Our Friends' HAED SAL: A Wintery Heirloom

Saturday, April 25, 2009

A Wintery Heirloom

I haven't posted in a while but I wanted to show you the progress of my tree. Yes, I am still stitching on this blasted tree!!!! I can see the light at the end of the tunnel so to speak. It is almost finished!!!!

I do love looking at everyone's projects!!! They are all just so stunning!!!

10 comments:

Gabi said...: I love that tree Vickie. It might be a pain in the butt but it's so very much worth the effort.; April 25, 2009 at 7:36 AM
Sabine S. said...: It looks like a mature tree now, not a beautiful shrub, hee hee!
Sabine; April 25, 2009 at 8:53 AM
http://ingridsknitting.blogspot.be/ said...: it is a very beautiful tree and it is almost completely .... just wait, good job; April 25, 2009 at 10:12 AM
Shari said...: looking great Vickie! The colors are so pretty!!! Keep up the great work; April 25, 2009 at 3:34 PM
Cindy F. said...: Beautiful progress Vickie! That's a lot of blues!!; April 25, 2009 at 7:49 PM
Yvonne said...: Wow! Lot of lovely blues (one of my favourite colours). Amazing wip.; April 25, 2009 at 11:23 PM
Wendy said...: This is a great progress already! Love that tree. Can't wait to see your design grow ;); April 26, 2009 at 12:51 AM
Yoyo said...: I have a thing for trees, I could finish off that tree and call the whole project done it so beautiful. Great work Vickie.; April 26, 2009 at 11:00 AM
Annie Bee said...: The tree is just lovely and before you know it it will be a whole tree.; April 27, 2009 at 2:38 AM
Carolyn NC said...: It's beautiful!; April 29, 2009 at 6:58 PM

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.