Our Friends' HAED SAL: New Member: "The Waiting' by Schim Schimmel

Wednesday, April 8, 2009

New Member: "The Waiting' by Schim Schimmel

Hi, My name is Cheryl. I'm from NSW in Australia. For over a year I have been doing a Heaven and Earth Design called 'The Waiting' by Schim Schimmel

It is slow progress... but I am getting there. I joined this blog to motivate me to keep going as sometimes it is hard. This is the first time I have done a 25 count 1 over 1 project. Before that the smallest I did was 18 count!

Anyway I am glad I have joined... I have been reading all your updates since the start of this blog and impressed with all you have done... How some of you get whole pages done so quickly is amazing!

Cheers

Cheryl

19 comments:

Carolyn NC said...: Very nice stitching! Welcome to the blog!; April 8, 2009 at 10:25 PM
Marie said...: Hello Cheryl !
Welcome !!
Your work looks amazing !The earth is so realistic...and the clouds are so beautiful ! It will be such a pleasure to see your work growing, I can't wait for it !
Happy stitching !; April 8, 2009 at 10:37 PM
The Chief's Chef said...: Hi Marie and Carolyn! Yes the clouds look so good, there are a lot of colours in them, some of them so similar but the effect is marvellous!; April 8, 2009 at 10:45 PM
Sabine S. said...: Hi and welcome! You'll find plenty of encouragement here! Many of us are new to HAEDs and 25ct 1x1, myself included. You've done a fabulous job already, just keep stitching!
sabine; April 9, 2009 at 12:13 AM
Claire said...: Welcome to the board - you will love it here!! There is loads of encouragement and expect your wish list to grow LOL!!Great stitching so far!

Hugs
Claire; April 9, 2009 at 12:27 AM
Annie Bee said...: Welcome Cheryl. Nice to see another Aussie here. Those clouds look like they are moving. You have done quite a bit on this too.; April 9, 2009 at 12:59 AM
Gabi said...: Welcome to the blog. Waving here from Vic Australia. The Waiting is a beautiful piece of art. It will be fun to watch your WIP growing.; April 9, 2009 at 1:03 AM
Puppy Love said...: You look like you're making great progress so far! Certainly nothing to sneeze at.; April 9, 2009 at 3:59 AM
CathE said...: Welcome, that a a beautiful piece. Hope you find the inspiration you're looking for.; April 9, 2009 at 4:59 AM
Wendy said...: Welcome to our blog Cheryl! That is an amazing design you are stitching and I saw it already on your blog too along with your other wonderful WIP's.
Can't wait to see this one grow.; April 9, 2009 at 5:51 AM
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Cindy F. said...: Welcome Claire!!!! Wow! Talk about amazing stitching....this is incredible! Beautiful stitching friend! That looks like a lot of pages;) We're so happy you're joining us!; April 9, 2009 at 7:08 AM
http://ingridsknitting.blogspot.be/ said...: welcome en great stitching , and excellent job, it is absolutely a wonderful design; April 9, 2009 at 10:02 AM
Astrid said...: Wauw ,,, its beautiful !!!!!; April 9, 2009 at 11:36 AM
Cheryl said...: Welcome, I'm the other Cheryl! Great job so far.; April 9, 2009 at 11:57 AM
Elfie said...: Hello, Cheryl. Your project is very stunning, I'm looking forward to seeing it grow. I'm stitcjing my first HAED too, and for me it;s a huge learning curve! What part of NSW are you from? I'm from Newcastle.; April 9, 2009 at 2:54 PM
The Chief's Chef said...: Thanks everyone for their lovely comments! Elfie, I'm from the Illawarra, south of Sydney, not far from Wollongong. Although I grew up in Sydney and only moved here in 2001. (I'm 34). Cheers Cheryl; April 9, 2009 at 4:46 PM
Vickie said...: This looks just beautiful!; April 9, 2009 at 8:28 PM
Mimosa said...: Hello Chery! Your stitching is great! very beautiful!!; April 9, 2009 at 8:46 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.