of how your stitching week has been. I see there are 2 stars in your beautiful sky now. That saying is soooo true. I love the journey of stitching large pieces and am quite sad to come to the end of the journey. But looking back on those finished pieces you recall your journey.; April 30, 2009 at 2:20 PM
Valerie L. said...: I can answer you that
"patience is a virtue acquired through patience"

What a good sentence for cross stitching isn't it!!; April 30, 2009 at 2:28 PM
Cindy F. said...: Love your traveler saying...and also love your thought about savouring every stitch:)
Beautiful stitching!!; April 30, 2009 at 4:35 PM
Carolyn NC said...: Very nice progress!; April 30, 2009 at 6:56 PM
Yvonne said...: Marie, like anyone else here, I love to read your posts. Really very inspiring and also extremely sweet. Beautiful stitching you have, Marie.

Yvonne; April 30, 2009 at 8:53 PM
Sabine S. said...: Nice progress Marie! And great advice, I should spend less time trying to arrive...
Sabine; April 30, 2009 at 11:00 PM
Wendy said...: Ooooh wow Marie! This is really looking wonderful. You did a lot of stitching on this one. I'm really looking forward to see this design grow.; May 2, 2009 at 12:58 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.