Our Friends' HAED SAL: Wendy's update on 05/14/2009

Saturday, May 16, 2009

Wendy's update on 05/14/2009

Hi dear friends,

I enjoyed watching all of your wonderful progresses, it is so nice to see all those lovely designs growing. It is so fun to stitch a HAED and I think I'm even addicted to stitch mine. I didn't do much on my other WIP's last week. As you will see on the picture I started a 2nd page too and now I will switch between those 2 pages. I even can't wait to see my design grow, so I was thinking if I start another page I will be seeing it growing much faster ;)

So here is my progress of last week.

Before

After

Wishing you all a wonderful weekend with lots of stitching fun.

Hugs,
Wendy

7 comments:

http://ingridsknitting.blogspot.be/ said...: oohh my gosh ..... Wendy you've really made great progress, now you get even a few things to see! I know this is really addictive, it's so exciting to see it grow!; May 16, 2009 at 10:35 AM
Yvonne said...: I love to see the progress of this one. Extremely lovely!; May 16, 2009 at 12:31 PM
Mich said...: Hahaha, great to see that you are as impatient as I am ;-)); May 16, 2009 at 10:34 PM
Louanne said...: Great progress, love watching it grow!; May 17, 2009 at 4:49 AM
Cindy F. said...: ...lol...I know how you feel! I want to skip over to my Santa!
Beautiful stitching Wendy!; May 17, 2009 at 5:38 PM
Carolyn NC said...: Looks great, Wendy - nice progress!; May 18, 2009 at 4:57 AM
Maxine said...: Fabulous progress Wendy :); May 18, 2009 at 11:39 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.