Our Friends' HAED SAL: Update from Cheryl

Monday, April 6, 2009

Update from Cheryl

As usual, I worked on several things this week.

Rainbow Mermaid:

Speckled Fairy:

Shannon:

Life Force:

Happy Stitching,
Cheryl

11 comments:

Cindy F. said...: OH WOW!! x 4!!! Cheryl, you just amaze me:) Beautiful wips!; April 6, 2009 at 11:17 AM
Jan said...: I have enough with working on 1 and you're doing 4?! They all look great.; April 6, 2009 at 11:50 AM
Carolyn NC said...: Wow - you are doing some serious stitching! Looks great!; April 6, 2009 at 3:16 PM
Gabi said...: 4 Wip's going on. Wow. And all look great. I especially like Life Force.; April 6, 2009 at 3:28 PM
Sabine S. said...: I wish I knew how you do it! They are all beautiful and such a nice variety of patterns to work on!Great job!!
Sabine; April 6, 2009 at 10:21 PM
Mimosa said...: Your progress are all beautiful! Great job, Cheryl!; April 7, 2009 at 2:55 AM
ladyhawke said...: You have been busy, Cheryl. I especially like speckled fairy, but they are all coming along.; April 7, 2009 at 7:40 AM
Louanne said...: WOW! That's a lot of HAEDs going at once! How in the world do you keep it straight? They are all gorgeous!; April 7, 2009 at 8:08 AM
Cheryl said...: I'll tell you all a little secret! I actually have 11 HAED's and 2 non-HAED BAP's active right now. I usually work on a different one each day in no particular order. Will I ever finish anything? maybe lol; April 7, 2009 at 8:37 AM
Wendy said...: I love all your WIP's, they are looking great! You did a wonderful job on all of them.; April 8, 2009 at 4:16 AM
http://ingridsknitting.blogspot.be/ said...: oooo so many beautiful WIP's, I think they are all nice, I wish I could sew so fast, excellent work!; April 8, 2009 at 8:30 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.