Our Friends' HAED SAL: Koukiotis Sleeping Beauty Completed!

Monday, July 6, 2009

Koukiotis Sleeping Beauty Completed!

Hi everyone! My very first HAED finish. I started on her on the 18 Dec 08 and completed her today, 06 Jul 09. Tent-stitched on 28ct Wichelt Jobelan Lavender Sunset, using HDF silk. This blog is one of the many people whom I want to say thank you to. Without the encouragements and lovely comments from the stitchers here, I wouldn't had the motivation at all. Thank you so much!

What will my next HAED project be? I have no idea. I really hope Mermaid's Touch from the same artist (Koukiotis) will be charted very soon as that one grips me as much as Sleeping Beauty when I first saw it. I guess in the meantime while hoping for it to be charted, I will continue with my Angel of Spring.

22 comments:

Suzie said...: Congratulations on the BIG finish, Yvonne! She is beautiful, and it is due to your wonderful stitching!

Don't forget to send the photo to HAED, so that you can get a free chart!; July 6, 2009 at 3:52 AM
http://ingridsknitting.blogspot.be/ said...: WOW!!!congratulations on your finish, it looks beautiful! Great work!; July 6, 2009 at 4:17 AM
pethair-xstitcher said...: A real beauty and you did an excellent job too.... you should post this on the HDF board too... they would love to see it!
Congrats!; July 6, 2009 at 4:25 AM
Joke said...: YEAH you did it Yvonne! Great work and sooooo sweet. congrats and hugs,
Joke; July 6, 2009 at 5:00 AM
Marie said...: CONGRATULATIONS Yvonne !!!!
You are so lucky... no, I know it's not luck, but hard work ! And here is the result... a wonderful and peaceful sleeping beauty. The feeling when you have finished a HAED design must be unique, isn't it ?!
I'm looking forward to see it framed !!; July 6, 2009 at 7:21 AM
Carolyn NC said...: Woohoo!!! Congratulations on such a beautiful finish! Definitely one to be proud of. WTG; July 6, 2009 at 8:11 AM
Carla said...: WOW!!!!! Congratulations on your fantastic finish!! She's absolutely beautiful!!; July 6, 2009 at 8:16 AM
Yvonne said...: Thank you for the wonderful comments, everyone!!!

pethair-xstitcher - I managed to get the picture posted on HDF forum with the help from Vikki. It took me a while as I am still not familiar with the HDF forum.; July 6, 2009 at 9:41 AM
Astrid said...: Congratulations !!!!! Beautiful done !!!; July 6, 2009 at 9:50 AM
nkbabe said...: Congratulations, she is beautiful. well done on your fantastic finish.; July 6, 2009 at 10:00 AM
Valerie L. said...: Bravo for your beautiful sleeping beauty! When I finish a work, I'm always a bit sad because I can't stitch it anymore, is it the same for you?; July 6, 2009 at 10:13 AM
Yvonne said...: Definitely sad, Valerie. I mentioned on my own blog about the mixed feelings I had when I finished her. It is just a weird feeling. I don't feel that much for a project I used a month on but I've used almost 6 months on Sleeping Beauty, so I will definitely feel something is missing when I want to stitch tomorrow early in the morning. Now I really want to know how other stitchers feel when they complete a much bigger HAED project that took them a year or more.; July 6, 2009 at 12:46 PM
Cindy F. said...: ~~CONGRATULATIONS AND A BIG HAPPY DANCE!! Yvonne she is PRECIOUS!! Such a beautiful finish!! I'm so proud of you and so happy for you:)
(((HUGS))); July 6, 2009 at 1:17 PM
KiKi said...: Congratulations!!! Great job. It is beautiful!; July 6, 2009 at 3:36 PM
Aussie Stitcher said...: Congratulations Yvonne, she looks wonderful.; July 6, 2009 at 4:31 PM
Wendy said...: WOOHOO!!!! Congrats Yvonne. That is a nice finish!! You did a wonderful job on her and she is just gorgeous.; July 6, 2009 at 11:42 PM
Beatrice said...: Wow !!! Congratulations. That is stunning!; July 7, 2009 at 8:10 PM
Sally said...: Congratulations on a stunning finish! She is gorgeous:); July 8, 2009 at 6:19 AM
Mimosa said...: Congratulations on lovely finish!! She is beautiful!!; July 8, 2009 at 8:27 PM
Anonymous said...: Congratulations on your beautiful finish!!; July 8, 2009 at 8:48 PM
Louanne said...: Congrats on an awesome finish!; July 9, 2009 at 5:21 AM
Yoyo said...: She turned out just beautiful. Congratulations on a wonderful finish. Happy Dancing with you!; August 6, 2009 at 9:48 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.