Our Friends' HAED SAL: A Wintery Heirloom- small finish

Saturday, May 16, 2009

A Wintery Heirloom- small finish

Yes..after 64.5 hours of stitching and putting in 7,440 stitches...I am proud to say I have finished page 1 of A Wintery Heirloom!!!!! I am so excitied!!! However, there is a small downside..I pulled out page 2...there is another tree...so I thought I would stitch the pages in columns...so I pulled out page 7...another tree!!!!! This is what I get for stitching a wintery Country scene.. TREES!!! I am very happy to have finished page 1....only 23 pages to go!!!!

11 comments:

CathE said...: Well done. That tree does look wonderful. Well worth the hard work. I'm sure it's going to be stunning when finished.; May 17, 2009 at 12:21 AM
Louanne said...: LOL!!! You'll have a forrest soon! Congrats on your page finish! It looks great!; May 17, 2009 at 4:47 AM
Babs said...: Trees, trees, trees, well, it's a nice tree, and you'll get to the rest soon ;-); May 17, 2009 at 5:02 AM
Joke said...: Wow, you are doing great, stitch this forest, girl!; May 17, 2009 at 10:13 AM
Cindy F. said...: Congrats on finishing page 1 and your first tree! Beautiful work Vickie!; May 17, 2009 at 5:37 PM
Wendy said...: Congrats on finishing your 1st page! It is such a wonderful tree. Can't wait to see more. Keep up the good work on it ;); May 17, 2009 at 11:54 PM
Carolyn NC said...: Congrats on the page one finish. It looks so pretty!; May 18, 2009 at 4:56 AM
http://ingridsknitting.blogspot.be/ said...: Congrats on your page finish! another tree you say (LOL. ..) yet another great work, but it looks very nice. This is already a super beautiful tree!; May 18, 2009 at 5:01 AM
Sue in N. Va said...: It's a gorgeous tree!!; May 18, 2009 at 8:08 PM
Anonymous said...: Congratulations on your first page finish...beautiful!; May 19, 2009 at 8:03 PM
Gabi said...: Congrats on finishing your first page. It looks fantastic. And the trees will give it a special look. I love it.; May 20, 2009 at 6:06 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.