Our Friends' HAED SAL: Soon To Be A Full Moon

Friday, April 24, 2009

Soon To Be A Full Moon

First of all I'd like to apologise for my lack of update pics. I seem to be in a blogging slump right now and haven't updated my own for over 2 weeks. I have however been following this blog and find myself checking 2 or 3 times a day for update pics. You are all an inspiration and I LOVE seeing all the pics.
I have been stitching thankfully. I have some pif's and gifts to stitch at the moment so I'm stitching on them quite a bit, but I have been working on Cabin In The Woods and am getting very close to finishing my 5th page! I will be 22% done with it once this page is done lol, so still a fair way to go.

I'll post another pic of the whole design so far as soon as I've finished the page. I'm not sure what to do when I do finish the page, start another page on Cabin, or do some on one of my other HAED's, Alisha QS, Always Dreaming QS or Romeo & Juliet. What do you think I should do?

10 comments:

Teipu said...: Wow, great work!
I would love to see some Romeo & Juliet once the page is done~; April 24, 2009 at 10:15 AM
Jan said...: That moon is going to be gorgeous. How about some Romeo & Juliet?; April 24, 2009 at 11:25 AM
Yvonne said...: This is really gorgeous! Just stitch on the one which is calling for you the loudest. Well, I seem to be hearing all calling for me at the same time, lol; April 24, 2009 at 11:37 AM
Gabi said...: It's looking beautiful. Can't wait to see more of it; April 24, 2009 at 5:13 PM
Carolyn NC said...: Looks great!; April 24, 2009 at 9:06 PM
Annie Bee said...: I love the detail in this piece even though there is so much blue. Looks great.; April 25, 2009 at 1:10 AM
Wendy said...: Oooh this is such a wonderful design too. You did a great job on it!; April 25, 2009 at 2:15 AM
http://ingridsknitting.blogspot.be/ said...: it looks great, I look forward to see more; April 25, 2009 at 4:26 AM
Cindy F. said...: Oh Lisa! This is sooo beautiful! It looks like a photograph:)

Hmmm....I just do whatever my mood tells me to;) You have so many good choices, which makes it tough.
Can't wait to see whatever you decide!; April 25, 2009 at 7:59 PM
Yoyo said...: That moon is beautiful!!!! I'd put them all on the sofa and see which one calls the loudest (LOL).; April 26, 2009 at 11:20 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.