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Thursday, April 9, 2009

Winter Angel

Hello everyone !

I hope that you all had a nice week and that the sun is shining in your heart.
I must say that I'm in a cloudy and dark moment in my life. I'm a little bit out of words, forgive me... I tried to manage some work nevertheless, it's not a lot, but I hope that I will come back to my work as soon as I can.

This is last week :

The work of this week :

To everyone, have a nice week.
And, of course, happy Easter..!

Marie.

14 comments:

http://ingridsknitting.blogspot.be/ said...: happy Easter to you to Marie and you still have a nice progress'm already curious to see more; April 9, 2009 at 9:45 AM
Maxine said...: Happy Easter to you Marie. I hope you are feeling better soon (((hugs))) Loving the progress you have made:); April 9, 2009 at 10:47 AM
Astrid said...: happy easter to you Marie. You did some nice progress. I hope you feel better soon....... I realy cant wait to see progress every week. I am always looking out for it !!!!; April 9, 2009 at 11:33 AM
Joke said...: Marie, so sorry to hear this. I hope you will have better times soon. In the meanwhile my positive thoughts will be flying out to you. Your stitching is still great :)
Take care!; April 9, 2009 at 11:43 AM
Solitary Raven said...: Marie,
Hope the sun is shining brighter for you soon... Dont like it when people are not feeling right or good... so ... will keep you in my thoughts... Happy Stitching ...
coming out very nicely...
Laura; April 9, 2009 at 11:54 AM
Gabi said...: Great progress. Hope you'll fee better soon. Love watching your work growing every week. :); April 9, 2009 at 4:31 PM
Jan said...: You got a lot done. It looks great. Happy Easter!; April 9, 2009 at 4:46 PM
Valerie L. said...: Hi Marie!!
I send you a lot of positive energy from the other side of the Atlantic!
Your design looks like you I think, really soft, calm, sensitive and "recherché" (I don't find the right word in English... if somebody knows). I don't know you very well but that's what I saw in your comments.
Keep up the good work!; April 9, 2009 at 5:46 PM
Vickie said...: Beautiful progress!!!; April 9, 2009 at 8:25 PM
Mimosa said...: Marie, so sorry to hear that. I hope you feel better soon. I'm always looking forward your lovely progress.(((hugs))); April 9, 2009 at 8:40 PM
Sabine S. said...: There's a beautiful new rose to make your heart happy! Hope the darkness is passing and the sun is shining again for you!
sabine; April 9, 2009 at 11:54 PM
Wendy said...: So sorry to read that you are in a dark moment of your life. Hope you do get to feel much better very soon.
I love your progress on your design, you did a wonderful job on it. Can't wait to see more.
Hugs,
Wendy; April 10, 2009 at 12:37 PM
Carolyn NC said...: Hope you're feeling better - Your design is looking so good - great progress!; April 10, 2009 at 6:45 PM
Cindy F. said...: Marie, this piece is incredible! I'm really enjoying your progress pics:) Just beautiful!; April 13, 2009 at 8:55 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.