Our Friends' HAED SAL: New Start

Saturday, June 20, 2009

New Start

Good morning everybody!

I decided to restart my Presence of Gaia on 18 ct. Aida. I love this design so much and I just have to stitch it. But to keep on stitching on evenweave would keep me stitching another 20 years. So I hope working on Aida will be easier for me. I haven't stitched that much yet, so it is the right time to restart. I will be in Berlin next week on business, so I probably won't be able to start until the beginning of July.

Ladies, I do love your works and your progress pictures are awesome. I sure hope that I will be able to show some real progress after the restart.

Have a great stitching weekend
Billie

4 comments:

Gabi said...: Right you are. You should stitch on and with whatever makes you feel the most comfortable. After all it will take quite a while to finish it. Looking forward to see your progress; June 21, 2009 at 2:37 AM
pethair-xstitcher said...: Billie, go for it! there have been some absolutely gorgeous pieces stitched on Aida and it does not affect the chart, it looks great on any fabric or count. Work on what feels right for you because this is supposed to be fun and not a chore. you will be spending many hours on this and you need to be happy with it. Looking forward to that first post of yours... hurrah!; June 21, 2009 at 7:09 AM
Cindy F. said...: Nothing wrong with restarting until you're happy with everything;) Have a good business trip and we hope we get to see your restart soon!; June 21, 2009 at 7:38 AM
Wendy said...: Wishing you a wonderful business trip and I can't wait to see your restart.; June 23, 2009 at 5:28 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.