Our Friends' HAED SAL: Secret Places 4

Sunday, May 17, 2009

Secret Places 4

Hi,

My mother is working on Secret Places 4 from Stephanie Pui Mun-Law and she has done 20 pages so far!!! It looks beautifull and she is using 14 count Aida so it's also a really really big one!!!

Her is a pic of what she has done:

Mirjam

(ps: it's even more beautifull in real life! )

9 comments:

Louanne said...: Beatuiful work! Love the cat on the mushy!; May 17, 2009 at 4:45 AM
Joke said...: Simply stunning!; May 17, 2009 at 7:06 AM
Cindy F. said...: Oh wow!! This is amazing! Please thank your mother for sharing her beautiful work with us! We hope to see even more of her progress:); May 17, 2009 at 5:35 PM
Wendy said...: Wow! This is a lovely design too! Great job on it.; May 17, 2009 at 11:53 PM
Carolyn NC said...: Great job - going so well!; May 18, 2009 at 4:56 AM
http://ingridsknitting.blogspot.be/ said...: ooohhh my gosh ...what a super nice pattern, I do love it, especially the cat that mushroom ... amazing ..
zoeken; May 18, 2009 at 4:57 AM
CathE said...: What an amazing piece of work. Just stunning.; May 18, 2009 at 9:11 AM
Maxine said...: Oh WOW that is one gorgeous design!!!; May 18, 2009 at 11:38 AM
Gabi said...: I'm impressed how great it turns out on 14 count. It looks fantastic. Which will be an inspiration for people who would like to stitch on a count like this. You can tell your mum that I spent my morning coffee drooling over her beautiful work.; May 20, 2009 at 6:14 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.