Our Friends' HAED SAL: Encounter update

Tuesday, June 16, 2009

Encounter update

Hello all!

It's been three weeks since I posted here last time, mostly because our little puppy. I've just been so so busy whit my two baby's:-) But - I have been stitching. It's going very slow at the moment, because I'm stitching the tower now - there is over 40 colours in it and every stitch is different colour. As you can see, there is hole in sky, I'm out of Kreinik at the moment, that's the reason. Im satisfied to my progress, started this work 22. march and stitching now 6th page, so it makes two page / month.

I wish all of you nice weekend!

And thank you Cindy & Wendy for this wonderful blog:-)
Ingrid / Bellatrix

NB! Our puppy Rudolf is doing just fine!

7 comments:

Marie said...: Hello !
You can sure be satisfied ! I think you are progressing very fast and I must say that the result is simply beautiful ! I look really forward to see the tower growing... !

Happy stitching !!; June 16, 2009 at 11:01 PM
Billie said...: I just love this picture. I can't wait to see the tower grow. And your puppy is adorable. What is it growing up to be? A German Shepherd?; June 16, 2009 at 11:07 PM
Puppy Love said...: Oh my goodness what a cute little pup!

You're making good progress, and it looks like you've got something new growing in the right hand side there?; June 17, 2009 at 4:40 AM
Bellatrix said...: Thank's for your comments! Rudolf is belgian shepherd dog:-); June 17, 2009 at 6:04 AM
Wendy said...: Oooh that is a cute puppy!! And a belgian dog ;)

Great progress on your HAED. It is coming along nicely.; June 17, 2009 at 6:09 AM
Cindy F. said...: Ha! What an adorable pic of Rudolf:)

Wow Ingrid! You're stitching 2 pages a month! That's amazing:) Beautiful stitching. Thank you for being part of this group and thank you for sharing your puppy pic:); June 17, 2009 at 8:28 PM
http://ingridsknitting.blogspot.be/ said...: Oh my goodness what a cutie!!!What a wonderful progress, am so curious to see the tower appear!; June 18, 2009 at 5:30 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.