Our Friends' HAED SAL: Maxine's Darkling Update

Monday, May 11, 2009

Maxine's Darkling Update

Hi Everyone, I stitched on Darkling and made fairly good progress :)

On Saturday I switched over to HAED's Puggles and did a little bit on that...I haven't touched him for a good few weeks!!

I did all the yellow :)

My DD Jennifer's had smoking needles and has finished the first page of her newest HAED.

I've decided to swap over my HAED's and so this week I'm concentrating on Bubbles for a change!

Maxine (So Much Stash - Sew Little Time my blog)

6 comments:

The Chief's Chef said...: Your work is looking great! And how does your daughter do the HAED's so fast? It's looking good!; May 11, 2009 at 12:29 PM
Gabi said...: Great progress on your WIPs and on your daughters WIP. And all look just lovely; May 11, 2009 at 4:41 PM
Carolyn NC said...: Both have great progress. But my word, your DD is just flying along!; May 11, 2009 at 7:26 PM
Bellatrix said...: Wow. Both works looks beautiful!; May 11, 2009 at 11:29 PM
Wendy said...: Wow! You both did a wonderful job! Keep up the good work, it is looking great already!; May 12, 2009 at 5:59 AM
Cindy F. said...: Wow Maxine! Didn't you just start Darkling? Incredible!
I LOVE the colors in Puggles and glad to see you've brought it back out:) Great progress on that yellow!
And another WOW for Jennifer's amazing progress! CONGRATS GIRL for finishing your first page on this new piece...I believe you just started yesterday!!...lol...; May 12, 2009 at 10:49 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.