Our Friends' HAED SAL: SNOW WITE UP DATE / 21 MAY

Monday, May 25, 2009

SNOW WITE UP DATE / 21 MAY

hello ladies, I can enjoy your beautiful progress .... it is so motivating, but also ... so embarrassing! Snow white is so slow forward, I see everyone every week about great progress that I will be ashamed to my very little progress to show! below is a bit blue of the windows to see and now a row and my first page is ready! Only now!
But it is so fun to do and stitch by stitch to get there!
Happy stitching and have a nice week!

NOW

BEFORE

8 comments:

Joke said...: Ingrid, you have quite a lot done! We all know how much time it takes :0; May 25, 2009 at 11:41 AM
Jan said...: It looks to me like you got quite a bit done. Almost finished that row didn't you? Looks good.; May 25, 2009 at 2:24 PM
Gabi said...: Lovely progress; May 25, 2009 at 4:26 PM
Vickie said...: You are making great progress!! These designs take time...just keeping putting in one stitch at a time!; May 25, 2009 at 5:27 PM
Cindy F. said...: Ingrid, you are making more progress than you think! It looks like you have a lot of color changes in your piece, like I do....so that slows us down a little:) You're doing an awesome job lady!; May 25, 2009 at 6:03 PM
Wendy said...: That is a great progress Ingrid! Every stitch you make counts and you don't have to feel sorry that it shows like not a lot of progress. The confetti stitches takes a lot of work and yours is really looking great! Keep up the good work. I want to see this grow;); May 26, 2009 at 5:50 AM
Carolyn NC said...: You're doing great - better than I am. I have so busy stitching on obligations that I haven't touched mine in weeks. And your progress looks good. Never, never be embarrassed - any progress is a good thing!; May 26, 2009 at 7:07 AM
http://ingridsknitting.blogspot.be/ said...: thank you so much ladies for your sweet messages, I really enjoy this blog and seeing your wonderful progress! Beautiful designs come over and my wish list is still growing!; May 26, 2009 at 10:20 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.