Our Friends' HAED SAL: The wizard of Oz, first page finished

Thursday, April 23, 2009

The wizard of Oz, first page finished

Here's my Wizard of Oz, I finished the first page and started on the second immediately. I took page 8 now, because I want to work to the bottom, because I'm afraid that horizontal lines will be visible otherwise. It's still great to work on this and I'm enjoying my time with it very much.
Tonight I will stitch on another HAED, namely 'Kimono Waterlily Mermaid' by Nadia Tate. I love that very much as well, but it's a lot smaller, so a finish is more nearby.

I thought about starting another HAED as well, but then it would be really difficult to choose on which I should work so I will wait for that a little longer. I still have two beautiful charts in my stash and I want to stitch them both.

That's a for now, I mustn't chat too long, otherwise I won't have time for stitching!

8 comments:

Jan said...: Congrats on finishing page 1. It looks great.; April 23, 2009 at 12:27 PM
Carolyn NC said...: Looks wonderful - nice stitching!; April 23, 2009 at 1:13 PM
Cindy F. said...: Congrats on finishing your first page! That's awesome! Can't wait to see more of it:); April 23, 2009 at 4:06 PM
Gabi said...: Beautiful stitching. I really love the vibrant colors.; April 23, 2009 at 4:24 PM
The Chief's Chef said...: This must be a pleasure to stitch with all those beautiful colours... I much prefer stitching with darker colours rather than lighter ones...; April 23, 2009 at 4:27 PM
Yvonne said...: Congratulations on finishing the first page. I love those colours and they look so lovely.; April 23, 2009 at 8:08 PM
Wendy said...: Wow Sjoukje, your needles must be smoking. Congrats on finishing your first page. It looks so nice and can't wait to see the rest of it. I'm glad you enjoy it :); April 24, 2009 at 4:22 AM
http://ingridsknitting.blogspot.be/ said...: Congrats on finishing page 1!!!it looks very nice, it's so nice to see it grow stitch by stitch; April 25, 2009 at 5:02 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.