Our Friends' HAED SAL: SNOW WHITE UP DATE /28 MAY

Tuesday, June 2, 2009

SNOW WHITE UP DATE /28 MAY

On my "Snow White" I'm the last row of the first page, and I am really struggling there, there is a particle I have 30 colors at 80 am stitches ! ppppfff hard to do! the blue color that you see are the windows and believe it or not but there are many species in colors, all shades of blue!
I work this week now until I have my first page completely finished!

before

now

HUGS
INGRID

7 comments:

Valerie L. said...: Hi Ingrid!
I love the progress on your Snow White! We can really see the windows now... I love this design. Congrats!; June 2, 2009 at 2:31 PM
Cindy F. said...: Ingrid! I am so feeling your color changing pain!..lol..You've still made amazing progress!; June 2, 2009 at 2:52 PM
Gabi said...: It's a pain in the buttom when you're having so much colors, but I think that that is one of the reasons that HAED's look so great when finished. Plus you can be REALLY proud of yourself when you finally worked yourself through these sections. Cheering you on from the sideline :); June 2, 2009 at 3:20 PM
Angie said...: color changing. I just got done with a bunch of that, so time consuming, but so gorgeous.; June 2, 2009 at 7:03 PM
Maxine said...: Keep up the great work Ingrid not much more to go before you finish the page and then you'll be so happy :); June 3, 2009 at 4:10 AM
Wendy said...: Wow Ingrid, it is such a wonderful progress. I can understand how it feels with the confetti stitches, but it is looking so nicely. Keep up the good work on it. I want to see more;); June 3, 2009 at 7:11 AM
Carolyn NC said...: Progress looks great - you keep it up. You'll get through this part soon!; June 3, 2009 at 9:26 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.