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Saturday, June 6, 2009

Mich - A star is born ...

... and it landed on top of my Christmas tree.

It was 3 weeks since I had shown the progress of my work, so this is what you last saw ...

And 10 minutes ago I just finished page 5. As always it was fun doing, and now ... I have to work further ;-))

P.S. My work is, as you can see, terribly wrinkled ... Perhaps I would need to put an iron on it before I took a picture of it. Sorry for that !!

9 comments:

Wendy said...: Very lovely progress Mich!! Your needles must be smoking :); June 6, 2009 at 4:21 AM
Puppy Love said...: Looks beautiful!; June 6, 2009 at 5:16 AM
Sue in N. Va said...: It looks amazing!; June 6, 2009 at 7:36 AM
pethair-xstitcher said...: Just fantastic and you really made great headway on it!; June 6, 2009 at 1:30 PM
Vickie said...: This is just beautiful!! Aren't all WIP's supposed to be wrinkled?; June 6, 2009 at 9:06 PM
http://ingridsknitting.blogspot.be/ said...: Very nice Mich but I have this also, just the same, my other WIP's have not, I think it is my needles to park and because we work in blocks of 10!; June 7, 2009 at 5:20 AM
Caroline said...: Gorgeous!!; June 8, 2009 at 10:51 AM
Cindy F. said...: that is a lot of sky stitching!
Good job Mich!; June 8, 2009 at 11:59 AM
Gabi said...: Beautiful stitching Mich. Love that star.; June 8, 2009 at 6:58 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.