Our Friends' HAED SAL: St. Nick Update

Sunday, May 17, 2009

St. Nick Update

I did stitch during Thursday's SAL, but the son came home this weekend and I'm just now getting to post.

Before:

After:

Added a little over 600 stitches.

Now I'm going to catch up on what you've been doing! Hope you all have a great week!

Cindy F.

10 comments:

Wendy said...: Wow Cindy, this is some great progress! Love the owl!
Hope you had a nice weekend with your ds and his gf ;); May 17, 2009 at 11:50 PM
Diane (di) said...: Cindy, no, no, no! Do not show me your gorgeous progress. I have been letting Santa 'rest' while I hang out in the Garden. Dang, I can hear him calling me. (Your WIP is beautiful. I LOVE that owl!) Keep those pics coming!!; May 18, 2009 at 12:52 AM
http://ingridsknitting.blogspot.be/ said...: Oh my ...Cindy what a wonderful progress, the colors are so nice and warm and indeed the owl is super!; May 18, 2009 at 4:43 AM
Carolyn NC said...: Great progress, Cindy!; May 18, 2009 at 4:54 AM
Louanne said...: Looking good!; May 18, 2009 at 5:15 AM
Maxine said...: Fantastic work as always Cindy...keep up the lovely stitching :); May 18, 2009 at 11:37 AM
Shari said...: wow Cindy! This is looking so awesome!!!!!!! You can really see your design popping!!!; May 18, 2009 at 3:49 PM
Anonymous said...: Beautiful stitching Cindy!; May 19, 2009 at 7:57 PM
Gabi said...: Ohhh....that owl is a beauty. Love it. Great progress Cindy. Hope you had a great weekend with your son.; May 20, 2009 at 6:19 PM
Anne said...: You are making good progress. I have just downloaded this chart from HAED website. I am going to keep a close eye on yours as you work it.; May 21, 2009 at 3:46 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.