Our Friends' HAED SAL: Peter Peter Pumpkin Eater...update 4

Friday, April 17, 2009

Peter Peter Pumpkin Eater...update 4

I'm never thought that I can stayed put with a project for more than 2 weeks and now with this project, I'm into the 4 weeks now. Really. this SAL does gave me motivation to keep stitching.

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9 comments:

Astrid said...: beautiful !!! It feels the same for me... and the knowing that everybody is stitching I and you keep us going.; April 17, 2009 at 11:54 PM
Gabi said...: Beautiful stitching and great progress. It's fun to see it grow from week to week; April 18, 2009 at 12:59 AM
Wendy said...: Wow! This is a wonderful progress already! It is such a gorgeous design. I'm looking forward to see the rest of it.; April 18, 2009 at 4:05 AM
Anita H said...: It looks wonderful. Those color changes can really slow you down, but the shading looks amazing.
Anita; April 18, 2009 at 7:58 AM
http://ingridsknitting.blogspot.be/ said...: Wow what a great progress and yes this blog is the way to the motivation; April 18, 2009 at 10:28 AM
Carolyn NC said...: Great progress!; April 18, 2009 at 6:08 PM
Annie Bee said...: You have made great progress.; April 18, 2009 at 10:00 PM
Yoyo said...: Great progress, I too am grateful for the inspiration and motivation of this blog; April 19, 2009 at 10:32 PM
Cindy F. said...: I'm so proud of you for sticking with it! I know you've put in a lot of confetti stitches, but this is going to be an incredible heirloom when you're finished!!
Keep up the beautiful stitching:); April 20, 2009 at 6:23 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.