Our Friends' HAED SAL: Dreams of Atlantis

Sunday, May 3, 2009

Dreams of Atlantis

I didn't get too far but I did manage a little more gridding and about 400 stitches into Dreams of Atlantis Friday.

"Dreams of Atlantis", Week 2

This is a large print chart so what you see is the full width of the page, how cool, I can run through pages quickly (comparitively)...but there are like 42 pages so it won't be any too fast.

I am enjoying seeing everybody's wonderful progress. I can't tell you how inspiring this blog is for my HAED stitching. I absolutely know I would not have started this piece without all of you to push me. I need to leave comments for this past week, but since I can't do anything quickly and I just did my own blog post, my eyes are killing me already. I'll have to pop in tomorrow to see what you have all been up to. Happy Stitching!!!!

3 comments:

Cindy F. said...: Good job girl!! The gridding alone impresses me...lol!; May 3, 2009 at 5:10 PM
Gabi said...: The gridding is quite a job done. And lovely progress as well; May 3, 2009 at 10:39 PM
Wendy said...: This is looking great already, and every stitch counts. I'm looking forward to see this one grow.; May 5, 2009 at 4:37 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.