Our Friends' HAED SAL: Thursday's SAL

Monday, April 6, 2009

Thursday's SAL

Sorry I'm late, but my son and his gf came to visit this weekend. It was so good to see them and I miss them again already:(

Here is my before:

and my after:
and my back...lol...It looks like an ort jar spilled over onto my fabric!

I really enjoy stitching this and I especially enjoy watching all of yours grow too! I hope you all have a great week!

Cindy F.

14 comments:

Marie said...: Hello Cindy !
Your St Nick is beautiful to see growing !
I'm still thinking that the owl is standing on a rocking chair and not the globe...
It's a pleasure to see it taking shapes, it really looks wonderful !
Happy stitching !; April 6, 2009 at 8:36 AM
http://ingridsknitting.blogspot.be/ said...: wauw Cindy ,there is very much visible, I think that it is not easy work, like my snow white, beautiful progress yet; April 6, 2009 at 10:18 AM
Jan said...: I love this pattern and can't wait to see more. The colors on the back are really vibrant!; April 6, 2009 at 11:52 AM
Valerie L. said...: Hi Cindy!
Great progress! And I think Marie is right with the rocking chair :P

Your back looks like a painter's palette, a lot of great colors!
Nice work... With all the details in this drawing, we discovered something new every week!; April 6, 2009 at 11:54 AM
Carolyn NC said...: Cindy,
This looks great already! Fantastic progress!; April 6, 2009 at 3:16 PM
Gabi said...: Thats quite some progress Cindy. And it's looking already great. It's such a pleasure to watch it growing.; April 6, 2009 at 3:30 PM
Solitary Raven said...: Cindy,
your back confirms it
we are sister stitchers, lol
Great progress...
glad you had fun with your son and his girlfriend...
I had fun with Dante as well...
wish he was here
miss him
Laura; April 6, 2009 at 6:06 PM
Sabine S. said...: That's a nice size block you got stitched! Your back looks like mine, kinda reminds me of a bird's nest!
Sabine; April 6, 2009 at 10:26 PM
Joke said...: Cindy, your work looks like a piece of art, even the back!
Check this: http://www.kinderpleinen.nl/public/images/links/26955-Hoofdmetbaard-vanKarelAppel.jpg; April 7, 2009 at 12:11 AM
Kim D Messick said...: Wow Cindy!
You sure are stitching away!
The back looks like some beautiful abstract fiber art!
All of it is extremely lovely :); April 7, 2009 at 2:51 AM
Mimosa said...: Cindy, It's beautiful and lovely progress!:) Thanks for sharing of back side photo.; April 7, 2009 at 2:56 AM
Maxine said...: You are moving along nicely Cindy. There is sooo much detail in this design so I can only imagine how much confetti stitches there are... good on you hun for coping well with them. I hate confetti stitches...I balance it out by doing a page full of confetti and then try and find a page with blocks of stitches to make it more easy going :); April 7, 2009 at 7:17 AM
Shari said...: wow girl! You are really going to town on this one!!!! Great job!!!; April 8, 2009 at 2:59 AM
Wendy said...: Wow, that is a wonderful progress already!! You sure did a great progess on it. And your back is looking fine to me. It is the front that counts.; April 8, 2009 at 4:15 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.