Our Friends' HAED SAL: Tarot of Dreams

Tuesday, April 14, 2009

Tarot of Dreams

I thought I'd upload a picture of Tarot of Dreams. I didn't feel I had a lot of progress but I guess I was wrong.. Here is Before:

And here is After:

I have the next two days off so I'm working on Water right now but will switch back to Tarot of Dreams later.

8 comments:

Gabi said...: Thats quite some progress. And looking good; April 14, 2009 at 4:15 PM
Carolyn NC said...: Lots of good progress!; April 14, 2009 at 10:50 PM
Wendy said...: Wow! Your sure did a lot of progress on it! It looks wonderful already.; April 15, 2009 at 5:25 AM
Sabine S. said...: You put in a lot of stitches! I love that we all have pictures to document the journey. I usually feel the same way, that I haven't stitched much, but the pic is always a pleasant surprise.
Sabine; April 15, 2009 at 9:22 AM
http://ingridsknitting.blogspot.be/ said...: great progress, it is so fun to see how everyone every week little by little his work is growing; April 15, 2009 at 10:12 AM
Jan said...: Love the Marchetti patterns. I'm really looking forward to seeing more of this one.; April 15, 2009 at 6:05 PM
Cindy F. said...: Terri! Good job! That's a lot of stitches!!!; April 16, 2009 at 8:07 AM
Yoyo said...: Surprising how much you think you have not done until you look at two pictures side by side. This is excellent progress!; April 17, 2009 at 10:33 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.