Our Friends' HAED SAL: QS Girly Gothic Finished!

Monday, May 18, 2009

QS Girly Gothic Finished!

She's finished!!! Wahooo!!! Thank you to everyone here for giving me the enthusiasm back to finish this piece:) Full details are on my blog http://stitchingplace.blogspot.com/

Becca I think there's 50 colours in this:)

Sally

11 comments:

lyssophietje said...: Beautifull! Congratulations with the finish!

Mirjam; May 18, 2009 at 3:04 AM
Puppy Love said...: Wahooie!! Beautiful! BTW, about how many colors went into this one?; May 18, 2009 at 3:47 AM
http://ingridsknitting.blogspot.be/ said...: yheaaa! Congratulations it looks amazingly beautiful. Great job!; May 18, 2009 at 4:39 AM
Carolyn NC said...: Congratulations!!!! Major happy dance for you - great job!; May 18, 2009 at 4:53 AM
Louanne said...: WOO HOO!!! HDing with you! She's fantastic! Congrats on your beautiful finish.; May 18, 2009 at 5:15 AM
CathE said...: Congratulations. Having a happy dance for you.

So what's next?; May 18, 2009 at 9:09 AM
Wendy said...: Woohoo!! Congrats on your finish. You did a wonderful job on her. She is absolutely beautiful.; May 18, 2009 at 10:31 AM
Maxine said...: Woohooo WTG Sally congrats on your finish she's gorgeous :); May 18, 2009 at 11:36 AM
Cindy F. said...: ~~CONGRATULATIONS AND HAPPY DANCING WITH YOU SALLY!!~~ She is AWESOME!!! I'm so proud of you:)

Can't wait to hear what you're going to get as your freebie from HAED:); May 18, 2009 at 2:17 PM
Carla said...: Congrats on your finish...looks great!; May 18, 2009 at 6:14 PM
Gabi said...: Congratulations on your fantastic finish.; May 20, 2009 at 6:20 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.