Our Friends' HAED SAL: Sunken Treasure Progress

Tuesday, April 14, 2009

Sunken Treasure Progress

Page 2 is done!!! YAY!!

Stitching is going slow these days, although my baby boy is extremely tolerant when I lay him on my chest and use my hands to stitch, lol. I was really hoping to get this page finished before the end of the month, I'm determined not to lose my stitching mojo, I have too many projects I want to complete.

I'm hoping sometime today to start page 3. I might also work on some of my other projects a little here or there, but I can't seem to put Sunken Treasure down.

9 comments:

Sabine S. said...: You are unbelievable! Way to go!!!! I'm just loving the visual of him laying on your chest while you stitch! Seems you are both doing well and adjusting to your new roles.
Sabine; April 14, 2009 at 10:54 AM
Yvonne said...: Wow, this is really beautiful! You must take a picture to show us how you stitch while having your baby boy on your chest.

Yvonne; April 14, 2009 at 11:16 AM
Babs said...: Hello, I'm sure you'll be able to start your 3th page today. Your babyboy will understand you need to make nice things (hopefully ;-))

Greetings, Embroiderygirl; April 14, 2009 at 11:31 AM
Gabi said...: Great progress. I had to giggle when imagining you stitching with a baby on your breast. That won't last though...lol. They tend to grow very fast...the babies I mean. Hopefully your HAED as well. Have fun with both :); April 14, 2009 at 4:18 PM
Wendy said...: Wow! Your needles must be smoking, this is such a great progress! Love the design too.; April 15, 2009 at 5:28 AM
Louanne said...: Holy Crow!!! That's GORGEOUS!!!!!; April 15, 2009 at 9:07 AM
http://ingridsknitting.blogspot.be/ said...: lovely progress andand baby will later also found cross-stitch embroidery (I say this correctly); April 15, 2009 at 10:22 AM
Cindy F. said...: Melissa! Sounds like you and baby are doing very well;) So happy for you!
Congrats on finishing page 2! That is awesome!!; April 16, 2009 at 8:11 AM
Yoyo said...: Oh I can't even imagine stitching with a baby on my chest, tooooo clever! and good stitching, tell the baby we said thank you for understanding (LOL); April 17, 2009 at 10:35 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.