Our Friends' HAED SAL: A Wintery Heirloom and Faery tales

Wednesday, April 8, 2009

A Wintery Heirloom and Faery tales

Just wanted to post an update on Faery tales and Winter Heirlom. I made a little progress on both. I am so happy to be finished with the first page of Faery Tales. I wish I could say I was finished with the first page of AWH...but alas...I still have several hundred stitches to do on this one....hopefully soon...someday I can post that I finally finished a page on a haed!!! LOL!!

Thank you so much for all the wonderful comments!! They just make me smile when I read them.

7 comments:

http://ingridsknitting.blogspot.be/ said...: good progress on both, I am not yet half way to my first page, and I also look forward to ready to; April 8, 2009 at 4:56 AM
Cindy F. said...: Vickie, as many stitches as you have in each wip, I really thought you were several pages in! I'm still on my first page too. Beautiful stitching girl!; April 8, 2009 at 7:31 AM
Gabi said...: Lovely progress on both. And I LOVE your Wintery Heirloom.; April 8, 2009 at 7:32 AM
jessneal said...: WOW! Fairy Tales looks wonderful! I have this pattern too and I have been eyeballing it.; April 8, 2009 at 12:37 PM
Valerie L. said...: I love Christensen's world, but I didn't want to stitch on a black fabric. Most of the designs that I love are on a black back. With your picture, you convinced me that I can stitch it on white and it looks good! Thank you very much!

Winter Heirloom is great too!; April 8, 2009 at 3:47 PM
Carolyn NC said...: Nice progress on both of them!; April 8, 2009 at 10:30 PM
Wendy said...: Wonderful progress Vickie on both of the designs! Each stitch you make is a stitch you don't have to do anymore. Keep up the good work. Love to see these designs grow.; April 9, 2009 at 6:02 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.